Last Month at the Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Conference for Educators, titled “Lives Turned Upside Down: Teenagers During The Holocaust”, there was an outstanding turnout of educators who teach about the Holocaust and its lessons for young people in 21st century. Organized by Elizabeth Edelstein, Vice President for Education at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the evening included my lecture entitled:… READ MORE>>
Tag | Trauma
Educators Coming to the Museum of Jewish Heritage, A Living Memorial to the Holocaust to Learn About The Holocaust and Its Lessons for Today
Posted by on May 9, 2017
Photos and Information about the Recent Caregiver Conference at JFS Central NJ- in their May/June Newsletter
Posted by on May 8, 2017
The recent Newsletter for Caregivers of Holocaust Survivors published by the Jewish Family Service of Central NJ just came out, in print and online, describing the recent JFSCNJ Caregiver Conference in which I gave the keynote presentation, addressing the long-standing effects of massive trauma on survivors, and highlighting the importance of sensitivity to particular aspects in the non-verbal and verbal… READ MORE>>
New Book Published, with Two Chapters by Irit Felsen: “Psychoanalysis and Holocaust Testimony: Unwanted Memories of Social Trauma”
Posted by on April 30, 2017
I am very pleased to announce that this week a new book, in which I contributed two chapters, was published and has became available,. The book is entitled “Psychoanalysis and Holocaust Testimony: Unwanted Memories of Social Trauma“ and was edited by Dori Laub and Andreas Hamburger, and published by Routledge. My chapters describe my experiences together with Dori Laub as… READ MORE>>
Teleconference on Thurs. March 30, 2017
Posted by on March 24, 2017
Next week on Thursday March 30, between 1:00 pm -2:15 pm Eastern time, I will be presenting a talk entitled: “Adult Sibling Relationships In Holocaust Survivors Families“. This teleconference is part of a monthly teleconference series for professionals, mostly in North America, working with Holocaust survivors. The lecture is followed by a Q & A period. Registration for the teleconference is… READ MORE>>
Article in the Mishpacha Magazine about the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors
Posted by on March 22, 2017
Last month the magazine Mishpacha (http://www.mishpacha.com/) published a front cover article about the Discussion Group for Children of Survivors titled “Survivor Families: Our Parents, Ourselves, Our Changing Lives”, which I have been running once per month at the Boro Park Y in Brooklyn. The author of the article, Ahava Ehrenpreis, participated in one of the meetings and later spoke with… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: Presentation on Sun. Feb. 26, free and open to the community
Posted by on February 20, 2017
Jewish Family Service off Central NJ presents a half-day program dedicated to the issues surrounding the treatment of elderly Holocaust survivors and the challenges faced by their children as caregivers. The event will be Sunday February 26 , 9:30-12:30 at Congregation Israel, 339 Mountain Avenue, Springfield. Continental breakfast will be served, dietary laws observed. The […]