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Local Happenings from page 7 matzoh ball soup, an apple and honey, a large challah, a important topics to survivors and their families in an open and
bottle of wine, and freshly made honey cake for dessert. Also interactive forum. Subjects, dates, and times are as follows:
“Playing in the NHL was a dream come true,” said included with the meals were special Rosh Hashanah cards • 2/2/2021 (2 p.m.)
Hartman, who turned his boyhood love of the sport into created by preschoolers at Temple Beth David and Meyer “Art by the Second and Third Generation Holocaust
a career, deciding at the age of 14 to play in the major Academy in collaboration with PJ Library Greater Palm Survivors”
leagues after seeing the Detroit Red Wings. “My goal was Beaches and the Jewish Volunteer Center. The creative expression of intergenerational transmission
only to play one game, and I exceeded that dream beyond “We have so much to be thankful for, even amidst the reflects the dialectic of knowing and not knowing about
my imagination. I am proud to have been a small piece uncertainty we continue to face due to the pandemic,” added the trauma suffered by one’s (grand) parents during the
of a big puzzle, and part of a team that won the Stanley Myers. “MorseLife has continued to keep seniors safe in Holocaust.
Cup.” our care and connected to loved ones through technology • 10/13/2020 (2 p.m.) & 1/24/2020 (8 p.m.)
Hartman was inducted into the National Jewish Sports and innovative programing, while also providing additional “Grandchildren of Survivors (3G)”
Hall of Fame and Museum in 1995, and the National meals and care to the many homebound seniors who depend Research is accumulating about the third generation and
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2012. He on our support.” is starting to inform us about their experiences and about the
currently resides in North Carolina, where he airs the relationships between them and their 2G parents.
“Mike Hartman Stories: Mindset & Champions” podcast, • 10/25/2020 (8 p.m.)
and is working on the 20 Days to a Wellness Mindset “Intergenerational Transmission”
nutritional program. How does the experiential knowledge of an event that
took place before one was born take place? How does a
Distance Learning with perspective of “dual reality” come to be represented in the
lived experience of children of survivors?
Temple Israel • 10/27/2020 (2 p.m.) & 1/3/2021 (8 p.m.)
“Midlife as an Opportunity”
Temple Israel’s Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin, in partnership Age allows greater emotional and cognitive complexity,
with the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, will be which in turn can enhance adaptive coping. Relationships
offering a long-distance learning program through iEngage represent a powerful system for mobilizing healing and
— Together and Apart: The Future of Jewish Peoplehood. sustaining us and are a particularly important resource as we
Through video lectures, interviews, and textual sources, grow older.
this 14-unit course addresses the complex features of and • 11/22/2020 (8 p.m.)
contemporary challenges to the Jewish people, in an era “Anxiety and Other Post-Traumatic Reactions in
in which the Jewish people have moved from having no Survivors of the Holocaust”
home to having two different, vibrant homes in Israel and How do we cope with life’s difficult transitions and times
in North America. Today Jews face new challenges to their of crisis? Children of survivors have inherited much of their
unity including nationalism, anti-Semitism, dual loyalty, parent’s “hardening” or “steeling” resiliencies and abilities that
and identity politics. The curriculum includes examining have led them to many successes in multiple areas of life.
forces that divide the Jewish people today and imagining • 11/1/2020 (8 p.m.)
new conceptual frameworks that can help sustain and grow “The “Dual Reality” of Trauma Survivors and their
the story of the Jewish people for a new millennium. This Children”
program will be held on Wednesday evenings starting on Coping with a current threat through the lens of 2Gs. The
November 4 and is free and open to all, but registration is unprecedented Coronavirus pandemic has changed life on
required to receive the materials. the individual and collective levels for everyone across the
Temple Israel’s Simply Jewish series has a wonderful globe and for 2Gs. It has evoked reactions associated with
virtual line-up this Fall, open to all. This series is sponsored the Holocaust.
by the Kraft Cultural Fund and the Next Person I Want You • 12/8/2020 (2 p.m.) & 2/14/2021 (8 p.m.)
to Meet Fund. Registration is required for all sessions. “Intimacy and Trauma”
On Saturday, November 21 at 5 p.m., Sarge, a very funny Marriages of survivors were often based on things other
comedian and invigorating motivational speaker, will bring us than romantic love, and modeling of the expression of sexuality
laughter with his Black/Jewish sense of identity and humor. and intimacy in couples was not often part of family life.
Sarge has performed worldwide to adoring audiences of all • 12/20/2020 (8 p.m.)
ages. He is also a self-taught piano savant and author. His “The Relationships Between Adult Siblings (2Gs) in
humor comes from a highly personal place that he shares, Holocaust Families: Resentments and Cut-offs”
bringing even more smiles as they hit home with his audience. Absence of parental emotional availability and stress in
On Sunday, December 5 at 5 p.m., Esther Safran Foer the family can lead to increased support and closeness among
presents I Want You to Know We Are Still Here. Ms. Safran siblings, or to the opposite, increased tension, rivalry and
Foer will take us on a post-Holocaust journey, sharing insights hostility.
she discovered as she searched for the truth about her family • 1/12/2021 (2 p.m.)
while discussing the conflict between memory and history and “Unique Strengths of Children of Survivors”
a previous generation’s silence about the Holocaust. She was Free Webinar Series Offered The psychological strengths and vulnerabilities of 2Gs.
the CEO of Sixth & I, a center for arts, ideas, and religion. to Holocaust Survivors and Knowing one’s strengths allows us to capitalize on these traits
and integrate them more consistently into our daily lives.
MorseLife Health System Family Members • 2/23/2021 (2 p.m.)
“The Legacy: What do we want to do to ensure the
Welcomes New Year A 10-part live webinar series offered at no cost to memory of the Holocaust?”
Holocaust survivors, their families, and interested members This presentation will focus on the differences among the
Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, of the community is being presented by Next Generations, in generations and what is known at this point from research
MorseLife Health System welcomed the new year with a partnership with Now for Holocaust survivors at MorseLife about the grandchildren of survivors.
virtual celebration and meal distribution to the community’s Health System and Jewish Federations of North America All webinars are free with advanced registration at www.
most vulnerable seniors. Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care. nextgenerations.org/events. To learn more about MorseLife
In the days leading up to Rosh Hashanah, 50 of Led by Dr. Irit Felsen, a clinical psychologist, trauma Health System’s commitment to Holocaust survivors and
MorseLife’s dedicated staff prepared, packaged, and expert, and published author on mental health issues of the Now for Holocaust Survivors initiative, please visit
delivered meals to seniors in need throughout the Palm Beach child survivors of the Holocaust, each lecture will discuss MorseLifeFoundation.org or call (561) 349-4556.
community. MorseLife staff, residents, and their families also
welcomed the new year with a virtual ceremony of traditional “Service is our number one priority”
songs and prayers, led by Rabbi Alan Sherman.
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more than it does now,” said Keith Myers, CEO & President
of MorseLife Health System. “As we reflect on ourselves, www.palmspoolservices.com
our community, and the world, I am very proud of our staff
who have stepped in to prepare, assemble, and deliver gifts
of food when we were unable to welcome volunteers to our
campus due to the pandemic.”
Over 1,000 seniors in need received traditional meals of
honey garlic chicken, sweet & sour meatballs, homemade

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