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May 2024
Holocaust Art and Poetry Contest Deadline
Artists of all ages are encouraged to enter. The theme for this year's contest is the 80th Anniversary of D-Day.
For more information or to submit email holocaust.center@wagner.edu.
Yom HaShoah Commemoration (Location: Temple Israel)
Join members of Temple Israel Staten Island for their 34th Annual Holocaust Memorial Day
Program will include a discussion on the recovery of personal property seized by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
Following discussion light refreshments will be served with time for conversation and reflection. We will end the evening with our annual Yom HaShoah commemoration service.
Location: Temple Israel Reform Congregation of Staten Island
315 Forest Avenue, Staten Island NY 10301
Staten Island Community Day Ceremony
During this ceremony, we will recognize those community members who lead by example.
Event co-hosted by the Holocaust Center.
Concert Dedicated to D-Day
In preparation for the Choir's upcoming trip to Normandy Wagner College Choir under the direction of Thomas Juneau will perform a selection of songs dedicated to D-Day.
Jewish Heritage Night at the FerryHawks
Enjoy a beautiful spring night while celebrating. Kosher food options.
June 2024
WCHC International Conference: Legal Issues in the Holocaust and Genocide
Join a renowned panel of International Scholars and legal practitioners as they discuss legal issues and the law in relation to Human Rights, Restitution, and Transnational Justice and Reconstruction. Panel and roundtable of speakers followed by a cocktail hour.
For more information or to RSVP visit wagner.edu/holocaust-center
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.