by Debrah Charatan | Jan 5, 2022 | Cultural Organizations
Examining the past offers more than just a retrospective glimpse into the events that created today’s world. When we study historically prolific periods, we gain a stark illustration of the many sides of humanity — and an opportunity to do better than those who came...
by Debrah Charatan | Jul 23, 2020 | blog, Cultural Organizations, Philanthropy
Navigating the realization that something you treasure is a spoil of war is, at first, uncomfortable. Then, when you delve into context, it becomes outright horrifying. This article was originally published on ThriveGlobal In mid-February, the Metropolitan Museum of...
by Debrah Charatan | Mar 6, 2020 | Cultural Organizations, Philanthropy
This article, by Gillian Wood, was originally published on Medium. Ask a philanthropist why they started giving, and you’ll usually find that they have a story to tell. In Debrah Lee Charatan’s case, that story isn’t hers, but her parents’. Charatan, a real estate...
by Debrah Charatan | Dec 2, 2019 | blog, Cultural Organizations
On November 13th, the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts officially announced the members of its Emerging Artists cohort for 2020. The annual class sources its members from the Lincoln Center’s 11 resident organizations and recognizes the incredible talent and...
by Debrah Charatan | Nov 11, 2019 | blog, Cultural Organizations, Philanthropy
In the first week of October, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and the American Library Association (ALM) released a list of the fifty libraries selected to host a touring version of the USHMM’s Americans and the Holocaust exhibition, which will...
by Debrah Charatan | Oct 7, 2019 | blog, Cultural Organizations, Philanthropy
After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, many people across the world reacted in shock at the news and photographs documenting the brutality suffered by the Jewish people in concentration camps across Europe. As Jewish support groups and organizations cropped...