The documentary Redemption Rules will be shown on Thursday January 31, 2019 at Casa Italiana at NYU. More information can be found by clicking on the image below: As the description of the documentary states, Redemption Blues is a film about the legacy of the Holocaust, which begins where conventional Shoah narratives leave off and traces a path forward, exploring… READ MORE>>
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Redemption Blues: A Documentary about the Second Generation, this week at Casa Italiana NYU
Posted by on January 28, 2019
A Manual for Facilitators of Discussion Groups for Children of Survivors is now available on my website
Posted by on January 20, 2019
A detailed manual based on the ten-session series “Our Parents, Ourselves, Our Changing Lives” that I conducted in Boro Park is now available on my website to anyone who plans to run a similar group. The manual details the content of the session, the learning objectives, and reading material for the group facilitator and for group members, as well as… READ MORE>>
Presentation for College Interns at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Living Memorial to the Holocaust
Posted by on January 5, 2019
Presentation Date: 01/06/19
Location: Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place, NY, NY 10280
Tomorrow (January 6, 2019), I will have the honor of addressing a special group of college interns who will begin to code recorded testimonies of Holocaust survivors at the Museum…. READ MORE>>
A New Year’s Reminder: Your Parents Would Have Wanted You To Be Happy
Posted by on December 30, 2018
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>>
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>>