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Holocaust survivor Rachel Lefkovits with her great-grandchildren. At top were, Yoni Posner, Dani Posner, in the middle Kaylie Posner, Max Wiesel and Shua Wiesel and at the bottom Gabi Wiesel and Talia Berger.

Generational leaning at the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach

Holocaust survivor Rachel Lefkovits took part in the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach’s Names Not Number program, where eighth-graders interview survivors and create a documentary. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/1/21

Adding $2.5 million to the New York state budget to help poverty-stricken Holocaust survivors is the goal of a petition campaign being led by the UJA-Federation of New York.

UJA-New York petitions to help Holocaust survivors

Among the many items in the proposed $103.4 billion New York state budget is money for case management services and the UJA-Federation of New York is campaigning for an additional $2.5 million to aid Holocaust survivors. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/17/21

North Woodmere native Rachel Kastner with her grandfather Karl Schapiro when they visited his European hometown and filmed the documentary “The Barn.”

North Woodmere native documents grandfather's Holocaust survivor tale in 'The Barn'

Roughly a decade ago, East Rockaway resident Pnina Knopf attended a National Council of Jewish Women health forum, and one of the speakers was Dr. Elana Kastner, an obstetrician and gynecologist with a practice in Valley Stream who is affiliated with NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/3/21

Woodmere resident and Holocaust survivor Jack Rybsztajn is helped from the car by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky and Gural JCC Associate Executive Director Cathy Byrne.

Seniors and Holocaust survivors get Covid vaccine in Lawrence

Vehicles pulled into the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC Harrison-Kerr Family Campus and staff and volunteers and staff and student volunteers from the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School helped the 150 seniors, which included 60 Holocaust survivors, to receive a first dose of the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccination on Sunday. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/28/21

The Nassau County Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Museum is running a program to learn how to craft a personal Holocaust story.

Learn how to create a personal Holocaust presentation

An online course hosted by the Nassau County Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Museum, “Preserving Your Family Story: How to Prepare a Personal Presentation about the Holocaust,” is geared towards aiding second and third generation descendants of Holocaust Survivors bring their family’s stories and experiences to life in order to inform posterity. more

By Hailey Gise | 1/19/21

Lawrence resident Martin Oliner, a former mayor of the village, was appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.

Lawrence resident Martin Oliner appointed to Holocaust council

A son of Holocaust survivors who spent time in a displaced persons camp was appointed by President Donald Trump to the board that supports the United States Holocaust Museum in Washinton, D.C.. more

By Jeff Bessen | 12/30/20

Freda Heyman held the Torah at her own bat mitzvah on Feb. 2, 2013, nine days before of her 80th birthday at Temple Judah in Furlong, Pa.

Woodmere native Freda Heyman, 87

Freda Heyman née Lozanoff began life a “bossy and opinionated” girl, according to her daughter Terry and pushed the envelope to become a doctor when that was uncommon for women, campaigned for women’s rights, never said no to amplifying a good time and was an unapologetic two pack per day smoker. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/13/20

Five Towners named to Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center board

A pair of Five Towns residents were named to the reconstituted Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center board. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/25/20

Coming together amid the crisis, wishing everyone well

As this unconventional school year comes to a close, we say goodbye with the hope that school reopens in September. I have learned so much about the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway and … more

By Jordana Mastour | 6/5/20

Will this plague lead to a new dark age?

Sometimes a black hole opens in a culture and civility falls in. History teaches us that sometimes, good will and decency are trumped by avarice and authoritarianism. Read the stories of the Salem witch trials . . . more

5/15/20

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