2018 is about to depart, and I want to wish my friends and colleagues a very happy and healthy 2019! A new year is always an occasion to pause and re-evaluate, as well as to orient ourselves towards the things we want to do in the coming years, the traits we want to continue to improve or get better under… READ MORE>>
A New Year’s Reminder: Your Parents Would Have Wanted You To Be Happy
Posted by on December 30, 2018
REMINDER: LAST MEETING (Dec. 31): Discussion Group (Webinar): Grief and Renewal After the Loss of a Holocaust Survivor
Posted by on December 28, 2018
A reminder that the final Webinar in the series was rescheduled and will now take place on Monday December 31/2018 beginning at 12:30 pm. More information, including how to register and how to listen to the recordings of the previous Webinars, is available at the MJHS website at https://www.mjhs.org/healing/. Irit Felsen I will be leading a six-part discussion group,… READ MORE>>
My Letter to Editor Published in The Senior Times
Posted by on December 26, 2018
My Letter to the Editor responding to an article that questioned the transmission of effects related to the Holocaust to the children of survivors (see my my blog post of Dec. 19) was published in the December print issue of The Senior Times. The issue can be downloaded from this link. I give a screenshot of my Letter below; clicking on… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: TOMORROW (Dec. 17): Discussion Group (Webinar): Grief and Renewal After the Loss of a Holocaust Survivor
Posted by on December 16, 2018
A reminder that the next Webinar in the series will take place on Monday December 17/2018 beginning at 12:30 pm. More information, including how to register and how to listen to the recordings of the previous Webinars, is available at the MJHS website at https://www.mjhs.org/healing/. Irit Felsen I will be leading a six-part discussion group, in the form of… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: TOMORROW: Discussion Group (Webinar): Grief and Renewal After the Loss of a Holocaust Survivor
Posted by on December 2, 2018
A reminder that the next Webinar in the series will take place on Monday December 3/2018 beginning at 12:30 pm. More information, including how to register and how to listen to the recordings of the previous Webinars, is available at the MJHS website at https://www.mjhs.org/healing/. Irit Felsen I will be leading a six-part discussion group, in the form of… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: TODAY: An Event in Williamsburg for Caregivers of Holocaust Survivors
Posted by on November 28, 2018
On Wednesday November 28 at 6:30 pm, I will be making a presentation entitled “The Impact of Historical Trauma on Relationships Between Elderly Holocaust Survivors and Their Adult Children Caregivers” at the Pesach Tikvah Enrich program in Williamsburg. This event is open to women who are caretakers of a Holocaust survivor parent(s) but reservations are required. See the flyer below… READ MORE>>