November 14, 2023 After a six month national search, OJMCHE Board President Liz Lippoff announced that the board has finalized the appointment of Rebekah Sobel as the museum’s new executive director. “Our search committee, headed by Immediate Past President Jeff Mazer, has worked tirelessly with a national search firm to find a candidate with the …
Read MoreLynn Fuchigami Parks and Judy Margles receive joint award October 12, 2023 Portland, OR—Two long-time leaders of Portland museums were recognized for the significant impact they have made on both their institutions and the local community. Lynn Fuchigami Parks, executive director emeritus of the Japanese American Museum of Oregon, and Judy Margles, director of the …
Read MoreLeonard Baskin, The Great Birdman and features more than 70 works by the prolific multimedia artist October 8, 2023 – January 21, 2024 High Res images are available here Leonard Baskin’s Orthodox Jewish upbringing and his deep knowledge of Jewish texts and history are evident throughout his oeuvre. Other important influences include monumental Egyptian and …
Read MoreYishai Jusidman: Prussian Blue is curated by Christian Viveros-Fauné and organized by Converge 45 and its institutional partners as part of its 2023 citywide exhibition Social Forms: Art As Global Citizenship August 24 – December 10, 2023 High Res images are available here Yishai Jusidman’s Prussian Blue is a series of paintings rendered almost exclusively …
Read MoreOJMCHE reopens with expanded galleries and opening exhibitions that include works by Rembrandt, Henk Pander, Salvador Dalí, and a new core exhibition, Human Rights After the Holocaust High Res images are available here Public Opening on June 11 includes a street-wide cultural festival Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE) announces its grand …
Read MorePortland, Ore.—The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced today that Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, OJMCHE, is among 30 finalists for the 2023 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. OJMCHE is the only institution in Oregon to be selected as a finalist for this award. The National Medal is the …
Read MoreOJMCHE exhibits Harley Gaber’s large-scale photomontage focused on Germany from Weimar through the Second World War October 7, 2022 – January 29, 2023 High Res images are available here Harley Gaber (1943-2011) was an American-Jewish minimalist composer and visual artist, known for his arresting works that rearranged the language of art and music. Whether working …
Read MoreMenashe Gallery Exhibition Celebrates the History of B’nai B’rith Camp September 21, 2022 – January 26, 2023 B’nai B’rith Camp opened in 1921 with campers sleeping on old army cots in tents near Wallula, Washington. Now located on the shores of Devil’s Lake, Oregon and firmly anchored in its second century, Camp continues to forge …
Read MoreJune 2 – September 23, 2022 High res images are available here Turning Inward, JUDY CHICAGO, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, traces Judy Chicago’s development as an artist and Jewish woman across six decades, from her early formal vocabulary of geometric color abstraction and groundbreaking work with pyrotechnics to the powerful …
Read MoreFebruary 9 – May 15, 2022 High res images are available here OJMCHE’s Menashe Gallery exhibition features four large-scale works painted by the artist in response to Portland’s 2020 protests for racial justice The police killing of George Floyd in May 2020 shocked many citizens in Portland – and around the country – into a long-delayed reckoning …
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