2023-2024 GenShoah SWFL programs

Please join us for the following programs this season:

Movies that Matter –The Steve Brazina Memorial Series:

• Oct. 18 – “Poor Kids” Zoom discussion/Q&A, 4-5 p.m.

• Oct. 25 – “Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life” Zoom discussion/Q&A, 4-5 p.m.

• Nov. 1 – “The Invisible Class” Zoom discussion/Q&A, 4-5 p.m. RSVP required to attend: hmcec.org

Book discussion

“The Postcard” by Anne Berest – Nov. 13, 2 p.m. RSVP required to attend: hmcec. org. For more information, contact Estelle Kafer at ekafer520@gmail.com. Additional book discussions, locations, dates and times TBD based on interest. Contact Estelle Kafer at ekafer520@ gmail.com.

Zoog Mir in Yiddish

November 2023 through April 2024, the third Sunday of the month, 3:30-5 p.m. at the Holocaust Museum. Limit of 20 people. RSVP required to attend: hmcec.org

Kristallnacht commemoration

Nov. 5, 2:30 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church, Naples

Annual GenShoah member hors d’oeuvres potluck gathering

Dec. 10, 5 p.m., location TBD. Limited attendance. RSVP required to attend: Shirley Besikof at shirleybesikof@ gmail.com.

Open House/New Member Reception

Jan. 26, 2024, 10 a.m. at the Holocaust Museum. For all GenShoah members. RSVP required to attend: hmcec.org.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Jan. 26, 2024 – Complimentary admission to the Holocaust Musuem,1-3 p.m.; Special program at 2 p.m. RSVP required for both: hmcec.org.

"Our Stories" GenShoah member get-together

Feb. 4, 2024 at 1 p.m., location TBD. Limited attendance. RSVP required to attend: Rene Geist rene@geistgroup.com.

Genealogy workshops

• Feb. 25, 2024, 1 p.m., location TBD

• April 7, 2024, 1 p.m., location TBD Limited attendance. RSVP required to attend: Shelley Lieb at liebro@gmail.com.

“They Were Children: Rescue as Resistance” exhibit

March 3, 2024, 10 a.m. at FGCU Archives. RSVP required to attend: Shelley Lieb at liebro@gmail.com.

Growing up Sephardic in an Ashkenazi world by Sam Varsano

Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 2 p.m. at the Holocaust Museum. RSVP required to attend: hmcec.org.

Yom HaShoah commemoration

• May 5, 2024, 4 p.m. at the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center. RSVP requested: jfgn.com.

• Pre-event reception for GenShoah SWFL and survivors, 3 p.m. at the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center.

Also of interest

How Yad Vashem maintains security for its archives: A close look at how the world’s premier Holocaust museum protects the past and prepares for the future: https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/how-yad-vashem-protectsthe-worlds-holocaust-memories1B7DWZYkv9heNx77QM8B1o

The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust is sponsoring a “March of the Living” delegation designed for 2G families in Poland May 2-9, 2024. To sign up for an informational session or for more details, contact Michael Morgenstern at 323-456-5083 or michael@hmla.org.

Responding to the needs of current refugees: a 2G/3G activist panel Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 6:30 p.m. (BST;1:30 p.m. EDT). Second- and third-generation representatives from Refugees at Home, Rene Cassin & Exiled Writers Ink will discuss their roles in refugee response actions. By Second Generation Network. https://refugee-response-panel. eventbrite.co.uk

Stories Survive: “Yesterday Never Sleeps” – In a discussion based on her new book “Yesterday Never Sleeps,” Jacqueline Heller, M.S., M.D., draws upon decades of clinical experience to weave together a powerful narrative that contains neuroscience, memoir of her life as a child of Holocaust survivors, and patient histories involving a range of psychological ills and trauma. Dr. Heller is joined in this conversation by Professor Judy Tydor Baumel-Schwartz, scholar at Bar-Ilan University. https://youtube.com/ watch?v=L1piDs7u6IA

Yiddish Alive is for people who are familiar with Yiddish. Attendees range from those who have some understanding of Yiddish to those who speak it fluently. We try to speak as much Yiddish as possible but do translate a lot for those less familiar. Zooms on alternate Mondays. Contact Michael Mills at millsms1@gmail.com, 513-6739001 or https://fjmc.org/yiddish-aliveaffinity-group.