VISIT THE MUSEUM

Now located at:
1953 NW Kearney St Portland

Museum Hours
Tuesday - Thursday
10:30a - 4:00p

Friday
10:30a - 3:00p

Sunday
1:00 - 4:00p

Admission
Adults: $6
Students|Seniors: $4
Members: Free

Children under 12 accompanied by a parent
or guardian: Free

RESEARCH LIBRARY and ARCHIVE

Open by appointment

Researchers are welcome to use the library. Please schedule an appointment prior to your visit by calling 503.226.3600 Ext 102 or curator@ojm.org

Incorporating the archives of the Jewish Historical Society of Oregon

Institutional Member, Council of American Jewish Museums

Contituent Agency of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland

Past Exhibits

The Song of Songs - The Honeybee in the Garden
Illustrated Manuscript pages by Debra Band
February 1 – May 6, 2007

One of the shortest books of the Bible, the Song of Songs has provided generations of readers with some of the most passionate and lasting love poetry in history. In The Song of Songs: The Honeybee in the Garden, Band presented her own unique devotional body of work expressing sensual yearning, the beauty of nature and the land, and an allegorical interpretation of the relationship between bride (the people of Israel) and the groom (God). She employed parchment, fine calligraphy, color and precious metal leaf to create her own illuminated manuscript pages illustrating the Bible’s love song. The illuminations, drawn upon classic rabbinic texts and modern scholarship, created a new visual midrash based on the Song of Songs’ timeless poetry.