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‘I feel the responsibility to share’: Queen’s Hillel kicks off Holocaust Education Week

Written on January 28, 2022. Posted in News.

This article discusses the Holocaust and may be triggering for some readers. The Peer Support Centre offers drop-in services and empathetic peer-based support and is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Online services can be accessed here. Students may also contact Queen’s Hillel at yos.tarshish@hillelontario.org. As...

Queen’s Zoom lecture hacked with violent images including swastikas

Written on February 3, 2021. Posted in News.

This story was updated with new information on Feb. 3 at 1:30 p.m. Queen’s Hillel, the Jewish cultural club on campus, acknowledged a violent incident that occurred at a public event hosted by the School of Religion in a statement Tuesday night. “It has come to our attention that a short time ago,...

Hillel Queen’s hosts Holocaust survivor

Written on November 13, 2020. Posted in News.

Hillel Queen’s hosted Elly Gotz on Nov. 11 to tell the story of how he survived the Holocaust. Gotz, who speaks to approximately 18,000 students every year, spoke about some of his experiences throughout the Holocaust, including time he spent living in a ghetto, as well as time in Dachau, a Nazi concentration...

Queen’s Hillel criticizes Muslim-Jewish symposium over speakers

Written on March 6, 2020. Posted in News.

Queen’s Hillel criticized a symposium focused on Muslim-Jewish solidarity last week, saying in a Facebook post the event lacked “mainstream Jewish voices.” The Jewish Studies Department, History Department, and Muslim Societies Global Perspectives Initiative sponsored a symposium on Feb. 28 and 29...

Hillel Queen’s brings Holocaust survivor to campus

Written on November 17, 2017. Posted in News.

On Nov. 13, students filled Dupuis Auditorium and listened to Esther Fairbloom tell her life story. A survivor of the Holocaust, Fairbloom travelled from Toronto to Kingston to give her address as part of Holocaust Education Week hosted by Hillel Queen’s. Fairbloom’s address was one of several events...

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‘I feel the responsibility to share’: Queen’s Hillel kicks off Holocaust Education Week

Queen’s Zoom lecture hacked with violent images including swastikas

Hillel Queen’s hosts Holocaust survivor

Queen’s Hillel criticizes Muslim-Jewish symposium over speakers

Hillel Queen’s brings Holocaust survivor to campus

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