MELROSE PARK, Pa.—Dr. Ayal Feinberg has been named the Director of the Center for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights at Gratz College. He will officially join the college as Associate Professor of Political Science and Antisemitism Studies on June 1, 2023.

MELROSE PARK, Pa.—Gratz College is partnering with Theatre Ariel to provide a series of performances of the play, Survivors, based on the testimonies of 10 Holocaust survivors from Rochester, New York.

MELROSE PARK, Pa.—Dr. Irwin Cotler, international chairman of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, has been named the first Isaacman Distinguished Visiting Professor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Gratz College.

After a rigorous nationwide search, the Board of Governors of Gratz College has unanimously selected Dr. Zev Eleff as the college’s new president. He will succeed Dr. Paul Finkelman, who served as president of Gratz College for four years. 
 

MELROSE PARK, Pa.—Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning artist, illustrator and author of Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, will speak Sunday, March 7, 2021, during the biennial Arnold and Esther Tuzman Memorial Holocaust Teach-In at Gratz College. The entire Teach-In program will be presented online.

Seven renowned Holocaust scholars have joined a newly established advisory board for Gratz College’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program. Members include some of the most distinguished academics and prominent leaders in the areas of Holocaust history, commemoration and genocide prevention.

Recent program growth and increased enrollment have prompted the Board of Governors at Gratz College to announce an expansion and reorientation of the college’s senior staff. At the conclusion of the 2020-21 academic year, President Paul Finkelman will become Chancellor of the College and the Haym Solomon Distinguished Professor of History. This new position will facilitate continued growth of Gratz by allowing Dr. Finkelman to focus on strategic planning, development, new partnerships with other institutions, and expansion of Gratz’s academic footprint. Dr. Finkelman will continue serving as president until a successor is in place.

MELROSE PARK, Pa.—Gratz College will host Debbie Cenziper, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of a new book about Nazi hunters working inside the U.S. Department of Justice, for its Dec. 12 Shusterman Distinguished Scholar Lecture. The series is endowed at Gratz College through the generosity of Judith and Murray Shusterman.