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Voting Jewish?

South Portland Jews and Regional Politics, 1900-1930



Exhibit Talk with Ellen Eisenberg
Dwight & Margaret Leer Professor of American History at Willamette University
Fri, March 16 at 12:00noon

Sunday closing laws, radical tax plans, prohibition, mandatory public schooling, compulsory vaccination, and women’s suffrage were just a few of the many issues confronting voters in early 20th century Portland. How did Jewish voters from the South Portland neighborhood negotiate these measures?

General Public: $5 Members: Free
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An Afternoon with Young Adult Book Author Ruth Feldman
and Artist Diane Fredgant

Sun, March 18 at 2:00pm

The Oregon Jewish Museum, author Ruth Tenzer Feldman, and fiber artist Diane Fredgant invite you to a parent/teen program about the transformative aspects of the tallit/prayer shawl. Ruth Feldman, joined by three young readers, will read from her new book Blue Thread, a young adult novel in which an ancient heirloom prayer shawl intertwines with the woman suffrage campaign in 1912 Portland. The three readers are pre-bat mitzvah students: Molly Benson, Zoe Sirkin, and Estee Rosenberg. Diane Fredgant will facilitate an art project with attendees, helping them to create their own paper designs--designs that could be used in the creation of a tallit/prayer shawl. Art materials will be provided.

Free with Museum admission