In mid-June, Charlotte took centerstage as 115 Holocaust leaders and scholars representing national and international Holocaust centers, university programs, museums and councils gathered for the 35th annual Association of Holocaust …
The School Year in Review: Thanking our Partners
It seems like it was just yesterday that we finished planning Holocaust and human rights programs for educators in North and South Carolina and started working with old and new …
Holocaust Education: It’s not just for schools anymore!
When the Greenspon Center opened its doors, our goal was to provide meaningful Holocaust education throughout the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. We began by creating unique opportunities for educator professional development and quickly …
Jewish Life at Queens Receives Grants for Engaging Student Programs
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 …