Dear friends, These are difficult times for all Jews everywhere and for those of us who are the children of survivors, there is a need for a place to speak about our experiences among ourselves. Dorot, an organization that has been established 25 years ago in NY city, has invited me and my colleague Dr. Jenni Frumer to host a… READ MORE>>
Tag | Second Generation
New Drop-In (Free) Discussion Forum for Children of Survivors of the Holocaust
Links to Recordings of the Three-Part Series “The Voices of Descendants of Holocaust Survivors in Writing”
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>>
Thoughts on “Voices of the Descendants”
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”
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>>