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Chai Art Earns High Praise
How many Jewish artists can you name? Most know Marc Chagall, maybe Mark Rothko or Andy Warhol. But creative Jews have been contributing to the artistic landscape for millennia.
Enter Chai Art. Part lecture, part art class - a whole new series on Jewish learning. Over the course of four wee…
CNU Hillel Hosts Former Peace Negotiators in Conversation
If you could ask a Middle East expert about anything, what would you ask?
For our community, the thought exercise became a reality last month when CNU Hillel partnered with Jewish Peninsula and CNU's Reiff Center for Human Rights to host A Path to Peace — an evening in conversation with A…
Let All Who Are Hungry Come and Eat: The J & THRIVE Support Passover Needs
Building on the success of last year's pilot program, Jewish Peninsula and THRIVE Peninsula will renew their partnership to better serve Jewish families during the upcoming Passover holiday. What began as a promising collaboration has proven its impact, and both organizations are proud to de…
At 100, Local Holocaust Survivor Reflects on a Life Defined by Courage
He spent six months building a railway through the Carpathian Mountains on a starvation diet. He fled into a cornfield during an Allied bombing raid. He dodged fascist checkpoints with forged papers tucked under his coat. And now, a century after his birth, he is still here — still speak…