The Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem presents “Witness: Themes of Social Justice in Contemporary Printmaking and Photography from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation” through Dec. 20 in the Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery and the Maribeth Collins Lobby.
Drawn from one of the legendary contemporary print collections in the United States, “Witness” explores issues of race, identity and social justice in contemporary printmaking and photography. The exhibition has been organized by Portland art historian and scholar Elizabeth Bilyeu and explores four thematic sections: Stories and Histories, Pressures of Pop Culture, Challenging Expectations of Place and Unconventional Portraits. The exhibition features 82 prints by 40 nationally and internationally recognized artists, including Enrique Chagoya, Lalla Essaydi, Mildred Howard, Hung Liu, Nicola Lopez, Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooka), Roger Shimomura, Kara Walker and Marie Watt (Seneca).
LeRonn Brooks, an assistant professor of African and African American Studies at Lehman College of the City University of New York, will deliver an illustrated lecture on the theme of social justice in modern and contemporary art on September 29 at 5 p.m., Admission to this series of lectures is complementary and they will be held in the Paulus Lecture Hall at the Willamette University College of Law located at 245 Winter St. SE, Salem, Oregon.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University
Public contact: 503-370-6855 | museum-art@willamette.edu
Exhibition website: willamette.edu/go/witness
IMAGE: Roger Shimomura (American, b. 1939), “Nisei Trilogy: The Camps,” 2015, ed. 4/50, lithograph, 18 1/2 x 27 inches, Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer, 2015. 794b. Photo: Strode Photographic LLC
HEAD: Salem museum presents social justice print/photo exhibit
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem presents “Witness: Themes of Social Justice in Contemporary Printmaking and Photography from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation” through Dec. 20 in the Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery and the Maribeth Collins Lobby.
Monthly Mitzvah Project
Each month, the MJCC and PJA communities collect items for different area organizations in Portland.
In November, we will be collecting holiday gifts for families served by Jewish Family and Child Services. Items may be dropped off in the blue bin in the MJCC Lobby near the Member Services Desk.
Chai Baby + PJ Library Indoor Playground
For parents/caregivers and their children up to 5 years old. Play. Meet friends. Run. Have a Kosher snack. Sing + listen to stories. Have a blast!
Second Wednesday of each month
September 12
October 10
November 14
December 12
Free and open to the community.
In partnership with PJ Library, Chai Baby, Portland Jewish Academy
Wholistic Peace Institute presents a fundraising dinner to support the Torah for Justice, Torat Tzedek.
Rabbi Arik Ascherman is internationally recognized as a leading advocate for human rights and social justice in the Middle East. He is the Founder & Director of Torat Tzedek and the former Director of Rabbis for Human Rights – the largest human rights NGO with over 300 rabbi members, in the Middle East.
He is a Harvard Graduate and received his Rabbinic Ordination at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. Having sustained beatings and stabbings, and bravely arguing land use cases in front of the Israeli Supreme Court, he has managed to survive extremely taxing and dangerous work, and continues to exhibit resilience for peaceful, non-violent resolution of these decades long conflicts.
Wholistic Peace Institute presents a fundraising dinner to support the Torah for Justice, Torat Tzedek, an NGO that defends the human rights of all Israelis and those under Israeli control, advocating for Palestinians, socioeconomic justice for Israelis, African asylum seekers, and Israel’s Negev Bedouin citizens. Rabbi Ascherman is a well-known leading human rights advocate and symbol of hope to many Israelis and Palestinians. The lecture and dinner is in conjunction with the 10th Annual Harold Schnitzer Spirit of Unity Awards brought to Oregon by Educating for Peace, the Wholistic Peace Institute. This Student Peace Leadership Program awards and recognizes middle and high school peace clubs for their important work in our communities and brings international and national human rights experts into our Oregon School System. Come hear Rabbi Ascherman explain how “in the human rights field we must have one foot in the grassroots and the other among the decision and opinion makers.” Field work provides the necessary knowledge and moral voice for being able to successfully go to the courts, the Knesset, the public, the international community, and/or to the press. He will explain the tactics he is effectively using to move toward equitable outcomes and social justice in the region and why it is important to teach about human rights in the schools today.
Israeli Dancing
Join us for a fun Israeli folk dance class. All levels are welcome. Six people needed to run class.
Wednesdays
September 26 – December 12
NO CLASS on October 10 or November 21
Cost: $100 Members + Guests. Drop-in Fee: $15 per class.
