Today is the seventh day of Passover and the seventy-fifth anniversary of the liberation from Bergen-Belsen. This day is a celebration of song and dancing — dancing on the other …
Greenspon Center’s Peaceful Pause: “Passover, Easter, the Sun, the Moon and Shared Light”
Each Sunday evening, the Greenspon Center will offer a Peaceful Pause program at 5:00 pm, focusing on themes of hope and resilience. You will be invited to live interviews, panels, …
What Charlotte needs this week and how you can help (4/6/2020)
The Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice and Queens University have joined CharMeck Responds Coalition (CRC), https://charmeckresponds.org/. The CharMeck Responds Coalition is made up of many faith partners, …
A Passover Seder Supplement for 2020
The Haggadah is a tool for imparting the lessons of the past to the next generation. We are meant to apply the Biblical stories of oppression to the present so …
Corona and the art of patience – a Mussar teaching for today
In my family, we have an ongoing joke. We stopped calling days Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday and so on, we just call it “day.” While thankfully, my family is able …
Where do you find light in the darkness?
Jewish mystics teach us to lift up the shattered shards of our world in order to bring healing. Each time we encounter darkness – the darkness of headlines or the …
Wine & Wisdom – The Healing Power of Humor, Wednesday, April 1, 2020
As soap is to the body, so laughter is to the soul. – JEWISH PROVERB Join us for a virtual Wine & Wisdom program on the topic of Jewish humor. …
Queens Jewish Studies Virtual Social Justice Seder 2020
“This year online… next year in person.” During this time of social distancing, we can find ways to stay strongly connected to our faith, our community and to one another. …
Hillel Virtual Art Shabbat – March 27, 2020
Our Hillel family stays connected. Join us for Hillel Happy Hour and Art Shabbat. Bring a creation so that we celebrate your work and celebrate each other’s lives. The above …
The Teachers are at it Again!
March is truly the month for Holocaust education. History classes explore World War II and its aftermath, literature classes read Night and Number the Stars, and Civics classes explore the …