At the invitation of the Adult Education Committee of Congregation Rinat Yisrael, I will be giving a presentation (see https://www.rinat.org/event/dr.-irit-felsen-lecture.html) in commemoration of Yom Hashoah. My presentation will begin at 8 pm on Sunday April 23 and will be entitled: “The Effects of the Holocaust on the Children of Survivors: A Tale of Courage” The presentation will be at Congregation… READ MORE>>
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Audio recording of my recent Claims Conference teleconference now available online
Posted by on April 1, 2017
The audio recording of the Claims Conference teleconference in which I spoke on Thursday March 30, 2017 about the relationships between siblings in Holocaust families is now available to anyone who wishes to listen. You can find the audio recording at https://recordings.join.me/xVKa00ewoki_5MIAO5hOOA. Irit Felsen
Presentation at the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial for the Holocaust, on Tues. Apr. 25/2017
Posted by on March 26, 2017
On Tuesday April 25, 2017, I will be presenting a lecture about child and adolescent Holocaust survivors, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial for the Holocaust in Manhattan. The lecture is part of the 18th Annual Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Conference for Educators, the flyer for which is shown below. Advance registration is required to attend. More information… READ MORE>>
Teleconference on Thurs. March 30, 2017
Posted by on March 24, 2017
Next week on Thursday March 30, between 1:00 pm -2:15 pm Eastern time, I will be presenting a talk entitled: “Adult Sibling Relationships In Holocaust Survivors Families“. This teleconference is part of a monthly teleconference series for professionals, mostly in North America, working with Holocaust survivors. The lecture is followed by a Q & A period. Registration for the teleconference is… READ MORE>>
Article in the Mishpacha Magazine about the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors
Posted by on March 22, 2017
Last month the magazine Mishpacha (http://www.mishpacha.com/) published a front cover article about the Discussion Group for Children of Survivors titled “Survivor Families: Our Parents, Ourselves, Our Changing Lives”, which I have been running once per month at the Boro Park Y in Brooklyn. The author of the article, Ahava Ehrenpreis, participated in one of the meetings and later spoke with… READ MORE>>
Summary of the Eighth Meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors in Boro Park
Posted by on March 20, 2017
Building on the topics presented over the course of the previous meetings of the Discussion Group for Children of Survivors, the last four meetings (the 7th through the 10th) are focused on the present implications of what we have learned from research about the second generation; how we can gain insights to improve relationships and well-being for the children of… READ MORE>>