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COMMUNITY COMMEMORATIONS
April 11, Sunday, 3:00 pm: YOM HaSHOAH CANDLE LIGHTING CEREMONY
Mittleman Jewish Community Center (MJCC), 6651 SW Capitol Highway, Portland, Oregon. Sponsored by the Oregon Board of Rabbis and Oregon Holocaust Survivors, Refugees, and Families (OHSRAF). The commemoration ritual will feature musical pieces by Holocaust survivors, performed by the Portland Jewish Academy (PJA) Choir and the Oregon Jewish Community Orchestra. The ritual will center around a candle-lighting ceremony led by survivors of the Shoah and the rabbis of the Oregon Jewish community. Further Info from MJCC: CLICK HERE.
April 12, Monday, 11:00 am to 4:30 pm: UNTO EVERY PERSON THERE IS A NAME
Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland. Oregon Area Jewish Committee (OAJC) and Oregon Holocaust Resource Center (OHRC). A public reading of Holocaust victims' names, ages, and birthplaces. Further Info from OAJC: CLICK HERE.
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CONFERENCES
April 15-17, (Thursday through Saturday): History (1933-1948) What We Choose to Remember
The Garaventa Center at the University of Portland. This conference examines the ideas – legal, philosophical, religious, mythical, medical, and scientific – and the institutions – secular and sacred – that informed and directed as well as opposed and thwarted the unfolding of events from the rise of dictatorships in the western world to the establishment of the state of Israel so the lessons of history can guide the future. For more information: https://pilots.up.edu/web/historyconf
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CLASSES
6 Wednesdays: April 28th through June 9th, Chabad Lubavitch of Oregon:
Beyond Never Again: How the Holocaust Speaks to Us Today
Portland Westside, 2317 SW Vermont St, Portland from 7:30 to 9:00 pm.
Perkins Coie Law Firm, 1120 Northwest Couch Street, Portland, Noon to 1:15 pm.
CLICK HERE for further info or call our offices at (503) 977-9947
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EXHIBITS
March 21 though June 6: LETTERS TO SALA: A YOUNG WOMAN’S LIFE IN NAZI LABOR CAMPS
Presented by the Oregon Jewish Museum and co-sponsored by OHRC, the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies, the Archdiocese of Portland, and other supporting organizations.
Further Info from OJM: CLICK HERE.
Associated Events
April 11, Sunday, 11:30am: Talk featuring Ann Kirschner.
Dr. Kirschner’s talk, Letters to Sala: My Mother’s Gift of History and of Life is the first event in the community-wide observance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
April 15, Thursday, 7:00pm: Nowhere in Africa
2002 Academy Award film based on a Stefanie Zweig novel Story of a Jewish family that emigrates to Kenya during World War II. 50 attendee capacity. Advance ticket purchases available at www.ojm.org
April 29, Thursday, 7:30pm: Representatives from the Oregon Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross will discuss the organization’s efforts to trace and reunite family members separated due to natural disasters and armed conflicts, including those separated during the Holocaust and World War II.
May 26, Wednesday, 7:30pm: Hidden Holocausts: Jews Who Kept their Secrets — for Life.
Roger Porter, Professor of English at Reed College will talk about history, memory and autobiography.
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SCHOOLS
April 12, Monday, 7:00 9:30 pm A showing of the film Defiance + Discussion
Yom HaShoah observance, film, and discussion facilitated by Rabbi Jonathan Seidel, Rabbinic Chaplain
at Lewis and Clark College. The film is Defiance - focusing on “Jewish Power & Powerlessness” in World War II. Location: Lewis and Clark campus, Miller Center for the Humanities, room 102. For more information: JONSEIDEL@aol.com or 541-434-6551
Oregon State University: Holocaust Memorial Week 2010
Remember the past ~ Change the future Holocaust Memorial Program. This April will see the 24th annual observance of Holocaust Memorial Week at Oregon State University. The upcoming program will include many events, among them a performance of the play A Bright Room Called Day by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tony Kushner; lectures on anti-semitism and genocide; and an evening of testimony from Eline Hoekstra Dresden, a survivor of the Westerbork camp in the Netherlands. CLICK HERE.
