Jewish tradition and peoplehood revolve around community. We are not meant to be alone. The Torah teaches not only that we are not meant to be alone but rather that …
Nostra Aetate: The Seminal Catholic Document in the Fight against Antisemitism
“In our time, when day by day mankind is being drawn closer together, and the ties between different peoples are becoming stronger, the Church examines more closely her relationship …
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 …
Wine & Wisdom: A Low Stakes Way To Get Connected
By Hannah Eccleston The summer months are often thought of as a break, especially from education. Students are out of school for the summer, and often religious classes are paused …
Jewish Studies Fall Signature Course – Jewish Values and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Jewish Studies and the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte Present “Jewish Values and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” a 12-Week Course on Wednesdays, 12:30 to 2:00 pm, from September 1 through December 15. …
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 …
The Fight for Freedom Today: Our Greenspon Center Passover Seder Supplement
The Jewish holiday of Passover begins on the evening of Saturday, March 27th. The narrative of the Exodus has inspired countless communities in the past and today to fight for …
An evening with award-winning author of “The Unanswered Letter: One Holocaust Family’s Desperate Plea for Help”, Faris Cassell
September 2, 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of V-J Day, the official ending of World War II. Yet, there is an incredible story that has only now been uncovered by …
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
“This is an important film for Jews and Blacks to watch together and then walk and work together.” – Rabbi Judy Schindler The Stan Greenspon Center is thrilled to be …
How Gaining Insight into the Peaks and Valleys of Black-Jewish Relations Can Help Us Be Better Allies by Amy Lefkof
When Rabbi Judy Schindler, Queens University Sklut Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of the Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice, offered a virtual eight-week course this past …