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Holocaust survivors

Lori, a Holocaust survivor from the JFCS Holocaust Center speakers' bureau, addresses students in March 2019. (Photo/Trish Tunney)
Posted inHolidays

Survivors in shrinking community speak their truths

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 27, 2020January 27, 2020
Jews wearing Star of David badges in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland. (JTA/Jewish Chronicle/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
Posted inHolocaust Remembrance Day

We must preserve survivor testimony to keep lessons alive

by J. Editorial Board January 24, 2020January 24, 2020
Joe Pell (Liz Harris)
Posted inUncategorized

Joseph Pell, 95, reflects on a life of struggle and triumph

by Liz Harris January 24, 2020November 2, 2021
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Floriday, speaks after she was denied access to the Homestead Temporary Shelter For Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Florida, June 19, 2018. (JTA/Joe Skipper/Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

House bill would help Holocaust survivors recover billions in pre-1938 insurance policy payments

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA November 26, 2019November 26, 2019
Holocaust survivors Sarah Yanai and Yossi Mor reunite at Yad Vashem with Melpomeni Dina (center), one of their wartime rescuers who was recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations. /Courtesy of Yad Vashem
Posted inIsrael

2 Holocaust survivors reunited with their Greek rescuer for first time since WWII

by JTA November 4, 2019
two old men embrace
Posted inSeniors

Holocaust survivors reunited after 75 years

by JTA September 26, 2019September 26, 2019
Luigi Toscano's traveling exhibit, seen here in Ukraine, displays portraits of Holocaust survivors who live in the place where the exhibit is on display.
Posted inCulture

Globe-trotting exhibit shows portraits of local survivors at S.F. Civic Center

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 10, 2019
Susanne (Sanne) Kalter DeWitt’s debut memoir is called “I Was Born in an Old Age Home.”
Posted inAuthor! Author!

Two vivid memoirs of Holocaust survival from local authors

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 12, 2019
an old woman in a chair surrounded by 10 children and babies
Posted inSeniors

Petaluma survivor has 31 descendants — and counting

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 7, 2019January 9, 2019
Second-generation Holocaust survivor Robert Leonard Rope
Posted inHistory

Dancing at an event for Holocaust survivors? I’m glad I was there

Robert Leonard Rope by Robert Leonard Rope December 27, 2018

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