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SYNAGOGUES
April 10, Saturday, 7:30 pm: Temple Beth Tikvah Yom HaShoah Memorial Service
The Reform synagogue in Bend hosts. The featured speaker is Holocaust survivor Hans Biglajzer and Rabbi Alan Berg will lead the service. Ceremony takes place at the First United Methodist Church, 680 NW Bond Street in Bend. For more information: Call Tully Ellsberg, 541.385.9953
April 11, Sunday, 10:00 am at Congregation Shaarie Torah
The movie A Beautiful Life will be screened, followed by a falafel lunch. Middle school age through adults are welcome to attend. Grades K-5 will be doing a separate tolerance and Jewish survival activity. Movie is free, nominal charge for lunch. 920 NW 25th Avenue. For more information: 503.226.6131 simi@shaarietorah.org
April 11, Sunday, 10:00 am to Noon: Kol Shalom screens Bloodlines, a DVD Documentary
This film brings to awareness the terrible cost of war and genocide on future generations of both victims and perpetrators. Kol Shalom Community for Humanistic Judaism, 1509 SW Sunset Blvd.Suite 1E, Portland. Call 503.459.4210 or CLICK HERE.
April 11, Sunday, 7:30 pm: Temple Beth Israel in Eugene Holocaust Remembrance
A short Holocaust remembrance service followed by the presentation of a multimedia work entitled The Unutterable by Robert Kyr, director for the composition program at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance. Program takes place at Temple Beth Israel, 1175 E. 29th Avenue in Eugene. For more information: CLICK HERE or call 541.485.7218.
April 18, Sunday, 9:45 am: Neveh Shalom Men’s Club YOM HaSHOAH PROGRAM
hosts at the Zidell Chapel at Congregation Neveh Shalom with a local Holocaust Survivor. Free. Open to the public. Non-club members asked to make a modest donation to cover the cost of breakfast. PLEASE RSVP by April 10th. Further info from Neveh Shalom: CLICK HERE.
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TELEVISION
April 11, Sunday, 9:00 pm: The Diary of Anne Frank on OPB
A new adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank will premiere on Oregon Public Broadcasting as part of the Masterpiece Classic series. The presentation will repeat at 2 am on April 13.
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THEATRE
February 25 through March 21: KINDERTRANSPORT 2010
A play by Diane Samuels at the Artist’s Repertory Theatre, 1515 SW Morrison Street, Portland, Oregon. Sponsored by the Jewish Theatre Collaborative, OAJC, and OHRC.
Associated Events
February 25th – March 21: Fugue: Exile, Emigration and Displacement
Art Exhibit by Friderike Heuer
March 1, Monday: The Destruction of a People and Its Culture
Dr. Natan Meir will present a lecture on the vibrant and diverse Jewish life of Pre War Europe, the war that ravaged it and the remnants that remained when it was over.
March 8, Monday: Honey Brown Eyes
Staged Reading by Stefanie Zadravec. A story about the ethnic violence in Bosnia.
March 15, Monday: In Darfur
Staged Reading by Winter Miller.A piece inspired and informed by her journeys and work in Darfur with Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff.
~~~ Lecture and Staged Readings free to the public by RSVP ~~~ Further Info from JTC: CLICK HERE.
April 1 through April 25: ROSE
Shows on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoon at the CoHo Theare, 2257 NW Raleigh Street. Presented by Triangle Productions. Further info from Triangle: CLICK HERE.
Associated Events
April 4, Sunday, at 2:30 pm: Special Benefit Performance of ROSE for the OHRC.
Includes a “talk back” with a local Holocaust Survivor. For more information: CLICK HERE.
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