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September 2024
What is at stake in the 2024 Presidential Elections?
Join Dr. Shana Kushner Gadarian, Professor, Political Science Department, Associate Dean for Research, Maxwell School, Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking, Syracuse University to discuss what is at stake in the 2024 election focusing on what the public thinks about important issues of the campaign including democracy, immigration policy, foreign policy, and the economy.
October 2024
Hope & Resilience Remembering October 7th
Join Israeli photojournalist Erez Kaganovitz as he chronicles the stories of Israeli heroes in the aftermath of October 7.
Pre-registration is required here.
Location: Joan & Alan Bernikow JCC
1466 Manor Road, Staten Island, NY 10314
Discussing hate speech in the Digital Age
Dr. Tim Corbett, is an award-winning historian, writer, translator, and editor based in Vienna, Austria. His research and publishing activities focus on modern Austrian history and the former Habsburg Empire, with a particular focus on Vienna’s Jewish history. He is currently affiliated as a research associate with the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna and serves as a permanent member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Austrian Society for the Study of Exile. He has held numerous fellowships and visiting positions at institutions around the world including the Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish History in New York, Vienna University and the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies
Screening of PBS Documentary Nazi Town
Nazi Town, USA tells the story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group which in the 1930s had scores of chapters across the country, representing what many believe was a real threat of fascist subversion in the United States.
Join us for a screening followed by a discussion with Dr. Steve Snow, Professor of Political Science, Wagner College.
November 2024
Black Libertator As Veterans @ Faith United Methodist Church, Staten Island
A service in honor of William A. Morris Jr. for the 80th anniversary of D-Day
Kristallnacht Commemoration @ Museum of Jewish Heritage
This event honors Egon J. Salmon (1924 - 2022), who came to Staten Island as a German-Jewish refugee after being refused entry due to strict U.S. Immigration Laws. He later served the U.S. Army in World War II. As President of the Staten Island Board of Realtors, and throughout his life, Egon Salmon contributed to NYC business and Jewish-American life.
Location: MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE, NYC
Hate, Rising Islamophobia and the Bullying of Muslim Youth
Join us for a talk with Dr. Nadia Ansary, Professor of Psychology, Rider University. Dr. Ansary has several research interests exploring: 1) bullying and victimization, particularly with Muslim targets, 2) Muslim youth and young adult mental well-being and community-based outreach, and 3) 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.
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.