As Holocaust Survivors Die, Gratz and Theatre Ariel Try to Help Students Remember
At the start of the play “Survivors” on April 20 at Springfield Township High School, Springfield Middle School Principal Zachary Fuller asked students not...
Former Inquirer Reporter Andrew Cassel Translates Holocaust Diary
In 2015, Andrew Cassel retired from his career as a newspaperman after 35 years, including 23 at The Philadelphia Inquirer. But the longtime business...
Yom HaShoah Event to Mark 80th Anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
There is a key difference between International Holocaust Remembrance Day, declared by the United Nations and taking place each January, and Yom HaShoah, established...
Gems to Find New Home at Kaiserman JCC
Golden Slipper Gems Executive Director Rabbi Moriah SimonHazani calls the organization a “hidden gem” for older adult programming, but she wants Gems to be...
Beth Chaim Reform Congregation Selling Banned Books
A 2022 Pen America study found more than 2,500 instances of school districts around the country taking books out of their libraries and curriculums...
Gratz College to Hold Teach-In on Holocaust Education
Marty Tuzman, son of Holocaust survivors Esther and Arnold Tuzman, thought about Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” as he was leading a Holocaust...
Perelman Jewish Day School and Kaiserman JCC Open Garden Space for Students
In Genesis, Jews are taught to be stewards of the Earth, explains Emily Cook, the principal of the Stern Center at the Perelman Jewish...
New Penn Museum Exhibit Adds Context to Jewish History
We tend to think of Jewish history as isolated, as the story of a chosen people, as the plight of a fallen kingdom with...
YOU SHOULD KNOW…Rory Michelle Sullivan
Howl at the Moon. Boston. January 2013. It’s Rory Michelle Sullivan’s 26th birthday, and she’s the musical performer at this bar with a stage.
She’s...
Life Lessons from Richard Kind…the Annoying Cousin on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
On Oct. 13, just minutes after Richard Kind strolled onto the stage at Pennsbury High School’s Orange Auditorium, he took a question from the...
