Gratz College Digitizing Elie Wiesel Collection
On his Wikipedia page, Elie Wiesel is described as a writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor. He published 57 books and...
Rowan University Helping K-12 Teachers Understand the Holocaust
Holocaust and genocide studies is a common area of study at colleges and universities. But Holocaust and genocide education is less common, according to...
How Will Lower Merion’s New Kindergarten Program Impact Synagogues and Day Schools?
In the fall, the Lower Merion School District will offer full-day kindergarten for the first time.
Synagogues in the area, such as Main Line Reform...
Jewish Doctor Jonathan A. Epstein Becomes New Leader of Perelman School at Penn
Dr. Jonathan A. Epstein is the new interim dean of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the executive vice...
Lisa Richman Continues to Bring Older and Younger Jews Together
Lisa Richman taught at the Perelman Jewish Day School from 1976-2018. During that time, she also served as education director at Camp Ramah in...
YOU SHOULD KNOW…Jared Szychter
The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation is in the early stages of a $9 million endowment campaign and artist interviews for a new mural at...
An 82-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Talks to Jewish Day School Students
Jutka Lefkovits was born on July 31, 1941, in Budapest, Hungary. Less than three years later, the Germans invaded and forced her family to...
Weitzman Museum CEO to Step Down in 2024
Misha Galperin started as a consultant for the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History. Then he got promoted to interim CEO and ultimately...
YOU SHOULD KNOW…Ayal Feinberg, Gratz’s New Director of Holocaust Studies
As a political scientist who studied antisemitism, Ayal Feinberg never felt like he found his academic home. Political science departments categorized antisemitism as a...
What Is Going on at Penn?
In September, the University of Pennsylvania’s leadership allowed the Palestine Writes Festival to go on as scheduled on its campus. After backlash from Jewish...
