GenShoah SWFL items of interest

Save the dates!

By Shelley Lieb and Ida Margolis

GenShoah SWFL is planning a number of programs for the upcoming season. You may want to mark your calendar for some of them. Dates are subject to change.

Something new — Book Discussion Group

A new addition to GenShoah programs this season will be the GenShoah Book Discussion Group led by Estelle Kafer. The first meeting was held on Tuesday, Aug. 22 via Zoom. Future meetings may be held in person.

The book discussed was “One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World” by prize-winning author Michael Frank.

"The remarkable story of 99-year-old Stella Levi, whose conversations with the author over the course of six years, brings to life the vibrant world of Jewish Rhodes, the deportation to Auschwitz that extinguished 90% of her community, and the resilience and wisdom of the woman who lived to tell the tale."

Additional events

The third Sunday, Oct.-April, 3:30 p.m. –“Zoog Mir in Yiddish” Yiddish Discussion Group. All levels of Yiddish welcome to schmooze a bissel. (Location: Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center.) Registration required at hmcec.org.

Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2 p.m. – Movies That Matter. “Poor Kids” on Zoom. Expert panel will discuss film. Link to film available prior to panel discussion. Registration required at hmcec.org.

Wednesday, Oct. 25 – Movies That Matter. Important and powerful film “Repairing the World” will be shown, with a panel discussion/Q&A following. (Time and location TBD.) Registration required at hmcec.org.

Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2 p.m. – Movies That Matter on crucial housing and homeless issues. Viewing link available prior to panel discussion on Zoom. Registration required at hmcec.org.

Sunday, Nov. 5, 2:30 p.m. – Kristallnacht Commemoration. (Location: St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church, 5225 Golden Gate Pkwy., Naples)

Sunday, Dec. 10, 5 p.m. – Annual Potluck. (Location: private residence.) More information to follow.

Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2 p.m. – Watch “The Rescue in the Philippines” followed by Q&A. (Location: Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center.) Registration required at hmcec.org.

Friday, Jan. 26 – Holocaust Remembrance Day. (Location: Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center.) More information to follow.

Sunday, Feb. 4, 1 p.m. – “Our Stories.” (Location: private residence.) Registration required with Shelley at liebro@gmail.com.

Sundays, Feb. 25 and April 7, 1-3 p.m. – Genealogy Workshops, Naples. Register and get more information through Shelley at liebro@gmail.com.

Sunday, May 5, 4-5 p.m. – Community Yom HaShoah Commemoration.

(Location: Jewish Federation of Greater Naples Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center, 4720 Pine Ridge Road, Naples.)