For six nights this winter, from January to March, Jews and Muslims are invited to come together to provide food, shelter and care to approximately ten neighbors in need as …
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Trends reveal that Generation Z, like millennials before them, value diversity and express the need for collaborative engagement and collective action on social issues such as climate change, racial justice, …
Dr. Cernyak-Spatz, of blessed memory – a survivor, a teacher, an inspiration, and a friend
Dr. Susan Cernyak-Spatz, a survivor who testified to the worst of humanity so we could remember, a professor who taught us about history so we could learn, a woman of …
Second Annual Sklut Lecture with Justice Mark Davis: Parallels Between Torah & our Modern Legal System
Queens University Jewish Studies presents The Second Annual Sklut Lecture Justice Mark A. Davis Parallels Between the Torah and our Modern Legal System Tuesday, February 11, 2020 6:00 pm- 7:00 …
Evolving and Devolving
Written for Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 2019) and Veteran’s Day (November 11, 2019) Language evolves. Research evolves. Learning evolves. We have been told to expand our language. November 9-10, 1938 was …
Jeffrey Alan Schwartz Holocaust Speakers Bureau is now a reality!
In memory of Jeffrey Alan Schwartz, his brother Larry Schwartz and family have established the Jeffrey Alan Schwartz Holocaust Speakers Bureau. This newly developed program is now available to bring …
It’s Time to Talk about Race and Justice
In the 1960s and 1970s, an interesting notion took shape in the United States: racial colorblindness. The idea, which was born in mostly white communities, was that we had advanced …
All New Offerings for Jewish Studies at Queens
Whether you are a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or other, one thing is obvious this time of year – school is back in session! School busses fill the neighborhood streets …
Preview of Upcoming Jewish Studies Programs
We can’t resist giving you a preview of what’s to come! Stay tuned for our 2019-2020 Jewish Studies Program Guide, but save the dates for the following classes: Mussar: A …
Mussar – A Workout for our Souls: Fall Community Class with Rabbi Schindler
Have you ever stopped to consider why people are the way they are? Did you ever notice that, while most of us intend to be kind and giving, we often …