What: A public lecture by Dr. Aviva Halamish, Open University of Israel
When: Monday, April 9, 6:30pm
Where: 238 Smith Memorial Student Union (SMSU 238)
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact: Stacey Johnston | judaicst@pdx.edu| 503-725-8449
Please join us for the 2018 Lorry I. Lokey Lecture featuring Dr. Aviva Halamish of the Open University of Israel titled, “Not What You Think: The Role of the Holocaust in the Establishment of Israel”
Contemplate and confront the widely accepted assumption that the Holocaust had a decisive influence on the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.
Explore questions like: Is there a link between the Holocaust and the establishment of Israel? Who promotes this claim? What really happened and how did the Holocaust impact the process of establishing a Jewish state in Palestine?
This event is made possible thanks to the generous support of Lorry I. Lokey. Cosponsored by the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education and the Middle East Studies Center.
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout! First class in the Ballroom, then in the Cafe at the J. Tuesday Mornings Cost: $100. Members: $85.
Register at: oregonjcc.org/registration
Use registeration code: CG300
The Never Again Coalition will premiere their 20-minute documentary, Stand Up! Lessons from the Holocaust, featuring interviews with four Holocaust survivors responding to questions from students. Can their experiences teach us to be up-standers today? Followed by Q&A. Special invitees are documentary participants and videographers. Co-sponsored by OJMCHE, Congregation Neveh Shalom, and Kol Shalom Community for Humanistic Judaism.
Take your game to the next level. It will give your mind a workout! In the Cafe at the J.
Cost: $100. Members: $85.
Register at: oregonjcc.org/registration
Register with code: CG301
Mar:A screening of “Living while Dying,” by filmmaker, Cathy Zheutlin. Apr: Mara Woloshin – Maximize your benefits: Medicare and Medicaid 101.
Create a more balanced life and gain skills that will help you spend more time designing your life. Leave with a personally designed plan to bring more balance and satisfaction to your days. Led by Certified Professional Coach Christine Gilmore.
Register with code: FIT304
DENIAL. Deborah Lipstadt is an American professor of Holocaust studies whose speaking engagement is disrupted by David Irving, a Nazi Germany scholar. He files a lawsuit in the UK against Lipstadt and her publisher for declaring him a Holocaust denier in her books. As in the UK, the burden of proof in a libel case lies with the accused, Lipstadt and her legal team led by solicitor Anthony Julius and barrister Richard Rampton, must prove that Irving lied about the Holocaust. Historical drama based on true story.
English Language, 110 minutes, 2016, Film by Gary Foster & Russ Krasnoff, Speaker: TBA
Join our Emeritus Rabi for weekly study of our sacred texts.
For parents/caregivers and their children up to 5 years old. Play. Run. Have a Kosher snack. Sing and listen to stories.
Located in the MJCC Sportsplex.
Free and open to everyone!
In partnership with PJ Library, Chai Baby, and Portland Jewish Academy
Exhibits Feb. 16- May 27
Vedem: The Underground Magazine of the Terezin Ghetto
Vedem Underground examines the literary magazine written by Jewish teens imprisoned at Terezin, a Nazi camp in Czechoslovakia during the Second World War. Using pop-art graphics, drawings and paintings, and the prose and poetry, these brave adolescents secretly wrote and illustrated the longest-running underground magazine in a Nazi camp. Vedem (Czech for “In the Lead”) documented their voices with defiance, humor and heartbreak. The exhibition breaks down their 800 original pages and reconstructs them in the form of a contemporary magazine. Curated by Rina Taraseiskey and Danny King.
To Tell The Story: The Wolloch Holocaust Haggadah
On view in the East Gallery: Commissioned by Helene and Zygfryd B. Wolloch, The Holocaust Haggadah is richly illustrated with lithographic prints by David Wander and calligraphy by Yonah Weinreb that link the story of liberation from ancient Egypt to the Holocaust.