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November 2020
The 5th Annual Salmon and Family Commemoration Ceremony
The Wagner College Holocaust Center welcomes you to join us for the 5th Annual Egon J. Salmon and Family Commemoration of Kristallnacht and the SS St. Louis on Monday, November 9th via Zoom at 7:00 p.m.
The commemoration will be led by guest speaker Julian E. Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University and CNN Analyst. The talk will examine the ways in which fighting anti-Semitism and the quest for racial justice intersect, drawing inspiration from the life and theology of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-72).
RSVP required! Register at alumniconnect.wagner.edu/kristallnacht-2020.
May 2022
Chai Mitzvah Awards
The Chai Society Community Mitzvah Awards recognize individuals who have enhanced and promoted Jewish life on campus and within the broader community.
This year's honorees will include:
Dr. Victor and Kim Avis
Sara Cohen
DA Michael McMahon
Shirley Gottesman
Margot Capell
Hannah Steiner
Gregg Breinberg M'98
Elisabeth Pollicove '22
May 2023
Chai Mitzvah Awards Dinner
The Chai Society at Wagner College is dedicated to strengthening the ties between the College and the Jewish community. Through its support for academic studies, the Holocaust Center and co-curricular activities, the Chai Society promotes the knowledge and understanding of the richness of the Jewish experience.
Please join the Chai Society at its annual Community Mitzvah Dinner to celebrate the 2023 honorees: Brian Laline and the Staten Island Advance, Consolee Nishimwe, Rebbetzen Bonita Nathan Sussman, Honorable Debi Rose, and Emily Wesoky '23. Proceeds to benefit the Wagner College Chai Society.
October 2023
The Daffodil Project
Join us to plant daffodils in honor of children suffering in war and genocide today at the new memorial located in the Mandela Garden.
The Daffodil Project is an effort to raise awareness of the 1.5 million Jewish children who died in the Holocaust.
Email questions to: holocaust.center@wagner.edu.
November 2023
Art, Exhibition and Erasure in Nazi Vienna
Dr. Laura Morowitz, Professor of Art History at Wagner College and Senior Research and Programming Director of the Wagner College Holocaust Center will discuss her newly published book, Art, Exhibition and Erasure in Nazi Vienna (Routledge 2023). Her book examines three exhibitions of contemporary art held at the Vienna Künstlerhaus during the period of National Socialist rule and shows how each attempted to culturally erase elements vilified in Nazi ideology: the City, the Jewess and fin-de-siècle Vienna. Each of the exhibits was large scale and ambitious, part of a broader attempt to situate Vienna as the cultural capital of the Reich, and each aimed to reshape cultural memory and rewrite history.
This event will take place via Zoom. Email the Holocaust Center at holocaust.center@wagner.edu for link.
Albanian Muslims role in assisting Jews during the Holocaust
Mr. Leo Ullman will present his experiences of hiding in Amsterdam as a child during the Holocaust and how a Muslim businessman helped his family, based on his book, 796 Days and a film, “There Were Good People Doing Extraordinary Deeds: The Leo Ullman Story.”
Mr. Ullman has a distinguished career as a lawyer and real estate entrepreneur and serves as Chairman of the Foundation for the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, Inc. Imam Tahir Kukaj will make welcome remarks focusing on BESA, the Rescue of Jews by Albanian Muslims in the Holocaust. Dr. Lori Weintrob, Director, Wagner College Holocaust Center, will introduce the program.
Kristallnacht Commemoration
Middle school students from the Jewish Foundation School of Staten Island will join Wagner College students of all faiths in discussions of the importance of the “Night of Broken Glass,” November 9, 1938.
Egon J Salmon Commemoration of Kristallnacht and The St Louis
District 31 High School students will tour two Museum of Jewish Heritage exhibits with the Salmon family, "What Hate Can Do" and "Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark". This event will also honor Egon J Salmon (1924-2022).
Location: The Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, NY, NY
LOVE AND LIGHT: The Altered Book Project Against Antisemitism
Led by artist Caryn Davis, this mixed-media program guides participants to incorporate recycled and new materials to represent the Jewish history, the diversity of Jewish communities, and the fight against antisemitism.
In partnership with the Wagner College Holocaust Center, participants will transform their books into personal treasures.
April 2025
Community Days Awards Ceremony
Community Days is an interfaith effort to promote collaboration on food, clothing and blood drives, health fairs, and other events that strengthen our borough.
This year's event will honor Edwina Martin, Public Administrator; Afzal Ansari, Asian Labor Coalition/SI Hate Crimes Task Force; Jennifer Hermus-Washburn, Susan Wagner HS Educator; James Merlino '27.
Humi Europa (Bonner student) will read an original poem published in Nimbus.
Panel discussion will be on the theme "Leadership and Compassion"