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No. 15 Vol. 2
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Millburn Youth Helps Holocaust Survivors
By Jason Cohen ith Holocaust survivors dying every day, it is crucial to help the ones that are still alive. Well, one young girl from Millburn is doing exactly that. For her Bat Mitzva project, Eliana Warner, 12, decided to work with the non-profit organization Blue Card, which provides aid to survivors. On Jan. 16, her synagogue, Congregation B’nai Israel in Millburn, held Mitzva Day, where she and her friends made care packages and wrote notes for survivors. “I really wanted to work with them because impoverished Holocaust survivors are getting a chance to tell their stories,” Warner said. “I think a lot of people should help because not only does it help survivors, but it helps people remember the Holocaust.” She also created a fundraising page for donations. TES
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Her goal was to raise $2,000 and it has already exceeded it with $2,077. Blue Card provides services to Holocaust survivors in the U.S. to assist with their needs such as paying rent, utilities, food, dental care, as well as for emergencies such as medical care and special equipment. Many of the survivors they help live in the tristate area. It has distributed nearly $30 million to Holocaust survivors to date, with 100 percent of INSUR
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annual contributions made by individuals going directly to survivors.” Warner told the “Millburn News” that her cousin Chana Friedman inspired her Bat Mitzva project. Friedman, of Brooklyn, was taken to Auschwitz at age 11 and met Warner for the first time in September. She explained that she had seen Holocaust survivors speak and read books, but hearing it from a family member meant so much more. Her perspective on
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