Join us in early 2023 for a new and stimulating six-part series co-sponsored by OJMCHE and the Oregon Historical Society and focused on new interpretations of Jewish history in Oregon and the American West.

Freshly retired after teaching Jewish studies for 35 years at Reed College, Steven M. Wasserstrom reflects on the turbulent history of Jewish Portland since the 1980s. In the face of rising antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia, and oligarchic inroads into cultural, political, and media power centers, we seem to be approaching a crossroads. Wasserstrom will address the recent past of our community, where it now seems to be headed, and some difficult choices that we must make.