On Thursday December 14, I will present a talk at a one-day event organized by ESCOTA, the Ease Side Council of the Aging, which is a voluntary not-for profit interagency interdisciplinary organization for professionals working in the field of aging. For more information about ESCOTA, see their webpage. The talk will address unique issues that elderly adults who have suffered… READ MORE>>
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Video of Panel Discussion on Lessons from the “Doctors Trial” and Ramifications for Medicine Today Are Now Available on My YouTube Channel
Posted by on November 29, 2017
The video-recordings of the panel discussion “70 Years After Nuremberg: What Have We Learned?” are now available online on my Youtube channel. The event took place on November 9, the anniversary of Kristallnacht, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. There are three segments of the discussion that can be viewed. My personal comments about the lessons… READ MORE>>
Presentation at Trauma Institute of Orange County in Goshen NY, Nov. 30/2017
Posted by on November 19, 2017
On Thursday November 30, 2017, I will be giving a presentation entitled “Trauma, Aging, and the Implications for Treatment” at the Trauma Institute of Orange County, in Goshen, NY. The program offers 2 Continuing Education hours for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Psychoanalysts. The presentation will focus on the impact of various… READ MORE>>
Thoughts About My Participation in Panel on “Medicine After the Holocaust”, Museum of Jewish Heritage, Nov. 9/2017
Posted by on November 13, 2017
On Thursday November 9th, the 79th Yahrzeit of Kristalnacht, I had the honor of participating in a panel discussion addressing lessons that can be drawn from the Holocaust which might be relevant to healthcare today. The discussion emanated from the well-known and horrifying facts about the active role of healthcare professionals, especially physicians and nurses, in the Nazi murder of… READ MORE>>
Reflections about Person-Centered Trauma-Informed Workshop that I Gave in Atlanta Last Week
Posted by on November 12, 2017
This past week I gave a two-day workshop for JF&CS in Atlanta, GA, focused on Person-Centered Trauma-Informed Care. The workshop included a presentation to clinical staff, an agency-wide presentation to administrative staff and all those who come in contact with the service consumers, such as receptionists, drivers, and all other staff members, a supervision session with the team who works… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: Panel this Thursday (Nov. 9): “70 Years after the Nuremberg Code: What Have We Learned?”
Posted by on November 7, 2017
On November 9, 2017, I will participate in a panel discussion regarding the relevance of lessons learned from bioethics and the Holocaust, for modern scientific theory, medical practice, healthcare policy and human rights endeavors throughout the world. This program is organized by the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust, the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics (Haifa) Department of Bioethics… READ MORE>>
Video of My Lecture at Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Conference Available on Youtube
Posted by on November 5, 2017
A videotape of my lecture at the Eighteenth Annual Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Conference is now available online on my Youtube channel, or by directly following this link. The video can also be found at this link to the Youtube channel of the Museum of Jewish Heritage. This lecture, entitled “Defying Evil: Child and Adolescent Survivors of the Holocaust”, focused on… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed Care Workshop in Atlanta, GA, November 6-7, 2017
Posted by on November 4, 2017
On November 6th and 7th I will be presenting a workshop at the Jewish Family and Children Services in Atlanta, GA. The training will take place at the JF & CS offices on 4549 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338. The first day’s program will include specific separate training sessions for clinical staff, agency-wide non-clinical staff, and the Holocaust Survivor… READ MORE>>
In Memory of Fanya Gottesfeld Heller
Posted by on November 2, 2017
Fanya Gottesfeld Heller passed away earlier this week. Fanya was an adolescent during the Holocaust. In her life in America, she has been a generous benefactor of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – Living Memorial to the Holocaust, and a devoted educator about the dangers of prejudice and discrimination. I had the immense honor of meeting Fanya last year and… READ MORE>>
Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed Care: Workshop in Atlanta, GA, November 6-7, 2017
Posted by on October 28, 2017
On November 6th and 7th I will be presenting a workshop at the Jewish Family and Children Services in Atlanta, GA. The training will take place at the JF & CS offices on 4549 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338. The first day’s program will include specific separate training sessions for clinical staff, agency-wide non-clinical staff, and the Holocaust Survivor… READ MORE>>
Panel on Nov. 9: “70 Years after the Nuremberg Code: What Have We Learned?”
Posted by on October 23, 2017
On November 9, 2017, I will participate in a panel discussion regarding the relevance of lessons learned from bioethics and the Holocaust, for modern scientific theory, medical practice, healthcare policy and human rights endeavors throughout the world. This program is organized by the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust, the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics (Haifa) Department of Bioethics… READ MORE>>
Summaries of Lecture Series for Children of Holocaust Survivors: “Our Parents, Ourselves, Our Changing Lives”
Posted by on October 16, 2017
The document available at this link holds a collection of summaries of a lecture series entitled “Our Parents, Ourselves, Our Changing Lives” for children of Holocaust survivors. The ten meetings took place monthly in Boro Park, Brooklyn, between May 2016 and June 2017, and were made possible by Bikur Cholim Chesed Organization, with support from the Center for Advancing Holocaust… READ MORE>>
Presentation for the Speakers Bureau at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC on Oct. 19
Posted by on October 15, 2017
For several years now I have had the pleasure and the honor of meeting annually with the people who volunteer their time and energy to speak to students in schools, as well as to other audiences in the museum and in the community, as part of the programs organized by the speakers’ bureau of the Museum of Jewish Heritage. This… READ MORE>>
Video of My Lecture “Child and Adolescent Holocaust Survivors” Available on Youtube
Posted by on October 7, 2017
On July 21, I gave a lecture to teachers in New York, as part of a program offered by the Museum of Jewish Heritage about the impact of the Holocaust and its aftermath on survivors and their descendants, and what we learn from survivors about the impact of trauma suffered in childhood and adolescence on the functioning of the adult… READ MORE>>
Las Vegas Tragedy: The Hidden Trauma
Posted by on October 3, 2017
The mass shooting that left over fifty people dead and hundreds of others injured will leave many more direct and indirect victims. Brian Calypool survived the attack in Las Vegas. He appears to have not been physically injured. Yet the video clip of him speaking to CNN’s Chris Cuomo is a heart wrenching expression of the terrible impact of such… READ MORE>>