Register: CG 100: oregonjcc.org/registration
The White Elephant Archive, Setting No. 3 explores the legacy of the Holocaust from the perspective of the third generation living in Austria today. In this intensely personal, one-man production Eduard Freudmann uses his family’s archive–which includes poems written by his grandfather while imprisoned in concentration camps–to explore his family’s silence about the Holocaust, and his own attempt to understand the burden of this legacy through art. Reflecting on the politics of Holocaust commemoration in Austria, and larger questions about how to speak of a horror once its witnesses are gone or silent, this production provides a rare and important glimpse into the experience of the third generation living in Europe, and the impact of trauma across generations.
Eduard Freudmann is an award-winning multimedia artist specializing in video, performance and public installations. His most recent work “The Monument May Be a Forest” (2016), was selected as the winning design of the controversial competition “From Those You Saved,” which will commemorate the Polish Righteous Gentiles in Warsaw. Freudmann’s work has been presented globally in international exhibitions, art biennials and festivals, including the OFF-Biennále Budapest, and is Senior Artist at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where he researches and teaches Trans-disciplinary Art. Freudmann’s work explores the politics of commemoration and history, aesthetical perspectives on the archive, and the mediatization of the Holocaust. He is especially interested in historical-political commemorations in public spaces, both official and unofficial, and approaches to writing microhistories, including the transmission of family histories.
This performance of The White Elephant Archive, Setting No. 3 is made possible by the Future Fund of the Republic of Austria and Federal Chancellery of Austria.
Seniors and young families enjoy an inter-generational celebration of stories and songs each Thursday.
Join Kim Schneiderman for this weekly inter-generational story hour for young families with music, PJ Library books, and the residents of Cedar Sinai Park.
Poetry Night at the J
Join local poets, Justin Carroll, Bill Durham and others, as they share their poems and stories with the community.
Inspired by the Oregon landscape, Justin Jude Carroll’s first collection of poetry (Morning in the world) chronicles a personal and topographical journey through love and loss. His verse explores how bodies of all types — land, water, human — are witness to turbulence, stillness and transformation.
Free.
We invite you to join us in our 6th annual interfaith celebration of gratitude hosted by the Lake Oswego United Church of Christ, Congregation Beit Haverim, the Muslim Educational Trust, The Bahá’í Faith of Portland, and the Islamic Community of North American Bosniaks. We will gather together to celebrate our diversity, and the many things we share in common as people of God.
Featuring special guest speaker Willie Poinsette of Respond to Racism, our lively and musical service will be led by Rabbi Alan Berg of Beit Haverim, and the Rev. Jennie Ott of Lake Oswego United Church of Christ. Members of each faith community will help guide the service with readings, prayers, poetry and music.
Join us in this celebration of gratitude for the love of God, humankind, our shared values, and the diverse ways we express our faith. By coming together as beloved children of God, we hope to make the world a better place for all.
Following the service, we will gather around a delightful spread of pies, baklava and refreshments to get better acquainted in conversation. Invite your family, neighbors and friends to join us.
Rev. Ott says, “In a world that seems increasingly divided, it is important for us to bear witness to the profound inclusiveness of God’s love. As a Christian congregation, we rejoice in worshiping with Jewish and Muslim friends, as we are all the beloved children of God.”
Rabbi Berg adds, “The sense of shared mission was so clear in our planning. Gratitude is the foundation of a caring community. Beit Haverim joins hands with LOUCC and the Muslim Educational Trust to build a foundation for tomorrow that will endure.”
Executive Director Wajdi Said concurs, “MET’s focus on education through positive interaction with Muslims and non-Muslims, and honest communication with the media and public officials, has positively impacted not only the people of Portland, but well beyond our local area. We are grateful to join our friends as we come together for this service.”
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2018
Time: 7:00pm-8:00pm with reception to follow
Location: Shared Home of Lake Oswego United Church of Christ and Beit Haverim
1111 Country Club Road, Lake Oswego, OR 97034
Optional Donations: We will be raising money for Respond to Racism. All donations are graciously accepted.
This 18-week course is taught by members of The Oregon Board of Rabbis, representing a variety of Jewish affiliations. A carefully constructed curriculum includes Jewish history, life cycle events, holidays, ritual and daily practice, theology, study of Torah and contemporary Jewish America. While not a conversion class, most OBR members consider it a prerequisite for students beginning study for conversion. Classes 7-9 pm, Thursdays, at rotating Portland area synagogues.