Around the JerSey Shore Ocean County College Hosts Holocaust Remembrance Week Events

TOMS RIVER – The Center for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education at Ocean County College will sponsor a week of special events from April 17 to April 20 in observance of Yom HaShoah and the Holocaust Days of Remembrance. All events will be held in the Technology Building (#25) Lecture Hall on the Ocean County College main campus in Toms River.

April 17

• Not Like Sheep to Slaughter: Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust (Dr. Ali Botein-Furrevig); 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. and 5 to 6:15 p.m. Despite starvation, dehumanization and the “Final Solution,” many Jews in the ghettos and camps throughout Europe participated in resistance efforts, be it spiritual and cultural, armed fighting, rescue activities, producing false documents, or joining partisan groups engaged in guerilla warfare and sabotage against the Germans.

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• I Was a Hidden Child: The Maud Dahme Story; 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Our guest speaker is New Jersey resident Maud Peper Dahme. As a 6-year-old child living in the Netherlands, she and her 4-year-old sister were hidden from the Nazis. Ms. Dahme will discuss her experiences as well as her book and film, “The Hidden Child.” Prayer service to follow.

• Their Fate Shall Be Our Fate: The Righ- teous Among Nations (Dr. Justin Pfeifer); 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Whether smuggling and hiding Jews, providing false documents, taking in Jewish children, there were non-Jews from all denominations and walks of life who stand in stark contrast to the indifference that prevailed at the time and who risked their lives to save Jews.

April 19 • And Our Deeds Shall Live Forever: Uprisings in Ghettos and Camps (Dr. Ali Botein-Furrevig); 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Forcibly evacuated from their homes all across Europe to isolated crowded ghettos and eventually to extermination camps, Jews maintained their religious and cultural practices, educated their children, smuggled in food and weapons, participated in uprisings, and maintained and hid documentary records of the atrocities they endured.

• Creativity as Witness and Resistance: Art and Poetry by the Children at Terezin Camp (Dr. Ali Botein-Furrevig); 2 to 3:15 p.m. Theresienstadt, or Terezin, established as a ghetto and transit camp in 1941, was built by the Nazis as a “model” Jewish settlement camp for propaganda purposes. Despite congestion, hunger, and forced labor, educational and cultural activities abounded. This presentation will discuss the art and poetry by the children interned there.

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Off With The Makeup

Whether it’s the end of a long work day or a fun night out, most make-up wearers are guilty of sometimes going to sleep without taking off their makeup. Unfortunately, doing so frequently can lead to problems, especially when it comes to eye makeup (specifically mascara). When not removed before bed, tiny amounts of mascara can build up under the eyelids and create concretions, masses of solid materials that can erode the cornea and cause a good deal of pain. Mascara is also known for harboring bacteria, which can cause a multitude of issues from irritation to loss of vision. So, even if you don’t wash your whole face at night, at least remove your eye makeup before bed.

In severe instances, regularly leaving mascara on overnight can cause eyelid cysts. Comprehensive eye exams are important to determine if you need correction to see well and to maintain eye health. While some eye diseases have obvious symptoms such as red eyes, light sensitivity, or flashing lights, many serious, vision-threatening problems have no warning signs. To schedule an eye exam, please call SIGHTMD NEW JERSEY SUSSKIND & ALMALLAH EYE ASSOCIATES at 732-349-5622. We offer evening hours most nights of the week.

P.S. Failing to remove eyeliner before going to sleep can cause eye damage by rubbing off on your pillowcase and entering your eyes.