August 6, 2008
We are pleased to announce Gratz College has hired Ms. Marsha Covitz as Director of Recruitment and Student Life. Ms. Covitz has in-depth...
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June 13, 2008
City & Suburb
Even after years of Hebrew school, becoming a Bar Mitzvah and then a Confirmand, Brian Tino wasn't ready to walk away. "Our class had been one...
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May 21, 2008
Professor Michael Steinlauf is a contributing editor to the YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, just published by Yale University Press....
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March 28, 2008
New Pluralistic Partnership
The Academy of Jewish Religion, the nondenominational seminary in Riverdale, has announced a partnership to grant its rabbinical and cantorial...
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January 16, 2008
White House hosts Dr. Marsha Bryan Edelman and Zamir Chorale
Each year the White House holds a ceremony to share in the observance of Hanukkah. This year's event was a little different, because our own Dr....
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January 14, 2008
Dr. Steven Friedman, a student in the Holocaust Studies program, has been invited to present a paper in April at the 28th Annual Conference on...
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November 15, 2007
Is Truth Attainable?
By Jonathan Rosenbaum, President, Gratz College The debate surrounding the consideration of Dr. Nadia Abu El-Haj's application for tenure at...
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November 3, 2007
In a recent lecture at Gratz College, Simon Carmel presented a side to the Holocaust that's seldom known: stories of the deaf.Photo by Michelle...
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November 2, 2007
German Journalists Toss Objectivity and Take the Long Haul on Shoah
A husband-and-wife team of German journalists, who reported on how students and teachers in rural Tennessee memorialized the Holocaust, recently...
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October 29, 2007
Mazel Tov to The JCHS Knesset:Co-Presidents:Rachel RosenbergBrittany WolerTri-Vice Presidents:Zack PashkoJacob BeckLouis SacksCo-Secretaries:Steph...
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October 4, 2007
Cantor Alberto Mizrahi For almost his entire career, tenor Alberto Mizrahi has been referred to as "The Jewish Pavarotti" because of the...
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September 29, 2007
Jewish Culture, Now a Polish Phenomenon, Takes Center Stage
Janusz MakuchJanusz Makuch jokingly refers to himself as "a Shabbas goy," but the moniker is not so far from the truth. The 47-year-old...
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