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Now More Than Ever L’Chaim 2020 to Honor David and Susan Silverstein, Feature Speakers Madeleine Albright and Bruce Pearl
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reading Albright’s new book “Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st Century Memoir.” Charlottesville Was a Wake-Up Call “I thought, I’ll just go and send her an Silverstein noted that the Charlottesville email and see if she would be willing to particrallies conducted by neo-Nazi and white ipate virtually with L’Chaim,” Silverstein said. supremacist groups in August 2017 were a He reached out to her consulting firm in wake-up call for many, including himself. “Seeing those individuals carrying torches Washington, D.C., on a whim, believing it to and walking around synagogues,” he said. “It be a longshot. really was so evil. It was so scary, and I can “So, I drafted an email to the former secreonly imagine what it must have been like in tary of state,” he said with a chuckle. “I think I • In-Home Care, Including Bathing, Grooming, Housekeeping, Guest speakers will include former U.S. 1941 in Europe, having someone knock on worked on it for about a day and a half, makSecretary of State Madeleine Albright and Care,your door and take your family away and put ing sure every word was the right word. Meal Preparation, Incontinence Medication Reminders Auburn University head men’s basketball coach them on cattle cars for extermination,” he said. “I drafted the email, hit the send button and and Transportation Bruce Pearl. The rallies were just one instance that, for didn’t know what response, if any, I would Photo courtesy BHEC
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Honorees for this year’s event will be longtime BHEC supporters Susan and David Silverstein. Photo courtesy BHEC
Each year, the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center celebrates life with its L’Chaim fundraising event, blending live entertainment with a program to highlight its mission to provide Holocaust education while preserving the stories of local Holocaust survivors. This year’s event, themed “Now More Than Ever,” will take place virtually on Aug. 23, featuring performances that have been arranged by Keith Cromwell of Red Mountain Theatre Company. Guest speakers will include former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Auburn University head men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl. Honorees for this year’s event will be longtime BHEC supporters Susan and David Silverstein. David Silverstein, president of the FiveStone Group and former principal at Bayer Properties, noted that his relationship with the BHEC has spanned more than a decade, having lent the center office space in one of his properties on Arlington Avenue. When asked to serve as the honorees for this year’s event, Silverstein said, he and his wife were humbled. “I’ve always been somewhat reluctant to be the honoree,” he said. “I’d rather do the work behind the scenes ... but I believe in the program and I believe in the mission.” Though the Silversteins have lent their names and faces to the event this year, he has still put in that behind-the-scenes effort to help nail down one of this year’s speakers.
get.” About one week later, Albright’s director of communications called and spoke with Silverstein for about 45 minutes about the organization and event, leaving the call with the promise that she would speak to Albright about the opportunity. “The very next day, she called me and let me know that (Albright) would make the opening remarks,” he said. “I just about fell out of the chair.” Though he has enjoyed attending L’Chaim in years past, when it mostly has been held at the Dorothy Jemison Day Theatre at the Alabama School of Fine Arts, Silverstein hopes that going virtual will allow more people to participate who haven’t previously been able to attend. “(The center) is one of these behind-thescenes organizations that people still may not know much about, yet the center does such important work – not just in Birmingham, but across the state,” Silverstein said. Education regarding the Holocaust is a serious subject that requires the correct approach, but it holds so many important lessons that can be connected to the world today, he said.
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