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This image shows Alcatraz Island when it was a military prison, circa 1900.

This image shows Alcatraz Island when it was a military prison, circa 1900.

150 years ago, a Modoc prisoner died on Alcatraz

On this date 150 years ago, a Modoc warrior from Southern Oregon died at Alcatraz. He was one of the first Native Americans sentenced to the island prison.

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Ashes to rainbows: The art of Alice Lok Cahana is featured at the Oregon Jewish Museum

Alice Lok Cahana survived the Nazi Holocaust, moved to the US and became a successful painter. Her multi-dimensional work explores the trauma of her time at the camps and offers a glimpse of hope and survival, turning “ashes into rainbows.” Her son, Rabbi Ronnie Cahana, is a poet and his daughter Kitra Chana, is an acclaimed photographer. The new show at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education presents work by these three generations of artists, looking at the concept of immortality through art. Survival and Intimations of Immortality runs through May 25th at the OJMCHE in Portland.



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