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Only Miracles Interview with Bryan Batt
Actor, Bryan Batt shares his personal reflections on experiencing “Only Miracles.” Bryan discusses the importance of using theater as an educational tool to convey powerful messages and evoke emotional responses. Bryan delves into the impact of storytelling and shares his insights on the unique ability of theater to educate, inspire, and create meaningful connections with audiences.
Only Miracles Interview with Annelise Singh
Associate Provost for Diversity & Faculty Development and Chief Diversity Officer at Tulane University share their insights on “Only Miracles.” They delve into the importance of empathy and understanding by looking at the world through other people’s eyes.
Only Miracles Interview with Jeremy Collins
Director of Conferences & Symposia at the National WWII Museum, Jeremy Collins, shares his thoughts after just experiencing Only Miracles
Only Miracles Interview with Rose Rosenkranz and Anne Levy
Holocaust survivor and educator Rose Rosenkranz and Holocaust survivor and activist Anne Levy share their heartfelt reflections on the impactful experience of “Only Miracles.” In this moving video, Rose and Anne offer their unique perspectives on the exhibit, shedding light on the importance of remembrance, education, and the enduring lessons of the Holocaust.
Only Miracles Interview with Alix Loomis
Alix Loomis, the granddaughter of Ed and Helen Leftkowitz, shares her reflections after experiencing “Only Miracles.” In this touching video, Alix speaks about the importance of Holocaust education and the profound impact of keeping her grandparents’ legacy and story alive through the production.
Only Miracles Interview with Avi Gorodetski
Avi Gorodetski shares her reflections after just experiencing Only Miracles. She shares the importance of interactive theater in Holocaust education.
Audrey G. Ratner Speaker Series
Audrey G. Ratner Lecture Rottman Family Lecture In December 2020, Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired) facilitated a gift commitment of $1,000,000 over
Histories of Migration and Global Capitalism Conference: Australia
From the mid-nineteenth century onwards, hundreds of millions of people were uprooted or left their homes in search of wealth and a better life, for
Jews in the United States and the Response to the Holocaust, 1942-45
“Jews in the United States and the Response to the Holocaust, 1942-45-Audrey G. Ratner Lecture Series with Dr. Jason Dawsey
Reports of the mass murder of European Jews reached Jews in the United States in 1942. Although precise knowledge of what was actually happening was piecemeal, American Jews and Jewish refugees, recently arrived in the US, mobilized to draw attention to the genocide, demanded military action against the Nazis to stop the killing, and called for collective efforts to aid survivors. This talk covers the range of responses from the Jewish community in the US to the Holocaust during World War II.”
Mike Cohen Investiture: Tulane Grant Center
“Michael R. Cohen, PhD, was formally invested in the Stuart and Suzanne Grant Chair in the American Jewish Experience at Tulane University on Jan. 17. The event also honored the establishment of the Stuart and Suzanne Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience.
Cohen also chairs the Department of Jewish Studies at the School of Liberal Arts, where he holds a Sizeler Family Professorship in Judaic Studies IV.
“”I am so humbled and honored to be leading the Grant Center and to be holding the Grant Chair,”” Cohen said. “”With the resources to support initiatives that I see as vital to the field of American Jewish studies, we have been able to develop scholarly programs that address the insularity of American Jewish history and expand its relevance.””
Cohen noted the Grant Center’s collaborative research groups, public programs, student fellowships and leadership courses.
“”The Center that I envisioned would contribute richness to the field of American Jewish studies by supporting experimentative, collaborative and interdisciplinary programs and research, would cross boundaries between academic spaces and the wider ecology of the Jewish world, and would engage students in meaningful ways that would prepare them to be leaders of the future,”” he said.
At the investiture, President Michael A. Fitts spoke of Tulane’s longstanding connection to Judaism and of the positive impact of the Jewish community on the history of New Orleans.
“”There’s no institution in the Gulf South better suited to enhance the scholarship and teaching of the rich history, diversity and bright future of the American Jewish experience – specifically, the Southern Jewish experience,”” said Fitts.
Fitts lauded the generosity of Stuart and Suzanne Grant in establishing the chair and the center as a world-class hub for exploring the varied and diverse nature of the American Jewish experience at Tulane. The Grants are dedicated Tulanians as parents of Sam (SSE ’19), now a member of the U.S. Marine Corps. The couple are also members of Tulane’s National Campaign Council, and Suzanne Grant is a member of the Board of Tulane.
Along with Cohen and Fitts, Provost Robin Forman and School of Liberal Arts Dean Brian Edwards were on hand to celebrate the special moment and to express their gratitude to Stuart and Suzanne Grant for making such an impactful gift for the Department of Jewish Studies and the campus community as a whole.”
The Jew in the Lotus 30th Anniversary Dialogue
The Jew in the Lotus is a best-selling account of dialogue between rabbis and the Dalai Lama. Poets and teachers Rodger Kamenetz and Norman Fischer
A Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Rose (Raisa) Lefkowitz Rosenkranz
Join Rose Rosenkranz, a Holocaust survivor and “miracle baby” born in a Siberian Slave Labor Camp in the heart of the war, as she shares her story of resilience and hope. The Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience at Tulane University will present an evening of powerful narratives and personal reflections of life in the United States after the Holocaust.
Mrs. Rosenkranz’s remarkable story will not only educate but serve as the inspiration for the upcoming immersive theatre production titled “Only Miracles”, Written and Directed by Tulane Visiting Assistant Professor, Dodd Loomis. This captivating production, that took place in mid-April at the historic Touro Synagogue, will bring to life the experiences of Mrs. Rosenkranz, her parents and others who lived through this dark chapter in history.