Daily News: With antisemitism surging in NYC, 8th graders to learn more about Holocaust
All eighth-graders in New York City public schools will have the opportunity to learn about the Holocaust through field trips to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in lower Manhattan, as city officials grapple with growing antisemitism during the Israel-Hamas war, they announced Thursday. The program was spearheaded by Councilwoman Julie Menin (D-Manhattan) who, as the […]
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
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 […]
The Philanthropy 50: an Exclusive Chronicle Ranking of Who Gives the Most to Charity
America’s biggest donors gave more than $11.9 billion in 2023. This year’s report features our analysis of the list, giving trends among megadonors, and a look at their giving to and from their foundations and donor-advised funds in 2023. The report highlights some of the country’s most interesting philanthropists, including a look at how those who will dominate big […]
Chicago Tribune: Highland Park native, wife donate $1M for permanent parade shooting memorial; ‘It’s always been the place I consider home’
A $1 million donation has been made to the city of Highland Park for the construction of a permanent place of remembrance to honor the victims of the parade mass shooting that claimed seven lives on July 4, 2022. The donation by Jon and Mindy Gray, current residents of New York City, is the first […]
The Gray Foundation invests in collaboration seeking diabetes treatments
Mindy and Jon Gray, founders of the Gray Foundation, prioritize high-risk, high reward research projects, or as Executive Director Dana Zucker puts it, “funding early, innovative work.” Oftentimes, she explains, “that’s the space where the breakthroughs happen.” PREcision DIabetes ConsorTium (PREDICT), a collaboration between the University of Chicago’s Data for the Common Good and UChicago Medicine Kovler Diabetes Center, […]
Families In Harlem Celebrate NYC Scholarship Month With Activation Of Accounts
Across the five boroughs, schools celebrated NYC Scholarship Month this January 2024 – the opportunity for new families to activate and view their children’s NYC Scholarship Accounts for the very first time!
Penn’s BRCA cancer vaccine trial aims to prevent the disease in healthy people.
Penn researchers believe it is possible to protect people with a BRCA gene mutation from cancer with the prick of a needle, instead of aggressive surgeries and stressful screening regimens that aren’t guaranteed to prevent disease. – The Philadelphia Inquirer