Tag: Holocaust
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NBTHS teacher will bring lessons learned from Holocaust program into the classroom
NORTH BRUNSWICK – As a young Jewish girl, Beth Passner said she couldn’t understand how or why a tragedy such as the Holocaust could happen. “It is a question that quite naturally still persists today for me. As I got older, my interest grew to focus on other injustices that had occurred around the world.…
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Holocaust survivor to share harrowing story at Old Bridge Library on June 23
Holocaust survivor Lois Flamholz will share her harrowing story during an appearance at the Old Bridge Public Library at 2 p.m. on June 23. Flamholz, 91, will discuss her horrific tale of cattle cars, work camps, Auschwitz, and a face-to-face encounter with Dr. Josef Mengele – the “angel of death.” The library is located at…
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Former Israeli soldier was awakened by father’s Nazi history
The son of a Nazi soldier who rejected his father’s past and became a medical officer in the Israel Defense Forces spoke of his journey, recalled the World War II era Holocaust and warned of history repeating itself when he recently spoke at Congregation Ahavat Olam in Howell. Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) commemorates the…
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Holocaust remembrance program May 1 at JCC
An Interfaith Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance program will be held at 7 p.m. on May 1 at the Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County (JCC), 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. The program will include readings and musical selections to remember all those who perished. The free event is co-sponsored by the Metuchen-Edison Area Interfaith Clergy…
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Survivors of Kristallnacht: An 80-year immigrant perspective
With the rising tide of incidents of anti-Semitism in the United States and around the world, the East Brunswick chapter of Hadassah and the East Brunswick Public Library co-sponsored a program to give a moving perspective of two survivors’ personal experiences during the Holocaust. Two survivors of Kristallnacht shared the harrowing movement of Nazi control…
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Presentation on Holocaust, pogroms will take pace March 5 in East Brunswick
Alan Bernstein, a member of an immigrant benevolent organization Landsmenschaft, which has dedicated through documents of family stories and oral histories of survivors the memory of Jews who perished in pogroms in the town of Felshtin, will be guest speaker at 7:30 p.m. on March 5 at Temple Bnai Shalom, 15 Fern Road, East Brunswick. Sponsored by…
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East Brunswick Jewish Center to show film that depicts Cuban Jewish life after escape from the Nazis
“Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels,” a film depicting a family’s escape from the Nazis and fortunate immigration to Havana, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 31 at the East Brunswick Jewish Center (EBJC), 511 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. The family’s story is filled with a musical score of Jewish melodies and music of Havana which merges the realities…
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Congregation Neve Shalom to hold Holocaust filmmaker
The Neve Shalom Adult Education Committee and the Gilbert and Claudie Hayat Speaker Series will present Holocaust filmmaker Joshua M. Greene at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 19 during service at Congregation Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen. Discussion will continue at the Oneg Shabbat. For more information, call 732-548-2238, ext. 14.
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Woman shares harrowing story of survival from the Nazis
METUCHEN — As someone who fled Poland during the Holocaust, Sally Frishberg said she knows the word genocide all too well. “It’s happening today,” she said as she looked out at the fifth graders at Edgar Middle School, noting the recent chemical attack in Syria. “The world unfortunately hasn’t learned everything from the past.” Frishberg,…