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November 2024
Inherited Trauma, Place, Embodied Memory and Artistic Practice Talks
Artist Lorna Brunstein, second generation, in conversation with Katie O'Brien.
Via Zoom...zoom link to follow
February 2025
Exhibit Opening: “Black and Jewish: Connection, Courage and Community”
Black + Jewish: Connection, Courage, Community is a ten-panel traveling exhibit that explores the history of Black and Jewish relationships in the United States. When built on shared values and a mutual desire for civil and human rights those relationships have brought us closer to the ideal of inclusive democracy.
Exhibit Provided by the Museum of History and Holocaust Education (MHHE) at Kennesaw State University
March 2025
Islamophia & Islamic Youth
Join us for a talk with Dr. Nadia Ansary, Professor of Psychology, Rider University.
Dr. Ansary's research covers bullying and victimization, particularly with Muslim targets, Muslim youth, and young adult mental well-being and community-based outreach, and the association between problem behaviors and achievement particularly focusing on affluent youth. Her research also includes a focus on cross-cultural issues including acculturative stress and family conflict. In 2008, she was appointed by Governor Corzine to the New Jersey Commission on Bullying in Schools.
Community Mitzvah Awards
Please join the Wagner College Holocaust Center Advisory Board at the annual Community Mitzvah Awards celebrating our 2025 honorees: Joel & Bonnie Bibula, Christine & Kenneth Zapata, Mendy Mirocznik, Patricia "Anne" Taylor Carsel, Esq., and Molly Nemiro '25.
In addition to dinner and our awards program, guests will enjoy entertainment from members of the Wagner community throughout the evening.
RSVP is required by March 7th, 2025. To RSVP visit alumniconnect.wagner.edu/mitzvah2025
April 2025
Diary of Anne Frank Dress Rehearsal
Join director Mickey Tennenbaum and the cast of "The Diary of Anne Frank" (Goodrich & Hackett) for an open dress rehearsal prior to their performance at St George Theater on April 9.
Diary of Anne Frank @ St George Theater
The Wagner College Holocaust Center and Wagner College Theatre present, "The Diary of Anne Frank" (Goodrich & Hackett), a powerful play that brings her writing to life. Witness her experiences in hiding during the Holocaust, capturing her resilience, hope, and enduring spirit. Join us for a performance of remembrance, reflection, and the timeless fight for freedom and humanity.
Directed by Wagner College Theatre Faculty Mickey Tennenbaum whose mother was a Holocaust survivor from Amsterdam.
To book a trip for your group complete this form or contact the St. George Theater Box Office at 718-442-2900, ext. 503.
Contact the Holocaust Center at holocaust.center@wagner.edu for more information.
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"
September 2025
Frischauf Poetry Reading
Dr. Elisabeth Frischauf, neuropsychiatrist, artist, and poet, will read from her recently released autobiographical books of poetry, They Clasp My Hand and The Lost Notebook.
The child of Viennese emigres who escaped the Holocaust, Frischauf's poems bring to life the pre-war city and the experience of growing up in two worlds.
October 2025
The Polish Jerusalem
Dr. Henryk Cioczek will discuss his book, The Polish Jerusalem – A History of Endurance, which tells the remarkable story of his family’s heroic attempts to rescue Polish Jews, for which they were subsequently awarded Israel’s Yad Vashem Medal of Honor as “Righteous Among the Nations”.
Polish‑born, New York–based composer, pianist, educator, and cultural ambassador Jacub Polaczyk will also perform.
November 2025
Zoom Discussion: Reframing Resistance and Courage in Genocide
The Ghetto Fighters’ House is honored to host an online book launch of Heroines of the Holocaust: Reframing Resistance and Courage in Genocide.
The co-editors, Prof. Lori Weintrob and Prof. Judy Baumel-Schwartz, will give a brief introduction about the book that brings together international scholars to examine and share new approaches in the history of women's rescue and resistance during the Holocaust and the Armenian and Rwandan genocides. As well, two contributing authors, who are second and third-generation Holocaust survivors, will discuss their chapters.
This program is in partnership with the Wagner College Holocaust Center, the Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research at Bar Ilan University, Remember the Women Institute, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center, Classrooms Without Borders, and the Rabin Chair Forum.
To register for this Zoom event visit https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/frE7e5RySVGdDIuT1bLGQg#/registration.