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Sunday, April 11th @ 7:00pm:
Brandeis University/ Rapaporte Treasure Hall Goldfarb Library (click here for map)
KEYNOTE:
Holocaust Child Survivors Sixty-Five Years After Liberation: From Mourning to Creativity
Presented by Eva Fogelman, New York City Social Psychologist and author of “Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust”
Reception: 7:00pm
Lecture: 7:30pm
Greetings - Prof. Sylvia Barack Fishman, Brandeis University
Introduction - President Jehuda Reinharz, Brandeis University
Renowned psychologist Eva Fogelman questions how child Holocaust survivors have channeled grief, pain, anger and helplessness into life-affirming activities of remembrance, education, tikkun olam, human rights activism, and continuity of Jewish peoplehood. She explores commonalities among these survivors, focusing on the mourning process at the core of the child survivors’ being. Ultimately, she asserts that what underlies the various forms of the final stage of mourning is a search for meaning, leading to creative expression.
Please note: Parking for the keynote will be in the Tower Lot (also called E Lot).
Monday, April 12th @ 8:30am-4:00pm:
Main Conference at Doubletree Hotel Waltham, MA (click here for map)
Panel I: Jewish Parenthood and Childhood Under Siege, 1933 - 1945
Panel II: "Life Begins Anew": The Complexities of the Situation of Jewish Children and Youth in Europe, 1945- 1950
Panel III: Precious Memories: Sharing and Recollecting Wartime Experiences
Please note: The main conference is free of charge and includes lunch (RSVP is required at hbi@brandeis.edu). The conference hotel rate special at the Doubletree is $99/night; when reserving please ask for the "Rising from the Ashes" room block.
Tuesday, April 13th @ 4:30pm:
Brandeis University/ Wasserman Cinematheque (click here for map)
FILM SCREENING:
“MY 100 CHILDREN” (Meah yeladim sheli)
This inspiring documentary is a moving portrayal of Lena Küchlar Silberman, an extraordinary Polish Jewish woman. In 1945/46 , she gathered Jewish child survivors throughout orphanages in Cracow and Zakopane and then smuggled them from Poland to Palestine/Israel. Co-presented by The National Center for Jewish Film as part of Jewishfilm.2010 NCJF's 13th Annual Film Festival.
Please note: Parking for the film screening will be in Theater (T) lot.
RSVPs are encouraged for Monday’s program. Please RSVP to: hbi@brandeis.edu
Questions: hbi@brandeis.edu or 781-736-8110
Speakers:
Beth Cohen, California State University
Debórah Dwork, Clark University
Eva Fogelman, (Psychologist) NYC
Henryk Grynberg, (Writer)
Rita Horvath, Bar-Ilan University
Uta Larkey, Goucher College
Joanna B. Michlic, Brandeis University
Avi Patt, Hartford University
Suzanne Vromen, Bard College
Lenore Weitzman, George Mason University
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