Page 6 - The Jewish Voice - July '24

Page 6, The Jewish Voice

Local Happenings from page 4 Vashem Marlene W. Yahalom, PhD, who
took guests through the Auschwitz Album,
were made among which delivered undeniable evidence and
individuals with an visual documentation from the Holocaust.
interest in the lessons Dr. Robert Watson, a noted historian,
of the Holocaust. author, professor, political commentator,
As in previous and community leader, shared the
years, the Showcase compelling stories of noted Jewish artists
featured deep dives and intellectuals who found a way to ply
into literary works at their craft inside the camps.
this season’s Bagels Etta Cohen and Eva Kraus Irit Felsen, PhD, a sought-after
and Books with international speaker and expert on the
Greta Brewer, where long-term effects of trauma on Holocaust Alexandra Gellner, Olivia Suzie Welikoff, Sharon Black, and Carole
attendees discussed survivors and the intergenerational Konteatis, and Marcel Daly Weinstein
The German Wife by transmission of trauma to their children, present Letters from Anne Frank
Kelly Rimmer, the
New York Times- presented two workshops, with one offered for the decedents
bestselling author of of Holocaust survivors and one for healthcare professionals
The Warsaw Orphan. working with survivors and their families.
In another thought- Two captivating dramatizations of Letters from Anne and
provoking event, Helen Epstein and Jenni Frumer, Martin - Brought to the Stage were also featured as part of the
American author director of MorseLife’s NOW for Showcase, combining the iconic voices of Anne Frank and
and journalist Helen Holocaust Survivors Initiative Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Developed from excerpts from
Epstein, the daughter Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl and Dr. King’s “Letter
of Holocaust survivors, discussed how she drew on her from a Birmingham Jail,” the production included important
mother’s experiences to help her in her own struggle with messages from these legendary figures, as they wrote of their
gynecological cancer, which she detailed in her book hopes and plans for a peaceful and unified world.
Getting Through It: My Year of Cancer During COVID. Photos courtesy of MorseLife
Holocaust experts once again offered valuable insights Diane Fiddle and mother Helene Marcovici participate in
with Director of Education for the American Society for Yad Greta Brewer’s book discussion. Local Happenings on page 8

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