Over the past few months, I had the honor of presenting a program hosted by the Museum of Jewish Heritage which focused on published authored who are descendants of Holocaust survivors. The unique focus of these meetings was on works that, while exploring the history of the generation that survived the Holocaust and WWII, the writers of the so-called ‘second’… READ MORE>>
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Links to Recordings of the Three-Part Series “The Voices of Descendants of Holocaust Survivors in Writing”
Posted by on May 8, 2023
Thoughts on “Voices of the Descendants”
Posted by on May 3, 2023
The third and final segment of our three-part program, “The Voices of Descendants of Holocaust Survivors in Writing” took place yesterday. I had the pleasure of conducting a conversation with Emanuel Rosen, the grandson of Dr. Hugo Mendel and his wife Lucie, and Noah Lederman, the grandson of Hadasa and Leon Lederman. Each man went on a long and arduous… READ MORE>>
Recording Now Available of the Second Segment in the Series “Voices of the Second Generation in Writing”
Posted by on March 20, 2023
The recording of the second segment of the series “Voices of the Second Generation in Writing” is now available at this link. This was an extraordinary meeting in which representatives from two writing groups of children of survivors shared their experiences. One group met for several years in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the anthology of their personal stories and memories… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: TODAY: “Drawing on the Past to Meet the Crises of Our Present”
Posted by on April 10, 2022
This Sunday (April 10) at 1 PM Eastern time, the World Federation Of Jewish Child Survivors and Descendants will be hosting a virtual program. Helen Epstein will be speaking on “Drawing on the past to meet the crises of our present”. She will talk about how her parents’ experiences during the Holocaust were role models for her as she faced… READ MORE>>
Sunday April 10: “Drawing on the Past to Meet the Crises of Our Present”
Posted by on April 7, 2022
Presentation Date: 04/10/22
Location: Zoom
This Sunday (April 10) at 1 PM Eastern time, the World Federation Of Jewish Child Survivors and Descendants will be hosting a virtual program. Helen Epstein will be speaking on… READ MORE>>