Due to the snow and ice potential, this evenings meeting on 1/17 will be rescheduled. Please check back for updates.

Due to unexpected circumstances, the upcoming workshop in La Grande has been canceled. We look forward to rescheduling a workshop soon!

Remembering the Holocaust
K-12 Workshop
October 13 & 14, 2011

Thursday, October 13
Public presentation: “A Voice of Survival” — featuring Les and Eva Aigner,  Holocaust Survivors from the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center
7:00 pm, Huber Auditorium/Badgley Hall, on the Eastern Oregon University campus
** This event is open to the public at no charge—registration is not required **

Friday, October 14
A full-day workshop for educators and other interested persons.
Location: Integrated Services Building, 1607 Gekeler Lane, La Grande
(Please park on the side or back of the building, and enter through the back lobby.)

8:30-9- Registration/ Coffee and tea

9:00-9:15- Welcome and introductions- Dr. Jill Slansky, OHRC

9:15-10:00  Holocaust Lessons for a Broken World- Giving teachers tools needed to teach the complex issues of the Holocaust and its lessons. Dr. Jill Slansky, OHRC

10:-10:30     Question and Answer Session- Eva and Les Aigner, Holocaust Survivors from the OHRC

10:30- Break

 10:45-11:45- Guidelines on teaching the Holocaust- Methodological considerations and challenges for creating authentic learning. Using United  States Holocaust Memorial Museum guidelines, this session explores the methodology behind effective Holocaust education. Rob Hadley, USHMM

12-12:45: Lunch on your own. Information about local lunch options will  be provided. You are also welcome to bring a “brown bag” lunch.

12:45-1:45:  Tips from a Teacher- Veteran teacher Carrie McCallum will share about teaching the Holocaust and the experiences she has had working with other teachers around the world.  Carrie McCallum, OHRC

1:45-2:00   BREAK

2-4 Teaching with Oral Histories and the 8 Stages of Genocide- This session will explore the importance of using oral histories and how to do so effectively in the classroom. Participants will also explore the theory of the “8 Stages of Genocide” allowing for connections to made between the Holocaust and more contemporary genocides.  Rob Hadley, USHMM

Pre-registration is required for the Friday workshop. Space is limited. On-site registration will be on a “space available” basis. To register for the Friday workshop, please complete and return the registration form found on the link below.

EOU credit will be available for individuals attending both the Thursday evening and all-day Friday events. Oregon CPD credit is available if attending only the Friday workshop.

This event is made possible through the support of the Mountain Valleys Reading Council, the Oregon Holocaust  Resource Center, the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, and The College of Education at Eastern Oregon University. Funds supporting this event also provided in honor of Holocaust survivor SIME KAMINSKY MESHUL, and the memory of her family who perished at Auschwitz-Birkenau: mother, Bobel; father, Kopel;  brothers, Shloime, Meishe, Yudel;  and sister, Roseh.

Registration form is here.

Save the date and circle July 14^th on your calendar.  Lucy’s Table is donating 10% of the daily sales to the OHRC.  Plan to meet your friends there for lunch, happy hour or dinner!  Delicious food and a great way to support the OHRC! Lucy’s Table is located within walking distance of the OHRC at:

704 NW 21st Ave
Portland, OR 97210
(503) 226-6126

Evelyn Banko, a child Holocaust survivor, has been an active volunteer with the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center for approximately fifteen years.  She has served on the Board of Directors, as well as secretary; currently she co-chairs the Education Committee and the Speakers Bureau.  Evie works tirelessly and is always willing to help out with any and all OHRC educational and fundraising activities.  Her responsibilities with the Education Committee include, but are not limited to contacting and co-coordinating judges for the Sala Kryszek Art and Writing Competition and developing the annual prompt for the contest. This event receives over 400 entries from Middle and High School students each year.  The culminating luncheon honors the student winners and their teachers. In addition, she was instrumental in writing a grant to the Portland 100 Organization which gleaned an award of $20,000 to develop Holocaust themed teaching trunks to disseminate to teachers statewide. One trunk, entitled “A Name on the Wall” tells the story of Evie’s uncle, Max Vielgut, a family member who did not survive.  Evie also helps to develop and deliver teacher in-service workshops that combine Holocaust history with innovative teaching strategies to assist students in their moral decision-making. As co-chairman of the OHRC Speakers Bureau of survivors, liberators, and other witnesses, she schedules speakers to schools, churches and civic organizations; these presentations give history a human face.  This program reaches more than 30,000 students and adults each year.  Evie is also shares her own family history as part of this program. As a docent at the Oregon Holocaust Memorial, she includes her personal story of survival as she guides students in reflecting upon the factual events of the Holocaust.

See the article about all the awardees here

The 19th Annual Awards Brunch will be 10 a.m.-12:15 p.m., June 5, at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center.For reservations postmarked by May 24, the cost of the brunch is $21, after May 24 the cost is $30, $10 for children 12 and under, and $36 for Patrons. Make your check out to JWRT, listing the names and type of reservation (Patron or Guest), and mail to Jerrie Roth, 1231 SW Texas St., Portland, OR 97219.

The Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA) in Eugene hosts “The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau”,  May 6-June 3, 2011. An Opening Reception will be held during the First Friday Art Walk with curator Dr. Ann Weiss in attendance from 4:30-8:30pm at DIVA, 280 West Broadway, Eugene, Oregon. For more information call: 541-344-3482 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 541-344-3482 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or go to www.divacenter.org.

Read about the exhibit here
Read about an Oregon woman who spotted her father in the photos here

Are you interested in working with school groups at the Oregon Holocaust Memorial? Can you lend your skills to the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center in our office?

OHRC volunteer trainings will take place Sunday, May 29, or Tuesday, June 7, from 2 to 4:30. Volunteers need to attend just one session. The group will meet at the Oregon Holocaust Memorial in Washington Park at 2 p.m. before heading to the OHRC offices at 1953 NW Kearney.

RSVP to 503-245-2733 or info@ohrc online.org so adequate materials will be available. All ages including teens and seniors are welcome.