Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education

Mission

The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE) explores the legacy of the Jewish experience in Oregon, teaches the enduring and universal relevance of the Holocaust, and provides opportunities for intercultural conversations.

Bottom Line for Portland

OJMCHE and the Oregon Holocaust Memorial, which the museum stewards, provide space for people to come together to learn and discuss complex topics while respectfully exploring alternative perspectives. We educate adults and students about the Holocaust and other genocides; connect the Jewish experience to larger issues of diversity and discrimination against religious, ethnic, and cultural minorities; and provide tools of resistance to confront hate, racism and persecution. OJMCHE empowers our audience to study the past as a way to understand the present and explore the future.

Quote

“I think discrimination can start with little things. It can start with as much as racial jokes or religious jokes. It can start with just small hatred which can grow into a big one. And I feel that the way to fight is to educate the young people. To let them know what discrimination can do. I think we all have to educate the children, and in our own way, we all have to fight discrimination.”

–Eva Aigner, Member of OJMCHE’s Speakers’ Bureau and child survivor of the Budapest Ghetto

Incentives

All donors to OJMCHE will receive two guest passes to visit the museum. In addition, the first $5000 in donations to the museum will be matched by longtime museum supporters Madelle and Stanley Rosenfeld. Finally, individuals who dine at Mother's Bistro & Bar during November and December 2025 will receive a discount on purchases in OJMCHE’s Ron Tonkin Museum Shop.

Partner(s)

Corporate Partner

Mother’s Bistro & Bar

Mother’s Bistro and OJMCHE are partnering to encourage patrons of Mother’s and OJMCHE to visit both entities when spending time downtown. Check out BUBBIE’S DELI BOARD POP-UP! at Mother's Wednesday-Friday from 9-2 and then visit the museum.

Nonprofit Partner

Civics Learning Project 

Civics Learning Project and OJMCHE share the goal of teaching the importance of democracy. Therefore, we are cross-promoting and spreading the word that we are both participating in Give!Guide.