06/11/2026
Our construction crew and our favorite installation team Artech have been busy hanging paintings, erecting panels, and building our Wish Wall at the museum!
Deinstallation requires incredible care and skill. The mixture of imagination and ex*****on, planning and hammering, always amazes.
Join us on Sunday June 28, from 3 to 5pm, for the Public Opening of both new exhibitions, “One Nation” and “How We Show Up: Oregon Jews in Civil Society, An America 250 Exhibition.”
Find more details at the link in our bio.
06/08/2026
Thanks to for featuring our new exhibit, How We Show Up: An America 250 exhibition.
"How We Show Up: An America 250 Exhibition explores the ways Jewish Oregonians have participated in public life, tracing a long tradition of civic engagement shaped by leadership, service and advocacy. The exhibition spans Jewish civic life in Oregon from roughly the 1840s through the early 21st century and deliberately reaches beyond Portland, although the city features prominently as the historic center of Oregon Jewish life." — Preview
All are welcome to our public opening, Sunday, June 28, 3 – 5pm
Featured image: OJM04788, Shaul Stampfer Speaking at Portland Rally for Soviet Jewry, 1970
06/07/2026
Happy summer vacation! Add a visit to OJMCHE to your weekend plans. Admission is free 11am – 4pm Sunday!
Photo from the OJMCHE archive: OJM11468, B'nai B'rith Camp Girls Cabin Photo circa 1960s
06/03/2026
Join us in Old Town tomorrow night, June 4, for First Thursday! Free admission 4 – 8pm.
For the second time this season, OJMCHE will welcome visitors to the museum for free, as part of First Thursday. Come by. Say hi. See how a museum looks while it transitions previous exhibitions to upcoming exhibitions.
It's also a great time to revisit our core exhibits including Human Rights After the Holocaust. This core exhibition explores why and how human rights abuses, hatred, racial injustice, and genocide continue to happen and, simultaneously, illustrates the ways that hope and action are essential to our endeavors.
06/02/2026
What can the history of N**i persecution of LGBTQ+ people teach us about confronting discrimination today?
Join us on Zoom on June 16, 12–1 PM, for “Never Again is Now: Learning from LGBTQ+ History to Fight for the Future.
In this free virtual Lunch and Learn, Dr. Jake Newsome, an award-winning scholar and Founder of the Pink Triangle Legacies Project, will share 10 key lessons from LGBTQ+ history that can help us better understand today's challenges and build more inclusive communities.
Participants will also gain practical tools for addressing homophobia and transphobia in their own communities.
Presented in partnership with the Holocaust Center for Humanity and the Pink Triangle Legacies Project.
RSVP at www.ojmche.org/events/never-again-is-now-learning-from-lgbtq-history-to-fight-for-the-future/