Jewish Life at Queens University works hard throughout the year to create opportunities for learning about Jewish culture, Jewish history, and Jewish identity. We are proud to announce that our …
“Never Again” Is Not Enough, we Need to Educate for Change
Today is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is a day designated by the UN as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. A day to honor the six million Jewish victims …
Setting your intention for 2022
We stand at the cusp of the new year of 2022. Milestones in time are ideal moments for reflection and for setting intentions that lead to change. The past two …
Pop-Up History with the Levine Museum of the New South March 4 – 21, 2022
All of history is stories When we realize that personal narratives shape and define our larger shared history, individuals and the community gain perspective. This is the goal of our newest …
Listening Project to learn from 80 years of Charlotte Social Justice Organizing gets Launched
On Monday, October 25, 2021, we gathered to launch our “Listening Project to learn from 80 years of Charlotte Social Justice Organizing: wins, losses and learning.” We were blown away …
A Day of Learning with the South Park Regional Library
You are invited to join us for a day of learning centered around two engaging books. The first book is the memoir of Leon Leyson, one of the youngest of …
Journey Through Jewish Poland: Roots, Resilience, and Renewal Join Talli Dippold, Rabbi Judy Schindler and Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Tomasz Cebulski on an epic journey through Poland
Many of us hear “Poland” and immediately think of the devastation related to the Holocaust. And yet, there is another, more powerful story there. Did you know that in the …
Celebrating Five Years of Collaboration
For the past five years, the Stan Greenspon Center and the Olga Lengyel Institute, based in New York City, partnered to bring a weeklong educator conference to life here in …
From the Field: Teachers and Students Share with Us
For teachers, July is the month that embodies Summer Vacation. June ends with a few days of school followed by a week or so of finishing grades and other odds …
The Challenge and Call of Yom Hashoah
It is that time of year again. It is the time when, as life bursts forth from the slumber of winter, we recall the lives taken during the Holocaust. Yom …