{"id":6,"date":"2026-01-21T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-01-21T13:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:40:11","slug":"support-the-strassler-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/support-the-strassler-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Support the Strassler Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-talmudic-tale-and-the-meaning-of-giving\">A Talmudic Tale and the Meaning of Giving<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Donations in memory of Holocaust survivor Henry Tobak have funded the Center\u2019s tree of life courtyard and its graduate student offices. A plaque relates a Talmudic tale that explains the significance of these gifts. A young girl asks an old man planting a carob tree how long it will take to bear fruit. Seventy years, he explains. Will he live to enjoy its fruit? she asks. No, he responds, but just as he has enjoyed trees planted by those before him, he hopes to do the same for those to come.\u00a0 And so it is with our tree. Education, research, and greater human understanding, the fruits of our program, will accrue to the benefit of future generations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-vertical wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-2c14e10a wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Support Strassler Center Sub Navigation\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container  is-vertical wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/support-the-strassler-center\/graduate-research-funding\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Graduate research funding<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/support-the-strassler-center\/colin-flug-graduate-study-wing\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Colin Flug graduate study wing<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light promo\" style=\"min-height:50vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#d6cdc7\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1183\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-72\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/give-now-scaled.avif\" style=\"object-position:25% 50%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"25% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/give-now-scaled.avif 2560w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/give-now-300x139.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/give-now-1024x473.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/give-now-768x355.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/give-now-1536x710.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/give-now-2048x946.avif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:1rem\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#212121bf;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);flex-basis:38%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-c21ab04496af1cb49128ed71d6eeee9d\" id=\"h-your-support-lights-the-way-to-a-brighter-future-consider-a-donation-today\">Your support lights the way to a brighter future, consider a donation today<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c493c0895b341acb989d6212c670619c\">Donors provide critically important support for the Strassler Center\u2019s rich Holocaust and Genocide Studies curriculum and unique doctoral programs. Their investments have been key to building a program universally recognized for its superior academic achievement. Generous annual gifts help to fund public events, undergraduate and graduate research, and ongoing operation. 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