As Yom Ha’Shoa approaches, it is more urgent than ever to get together with others with whom we can share our deep and painful legacy. I am grateful to be able to offer an ongoing forum that will continue the gatherings of child survivors which began with the recent series of three meetings (see the previous blog post) organized by the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Together with my friend and colleague Dr. Jenni Frumer, we will be facilitating a monthly virtual forum for child survivor/hidden children to gather via zoom to listen, share their experiences and connect with each other.
These regular monthly gatherings are sponsored and hosted by MorseLife Health System in partnership with the Hidden Child Foundation. The gatherings are offered at no cost, and are specifically and uniquely for child survivors. As previously announced, the first meeting will be TOMORROW (Sunday April 24) from 1:00 – 2:30 pm EDT. Child survivors who wish to participate in tomorrow’s meeting should register using this link.
Irit
Hope you’ll do a 2G regular group!
Dear Ruth,
Thank you for expressing the request for 2G group! We are certainly planning to have one very soon. As soon as it is offered, I will post it on my blog!
Looking forward to meeting you there,
Irit
Hi Irit,
I registered for this site and logged on now (1 hr early just to try it out) and it requests that I create forms. I’m concerned that I won’t be able to get into the virtual mtg.
Hi Ida,
I am afraid registration is full and had to be cut off the today’s meeting. If you had registered before it filled up, you should have received an email with the direct Zoom link for the meeting, and you need to use it to connect.
Irit
Please let me know if there’s anything for Holocaust survivors to connect to others like her unfortunately she’s lost many of her friends and relatives and feels very lonely and sad. She was 12 years old when the Holocaust was over
Dear Sarah,
I am so sorry, I know how sad and lonely it is for the survivors when spouse and the friends they have had pass away one after the other!
First of all, your mother is very welcome to join our virtual gatherings of child and adolescent survivors which will take place monthly. She might ‘meet’ people there who live in her area (that is one of the things we hope to achieve) and others of similar interests, with whom
she might develop friendships via zoom. Where does she live? There might be other possibilities for in-person contact or services.
Also, there is the Federation of Child Survivors of the Holocaust and Descendants, who have meetings online, and other groups she might be interested in joining, so let me know a little more and if she would like to join our next online meeting on the 26th, please let me know her
email to add to the list so she can receive the zoom link.
Irit
is the group ongoing? i would be interested in joining. ty
Hi Ruth!
The group meets monthly via zoom. You are very welcome to join any meeting whenever you wish. The notices with the zoom link are sent to those who register, so I will make sure you are.
All the best,
Irit