Gerda Klein back in town for Impact

By JEWISH REVIEW

article created on: 2009-01-15T00:00:00

Holocaust survivor and author Gerda Weissmann Klein returns to Portland Feb. 25 for Impact: An Event for Women.

Invitations should be in the mail in mid-January.

Klein, whose life story inspired the 1995 Academy Award-winning documentary “One Survivor Remembers,” was extremely well received in 2000, when she spoke at the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s women’s event, then called Connections.

Klein will present “A Survivor’s Tale of Hope” at the evening event at the Governor Hotel. The evening begins at 6 p.m. with a wine reception and an Oregon Jewish Museum art exhibit. Dinner begins at 6:45 p.m.

Impact attracts women of all ages, according to Beverly Eastern, who co-chairs the event with her daughter, Michelle Eastern Gradow. The evening is presented by the JFGP’s Women’s Philanthropy Committee.

Teen-age girls are encouraged to attend the evening with an adult.

Attendance requires a minimum gift of $180 to the JFGP 2009 campaign, which touches the lives of the young, the elderly, the needy and the vulnerable.

Cost of the event is $48 per person or $58 after Feb. 16. The price includes 3 percent to Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger. For more information, contact Rachel Halupowski at 503-892-7413 or Rachel@jewishportland.org.