Name: Oregon Jewish Museum
Start: 2018-05-17T00:00:00-07:00
End: 2018-05-17T23:59:59-07:00

Past Activity

Oregon Jewish Museum

Start date: 05/17/2018
Start time: 12:00 AM
End date: 05/17/2018
End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Load bus at 7:30 a.m., depart at 8:00.
Our destination today is the newly expanded Oregon Jewish Museum recently relocated to old town Portland. This is an early Oregon history trip as well as learning about discrimination in many forms, including the prominent early 20th century KuKluxKlan. There are also art and cultural exhibits in three galleries. We will have a guided tour. Jewish people, primarily from Russia and Bavaria started arriving in Oregon by 1850. Many became merchants outfitting gold prospectors in Southern Oregon. Lunch (on your own) will be at Kornblatt's Jewish Deli. Jewish style baked goods are available at Lefty's inside the Museum for purchase. Rugelach or Hamantaschen ummmmgood!!

Please make all checks payable to: Obsidians Bus Trips Account.
Cost: Members $50 Non-members $52 Due May 1
RESERVATIONS AND MAIL CHECKS TO: Judy Adamcyk 541-302-8160, 510 Spyglass Drive, Eugene, OR 97401

Event Leader: Mary Ellen West
Event Leader Phone: 541-342-8672
Event Leader Email: 000175@obsidians.org
Assistant Leader: Jim Northrop
Event category: Bus Trips
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Season: 2018
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Event Status: Passed
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Member Fees: 50
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Non-Member Fees: 52
Committee: Bus Trips
Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

A trip to the City! The May 17th Obsidian bus trip took us to the Oregon Jewish History Museum and Center for Holocaust Education located in the Pearl District in Portland. This museum is dedicated to preserving Oregon Jewish history as well as fighting discrimination in all forms. Our visit to the Museum began with the OPB Oregon Experience video “The Jewish Frontier”, telling the history of Jewish people in Oregon beginning in the early 1850's. The Museum has displays and reminiscences of the holocaust both with Oregon resident stories and a gallery of traveling exhibits. Our tour included thoughtful information recognizing and handling discrimination. Still in the city, lunch was at Kornblatts on NW 23rd. This is an authentic and popular New York style Jewish deli. The food choices were many. After a good lunch there was time to explore the busy neighborhood. We saw many lovely old homes, and our bus was parked in front of two beautiful Japanese Snowbell trees in full bloom. Our trip to the "city" completed, we hit the road for home along with all the busy city traffic. Our group today included nineteen members and three nonmember guests.