About Us
Holocaust Center: Mission Statement
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.
Chai Society: Mission Statement
Through its active support of Jewish studies, Jewish life and programming dedicated to the Holocaust and Israel, the Chai Society aims to strengthen Wagner College’s relationship with the greater Staten Island community and beyond.
Our mission is to inform, inspire and awaken future generations to the ramifications of anti-Semitism, prejudice and racism as well as the dynamism of Jewish culture and heritage. Programming will aim to further knowledge and understanding as well as foster tolerance, peace and positive action.
To advance this vital mission, we will lead the development of a permanent Holocaust Center on the Wagner College campus – a center that will feature both significant physical and digital resources accessible to all for years to come.
These holocaust programs are sponsored by the Chai Society, Wagner College.
Chai Society Board of Wagner College
- Victor and Kim Avis, Co-Chairs
- Robin Lefkowitz
- Ron Avis
- Dennis and Elaine Bloomfield
- Rachel Borenstein
-
Aletta ’65 H’15 (trustee) and Bob Diamond
- Stephen Greenwald
- Marcia Klein
- Taube Importe
- Robin M’97 and Daniel Lefkowitz
- Orit Lender
- Manny Saks
- Cory Schifter
- Ruta Shah-Gordon
- Damian Slattery
- Marjorie Steinberg ’89
- Linda and Irwin Steinman
- Philip Straniere ‘69 M’73
- Nancy Tricorico
- Frank Weile
- Orly and Ed Wiseman
Faculty Advisory Board
Stephen Greenwald
Adjunct Faculty, Performing Arts
stephen.greenwald@wagner.edu Campus Hall 324Over 30 years experience as an attorney, financier, corporate executive, producer, and valuation consultant.
Laura Morowitz
Professor, Visual Arts
718-390-3151 lmorowit@wagner.edu Main Hall 3rd floorLaura Morowitz's scholarship focuses on art in the Modern period,with a special focus on turn-of-the-century French and Viennese art.
Todd Price
Associate Professor, Arts Administration, Performing Arts
718-420-4338 todd.price@wagner.edu Main Hall 1Abraham Unger
Campus Rabbi, Center for Spirituality
Associate Professor, Government & Politics Department
abe.unger@wagner.edu Main Hall 3rd floorLori Weintrob
Professor/Holocaust Center Director, History Department
lrweintr@wagner.edu Parker Hall 208Aleksandra Zagorin
Interim Undergraduate Director, Assistant Professor, Nursing, Evelyn L. Spiro School
aleksandra.zagorin@wagner.edu Evelyn L. Spiro School of Nursing. Campus Hall, Room 314Director of Undergraduate Studies
Assistant Professor
Clinical Advisor and Scholar NYU Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
Ruta Shah-Gordon
Chief of Staff and VP Internationalization, Intercultural Affair, Campus Life
718-420-4254 rshahgor@wagner.edu Union 3rd FloorOversees all campus life offices.