CBS New York: NYC schools aim to educate students on the Holocaust
A new initiative in New York City aims to educate students on the Holocaust and antisemitism with lessons inside and outside the classroom.
Fox 5: Museum of Jewish Heritage Launches Groundbreaking $2.5 Million Holocaust Education Program
Fox 5:Holocaust museum will host free field trips for eighth graders in NYC public schools
A Holocaust museum in New York City will offer free educational field trips to eighth grade students in public schools in a program announced Thursday aimed at combating antisemitism. The program will allow up to 85,000 students at traditional public schools and charter schools to tour Manhattan’s Museum of Jewish Heritage over the next three […]
PIX 11 News: Museum of Jewish Heritage Launches Groundbreaking $2.5 Million Holocaust Education Program
Cleveland Jewish News: New program will send 85,000 8th graders to NYC’s Holocaust museum to curb spike in antisemitism
New York City will send tens of thousands of students to Manhattan’s Holocaust museum as the city and its school system grapple with a surge in antisemitism since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. Under the new initiative, 85,000 eighth graders from public and private school will visit the Museum of Jewish Heritage over the […]
Downtown Magazine: Museum of Jewish Heritage, NYC Officials Team to Launch $2.5M Holocaust Education Program for Eighth Graders
Amid a rise in incidents of antisemitism in the city and across the globe, New York City Councilmember Julie Menin, the Gray Foundation’s Mindy and Jon Gray, and the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust , have joined forces to launch a groundbreaking Holocaust Education School Tours program for all 8th-grade students in New York […]
NYT: N.Y.C. Public Schools Will Send 8th Graders to Visit Holocaust Museum
New York City plans to send eighth-grade students from across the city on field trips to the Museum of Jewish Heritage as part of an effort to address antisemitism. The program, part of a $2.5 million public-private partnership to address antisemitism, will be seeded with $1 million from a foundation run by Jon Gray, the […]
Gray Foundation awards $25M for BRCA-related cancer research
From Health Pulse Newsletter in Crain’s New York Business (08/11/2023) The Gray Foundation, a Midtown-based nonprofit that aims to expand BRCA-related cancer research, announced Thursday that it has awarded $25 million for seven research teams to study gene mutations that increase risk of cancer. Women who have a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation are at […]
The Gray Foundation Announces $25 Million in New Funding for BRCA-Related Cancer Research
The Gray Foundation today announced $25 million in funding for 7 research teams to study new approaches for prevention, early detection, and interception of BRCA-related cancers. The new grants are part of the Foundation’s ongoing Team Science program, which funds innovative BRCA-related collaborative research. For this cycle, the research teams were selected from more than […]
Blackstone president’s foundation awards $15 million to cancer researchers in Greater Boston
A foundation created by Jon Gray — president of private equity giant Blackstone Group — and his wife Mindy has awarded $25 million to seven research teams to fight BRCA-related cancers, and all but two of them are based here in Greater Boston. The fact that most of the money from the Gray Foundation’s latest […]