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Julie Orringer in Conversation With Karen Thompson Walker

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

The Flight Portfolio (Knopf), the long-awaited new work from Julie Orringer, author of The Invisible Bridge, takes us back to occupied Europe. The Flight Portfolio, a gripping historical novel of the very first order, is based on the true story of Varian Fry’s extraordinary attempt to save the work, and the lives, of Jewish artists fleeing the Holocaust. Orringer will be joined in conversation by Karen Thompson Walker, author of The Age of Miracles.

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Reading of the Names

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Every year on Yom HaShoah, the Day of Remembrance, communities around the world uphold the memory of victims of the Holocaust through the Reading of the Names, a public recitation of Holocaust victims’ names, ages, and birthplaces. The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education will once again sponsor the Reading of the Names. While the event is normally held at Pioneer Courthouse Square, this year a selection of community members, elected officials, and Holocaust survivors will be reading at the Oregon Holocaust Memorial in Washington Park and the names read will be those written on the Memorial, which recognizes the lost families and friends of local Holocaust survivors. The Reading of the Names will be a virtual event and will be recorded. “The…

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