I am happy to announce that a new book about child survivors of the Holocaust, in which I have wrote a chapter based on a research study I conducted in 2017, has been published. The book is entitled “Starting Anew: The Rehabilitation of Child Survivors of the Holocaust in the Early Postwar Years”. I was asked by Yad Vashem, the… READ MORE>>
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New Book Published, Including My Chapter on Child and Adolescent Survivors
Posted by on July 12, 2020
Zoom Video Link to My Presentation at St. Peter’s Health System Now Available
Posted by on July 5, 2020
On June 16, I presented remotely at the departmental Medicine Grand Rounds at St. Peter’s Healthcare System in New Brunswick, NJ. My presentation, entitled “The Long-term Effects of Trauma on Survivors and Its Intergenerational Transmission in the Family”, was intended for their internists, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, nurses, fellows, residents, and medical students. It was a special honor… READ MORE>>
Requesting Your Help and Participation in My Research Study About Covid-19 and Children of Holocaust Survivors
Posted by on June 28, 2020
Dear friends and colleagues, I am conducting a research study in collaboration with my colleague, Prof. Amit Shrira at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. The study aims to examine the responses of adult offspring of Holocaust survivors to the Covid-19 pandemic, and compare them with the reactions of peers who are not children of survivors. I need both 2Gs AND those… READ MORE>>
Meeting Hate with Humanity: A Conference for Teachers, Offered by the Museum of Jewish Heritage
Posted by on June 25, 2020
Presentation Date: 07/02/20
Location: Zoom
On July 2, I will be giving a presentation for the Museum of Jewish Heritage. The presentation is in the context of a seminar entitled “Meeting Hate with Humanity: Life… READ MORE>>
Listening to Your Inner Voice
Posted by on June 19, 2020
I love my work. It is different and profoundly moving every day. Yesterday the theme of the day seemed to have been “the inner voice”. Our inner voice is sometimes hard to hear. We might have not been taught to listen to it. We might have even been taught that our inner voice is wrong, bad or stupid. But when… READ MORE>>
Presenting at Medicine Grand Rounds of St. Peter’s Healthcare System
Posted by on June 14, 2020
Presentation Date: 06/16/20
Location: Zoom
On Tuesday, June 16 I will present at the departmental Medicine Grand Rounds at St. Peter’s Healthcare System in New Brunswick, NJ. My presentation, entitled “The Long-term Effects of Trauma… READ MORE>>
Video-recording of the webinar is now available : “How Descendants of Holocaust Survivors Experience the Current Pandemic”
Posted by on May 27, 2020
“If you ask me how being the child of Holocaust survivors impacts my response to the current situation, I would say it helps. My standard response is, this is nothing compared to what my parents endured.” “Just before the pandemic was openly recognized, I had the feeling of a pending disaster, like I was living in Germany before Kristalnacht. Does… READ MORE>>
NYS Senate Declared May 20th As Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day!
Posted by on May 21, 2020
One of the issues I am most passionate about is older people. I have had the great fortune of having had very special relationships with older people as I was growing up, people who gave me a lot of their time, their love, and their wisdom, at a time when my mind and my heart were so open to take… READ MORE>>
Registration Update: A Webinar for Descendants of Holocaust Survivors, Sponsored by the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto (Open to 2G)
Posted by on May 11, 2020
I received a number of inquiries about how to register for this Webinar. The Registration form is now available online, and can be reached by clicking on this link: http://form.jotform.com/201314202298041. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- On May 19, I will be giving an online Webinar for descendants of Holocaust survivors, organized by the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre in Toronto, Canada. This online webinar will… READ MORE>>
A Webinar for Descendants of Holocaust Survivors, Sponsored by the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto (Open to 2G)
Posted by on May 10, 2020
Presentation Date: 05/19/20
Location: Toronto (online only)
On May 19, I will be giving an online Webinar for descendants of Holocaust survivors, organized by the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre in Toronto, Canada. This online webinar will include… READ MORE>>
Update on: A Free Zoom Meeting for a Conversation Among 2G
Posted by on May 3, 2020
Presentation Date: 05/06/20
Location: Zoom
I am very gratified by the enthusiastic response to my proposal to hold a 2G conversation. Dur to the large number of those who expressed an interest in participating, I… READ MORE>>
I Am Chairing the “Elderly and Senior Population” Subgroup of the APA Covid-19 Task Force
Posted by on May 2, 2020
I have joined the Covid-19 Task Force of the American Psychological Association. The initiative for the task force was Dr. Charles Figley’s, a well-known figure in the field of trauma research. The Task Force is comprised of psychologists across the USA, as well as from other countries. Dr. Figely called upon all those who attended the first meetings to come… READ MORE>>
A Video Recording of My Recent “Witness to the Witnesses” Lecture is Now Available Online
Posted by on April 30, 2020
A video recording of my lecture at the Fourth Annual Holocaust Educators’ Conference, “Witness to the Witnesses”: Commemorating 75 years from Liberation (see my previous blog post at http://www.iritfelsen.com/2g-witness-to-the-witness-commemorating-75-years-from-liberation-a-conference-for-children-and-grandchildren-of-holocaust-survivors-and-others-open-to-the-public/), is now available online, as are the other presentations that took place over the course of this two-day educational conference on Feb. 16-17, 2020 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage A… READ MORE>>