Last night at the United Nations Headquarters in NY I attended the program organized by The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme in partnership with the Primo Levy Center of New York, in honor of Yom Hashoa. Having celebrated its 10th anniversary last year, the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme remains steadfast in its mission: to help… READ MORE>>
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After The Holocaust – Primo Levy And The Nexus Of Science, Responsibility and Humanism
Posted by on May 5, 2016
May is Mental Health Month
Posted by on May 3, 2016
May is Mental Health Month, and in this context I would like to turn our attention to the parents of adult children suffering from mental health issues and addictions. Our lives as parents are focused on our children. The well-being and success of our children is, for many of us for many years the most important aspect or our existence…. READ MORE>>
Amplifying Resilience: An Orientation to the Social Resilience Model (SRM)
Posted by on April 30, 2016
Last Thursday, I attended a presentation by Laurie Leitch, Ph.D who, together with retired Army Brigadier General Loree Sutton co-founded Threshold Globalworks, an organization that states as its mission bringing cutting-edge initiatives, informed by neuroscience, that amplify social resilience and human potential. The organization delivered services in different parts of the world to train local individuals to help their peers… READ MORE>>
A Monthly Group Meeting for Children of Holocaust Survivors, Starting May 10 in Boro Park
Posted by on April 17, 2016
I will be leading monthly group meetings for “Second Generation”, the children of Holocaust survivors. The group will meet at the Boro Park Y. The first meeting is scheduled for May 10, 2016 and there will be a total of ten meetings throughout the year until the end of December 2016. The group is intended for individuals who wish to… READ MORE>>
Irit Felsen is new member of National Center for Crisis Management and the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
Posted by on April 3, 2016
I recently joined as a member of the National Center for Crisis Management and the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress (http://www.aaets.org/index.htm). The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress sees as its mission working towards increasing awareness of the effects of trauma and, ultimately, improving the quality of interventions with survivors. This mission is very close to my… READ MORE>>
Writers Institute at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Mar. 30/2015
Posted by on March 30, 2016
Tonight, I will be attending the Writers Institute at The Graduate Center, City University of New York : Children of the Holocaust: Writers of the Next Generation. The event will feature readings and a discussion of the experiences of family relatives who suffered under Nazi persecution and how this legacy continues to shape the authors subjectivity and literary work. More… READ MORE>>