Wagner College Holocaust Center
Zachor – We Will Never Forget
Our Mission is to awaken future generations to the ramifications of prejudice, anti-Semitism, and racism as well as the dynamism of Jewish Culture. We aim to foster mutual respect, peace, and positive action.
“It’s so important that Staten Island have a Holocaust center where students learn the basic values of humanity and support for openness and inclusiveness throughout the world.” – Richard Guarasci, President of Wagner College
“We are making Jewish students feel more welcome with a growing number of Jewish Programs” – Victor Avis, Chair of Chai Society
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So What? Maintaining the Holocaust Themes in a New Production of CABARET
June 20, 2018
It’s November, 2018. The setting is a recreation room in a college dorm. Spilling out of the room are the friends, family members, and fans of Cabaret who have come to take in a student produced production of the Kander and Ebb hit. Known for its jazzy score, sexy showgirls, and most importantly, 
In The Light Of One Another
January 23, 2018
A meditation on resistance drawn from the testimony of survivors Performances - RSVP Below April 29, 1pm, Highland Park Conservative Synagogue, NJ. Special Thanks to Marc Lebovitz, Wagner College Trustee, the Shoah Foundation, the Holocaust Theater International Initiative and to the SI Holocaust 
Homosexuality and the Holocaust
November 29, 2017
In the Fall of 1933, the first transport of homosexuals arrived at Fuhlsbüttel concentration camp in Hamburg, Germany, a small Nazi camp that has an estimated 500 victims. Over the course of the war about 5,000-10,000 homosexuals were killed in concentration camps and an estimated 100,000 were arrested. 
Wagner Students Celebrate Jewish New Year
September 14, 2017
Wagner College Holocaust Center celebrated the Jewish New Year with 1st-4th Generation Holocaust Survivors and Wagner students on September 10th in the Wagner Faculty Dining Room. With music by Klezmer Band Tsu Fil Duvids and a kosher lunch provided by Eddie's Falafel, the Staten Island community 
Meet Consolee Nishimwe
August 10, 2017
Meet Consolee Nishimwe: A Rwandan Genocide Survivor who dedicated her life to changing the world, one speech at a time. As an intern at the Wagner College Holocaust Center, one of my assignments this summer was to read Consolee Nishimwe’s book Tested to the Limit ( 2012). Her story touched me in 
Gregory Perillo’s Holocaust Images
August 10, 2017
Art that portrays terrible events captures what words cannot say. World War II veteran and artist Gregory Perrillo uses light and dark, and details, as tools to project emotions that reflect the horror and hopelessness of a situation. Even though a picture is a frame of only one moment, with the use 
NY1 Executive Editor Among Mitzvah Award Recipients
July 16, 2017
One of our own was honored at Wagner College in Grymes Hill for her contributions to the community. The 13th annual Chai Society Community Mitzvah Awards Gala was help on the campus last night and NY1 Executive Editor Melissa Rabinovich was one of the recipients of the Mitzvah award for her commitment 
1st Annual Holocaust Art & Poetry Concert
June 20, 2017
New Immigrant Youth Find Courage in Holocaust
June 20, 2017
Sixth-grade student Tracy Appiah of New World Preparatory Charter School in Port Richmond expressed Margot Capell’s message this way: “Don’t judge someone by who they are. The Nazis just judged the Jews and said ‘They did it. Let’s blame them.’ I think we should all accept each other, 
BESA Photos Transferred to Albanian Islamic Cultural Center
December 26, 2016
On May 31, 2016, the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center accepted the transfer of the BESA collection of photographs from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum. BESA: Muslims Who Saved Jews in World War II is a set of photographs by Norman Gershman. It tells the story of Albanian