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Holocaust Learning Experience
Crowns a Season of Community Impact
Combatting a rising tide of antisemitism and using the “While we have made important strides this season in
lessons of the Holocaust to demonstrate how bigotry and the evolution of our signature education model into a turn-
hatred undermine the foundation of society, the Holocaust key solution to assist educators throughout the nation, it is
Learning Experience hosted by MorseLife Next Generations important to continue these intimate experiences that make
is concluding a busy season of community outreach and such an important impact right here in our own community,”
educational programs that have impacted hundreds. said Leigh Routman, executive director of the Holocaust
Learning Experience.
Holocaust survivor Marie Steinaway meets with students at
The Benjamin School.
The 2022–2023 Next Generations Showcase Series
brought dozens of captivating in-person and virtual events to
the South Florida community. Featuring first-hand accounts
by survivors, presentations by experts, and views from a wide
range of voices, the showcases examined historical events,
current geo-political trends, and the Holocaust as depicted
MorseLife President and CEO Keith A. Myers and Next in literature, video, and photography.
Generations Founder and President Nancy Dershaw with Holocaust Learning Experience explores the lessons of the
Showcase speaker Dr. Robert Watson Holocaust at El Sol in Jupiter. Holocaust Learning Experience on page 2
Beth Am Supports LGBTQ Financial Focus
Community at Palm Beach Pride Can You Count on Social
Temple Beth Am recently participated in the Palm Beach attendance. During down time, temple volunteers were able Security?
Pride festival in Lake Worth Beach. Volunteers, including to walk around the event, meet other expo participants, and
both TBA staff and congregants, manned a table at the festival enjoy amazing and diverse entertainment. By Sally Sima Stahl
equipped with TBA swag, and enjoyed meeting those in The event attracts about 30,000 attendees annually and has If you’re getting
been Palm Beach County’s largest gay and lesbian visibility closer to retirement, you
event for the past 20 years. Temple Beth Am was proud to might be thinking more
show its support of our local LGBTQ community. about Social Security.
Specifically, can you
count on it to contribute
part of the income you’ll
need as a retiree?
There’s been an
increase in alarming
language surrounding
the solvency of Social Security, but in reality its prospects
are not nearly as gloomy as you might have heard.
Here’s the story: Under current law, Social Security is
estimated to exhaust its trust funds by 2035, after which
benefits could be cut by 20 percent, according to the 2022
Social Security Trustees report. However, the large cost
of living adjustment (COLA, 8.7 percent) for 2023 could
cause the trust funds to use up their resources sooner.
But this outlook may represent a worst-case scenario.
For one thing, the cost of the 2023 COLA will be
somewhat offset by higher taxes on workers contributing
to Social Security. The maximum amount of earnings
subject to the 6.2 percent Social Security tax jumped from
$147,000 in 2022 to $160,200 in 2023. And in looking
down the road, further increases in this earnings cap may
also help reduce the gap in the trust funds. Increasing the
Financial Focus on page 2