The videorecording of my August 4 conversation with author Elizabeth Rosner (see my previous blog post) is now available on Youtube. You can view the recording through the link provided by the Museum of Jewish Heritage, A living Memorial to the Holocaust at this link or by clicking on the image below. Irit Felsen
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Videorecording of My Recent Dialogue with Author Elizabeth Rosner is Now Available
Posted by on August 12, 2020
Reminder: TODAY: Next Session in New 10-Part Webinar Series I Am Presenting for Children of Holocaust Survivors and Their Families
Posted by on August 9, 2020
The next session is my new series of 10 webinars for children of Holocaust survivors and their family members will take place TODAY at 8 pm EDT (see item #3 in the list below). This webinar series is a partnership between Jewish Federations of North America and the NOW for Holocaust Survivors at MorseLife Health System. The webinars are free… READ MORE>>
Reminder: TODAY: Announcing a New 10-Part Webinar Series I Am Presenting for Children of Holocaust Survivors and Their Families
Posted by on August 5, 2020
I am very pleased and excited to announce that, beginning this week, I will be presenting a series of 10 webinars for children of Holocaust survivors and their family members. This webinar series is a partnership between Jewish Federations of North America and the NOW for Holocaust Survivors at MorseLife Health System. For the webinar series, I will give a… READ MORE>>
Reminder: TODAY: Trauma Studies, Creativity, and the Second Generation: A Live Conversation
Posted by on August 4, 2020
On Tuesday August 4 at 2:00 pm EDT, you can listen and participate in a conversation between Author Elizabeth Rosner and myself, about being a child of Holocaust survivors and choosing to focus our life’s work on understanding intergenerational transmission. We will discuss the differences between clinical work and research about the intergenerational effects of the Holocaust in comparison to… READ MORE>>
Announcing a New 10-Part Webinar Series I Am Presenting for Children of Holocaust Survivors and Their Families
Posted by on August 2, 2020
Presentation Date: 08/05/20
Location: Zoom
I am very pleased and excited to announce that, beginning this week, I will be presenting a series of 10 webinars for children of Holocaust survivors and their family members…. READ MORE>>
Trauma Studies, Creativity, and the Second Generation: A Live Conversation
Posted by on July 29, 2020
Presentation Date: 08/04/20
Location: Zoom
Next week on Tuesday August 4 at 2:00 pm EDT, you can listen and participate in a conversation between Author Elizabeth Rosner and myself, about being a child of Holocaust… READ MORE>>
Covid-19: Conversations with 2Gs
Posted by on July 21, 2020
In the time following the shelter at home order, I was invited to present various webinars related to Covid-19, in which interactive discussions followed my lecture and made it possible for participants to share a wide range of reactions to the pandemic and to the pervasive changes it imposed on our lives. These webinars allowed groups with specific shared interests… READ MORE>>
New Book Published, Including My Chapter on Child and Adolescent Survivors
Posted by on July 12, 2020
I am happy to announce that a new book about child survivors of the Holocaust, in which I have wrote a chapter based on a research study I conducted in 2017, has been published. The book is entitled “Starting Anew: The Rehabilitation of Child Survivors of the Holocaust in the Early Postwar Years”. I was asked by Yad Vashem, the… READ MORE>>
Zoom Video Link to My Presentation at St. Peter’s Health System Now Available
Posted by on July 5, 2020
On June 16, I presented remotely at the departmental Medicine Grand Rounds at St. Peter’s Healthcare System in New Brunswick, NJ. My presentation, entitled “The Long-term Effects of Trauma on Survivors and Its Intergenerational Transmission in the Family”, was intended for their internists, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, nurses, fellows, residents, and medical students. It was a special honor… READ MORE>>
Requesting Your Help and Participation in My Research Study About Covid-19 and Children of Holocaust Survivors
Posted by on June 28, 2020
Dear friends and colleagues, I am conducting a research study in collaboration with my colleague, Prof. Amit Shrira at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. The study aims to examine the responses of adult offspring of Holocaust survivors to the Covid-19 pandemic, and compare them with the reactions of peers who are not children of survivors. I need both 2Gs AND those… READ MORE>>
Meeting Hate with Humanity: A Conference for Teachers, Offered by the Museum of Jewish Heritage
Posted by on June 25, 2020
Presentation Date: 07/02/20
Location: Zoom
On July 2, I will be giving a presentation for the Museum of Jewish Heritage. The presentation is in the context of a seminar entitled “Meeting Hate with Humanity: Life… READ MORE>>
Listening to Your Inner Voice
Posted by on June 19, 2020
I love my work. It is different and profoundly moving every day. Yesterday the theme of the day seemed to have been “the inner voice”. Our inner voice is sometimes hard to hear. We might have not been taught to listen to it. We might have even been taught that our inner voice is wrong, bad or stupid. But when… READ MORE>>
Presenting at Medicine Grand Rounds of St. Peter’s Healthcare System
Posted by on June 14, 2020
Presentation Date: 06/16/20
Location: Zoom
On Tuesday, June 16 I will present at the departmental Medicine Grand Rounds at St. Peter’s Healthcare System in New Brunswick, NJ. My presentation, entitled “The Long-term Effects of Trauma… READ MORE>>