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      MorseLife, Next Generations                       using Next Generations’ signature educational model. Next     only assisting survivors and their children in the present
                                                                                                             “Next Generations and MorseLife are committed to not
                                                        Generations will continue to bring Holocaust lesson plans
      Unite to Serve Survivors                          into local 5th- through 12th-grade classrooms, universities,   but also to transforming the future,” said Next Generations
                                                        and community programs that feature Holocaust survivors   Founder and President Nancy Dershaw. “This union is
         MorseLife Health System and Boynton Beach-based   and their descendants sharing their impactful, firsthand   significant  as  MorseLife  honors  the  Next  Generations
      Next Generations of Holocaust Survivors, founded   accounts of their experiences.                    name, supports its mission, and continues its dream. The
      primarily by children and grandchildren of Holocaust      South Florida has one of the largest populations in the   Living and Learning Experience will support the legacy
      survivors, have announced their merger to offer multi-  nation of survivors and survivors who were children during   of Next Generations to continue the diligent work of the
      dimensional educational resources to teach the lessons of   the Holocaust. Moreover, in a 2020 study commissioned   past 18 years.”
      the Holocaust.                                    by the Claims Conference, Florida was one of the states      The Living and Learning Experience centerpiece will
         “As the only health care system in Palm Beach County   with the lowest Holocaust knowledge among those under   be the Gendelman Children’s Holocaust Memorial, with a
      fully equipped to meet the medical, housing, and financial   40, with 61 percent not knowing that six million Jews   26-foot-high bronze tree sculpture created by artist Bruce
      needs of impoverished survivors and their families,   were murdered in the Holocaust. In addition, the study   Gendelman. Visitors will have the opportunity to reflect in
      MorseLife created the NOW for Holocaust Survivors   indicated that half of Florida respondents were unable to   one of MorseLife’s tranquil gardens or beside the bronze
      initiative in 2019,” explained Keith A. Myers, MorseLife’s   identify Auschwitz as a concentration camp.  tree with its 25-foot-wide canopy adorned with 5,000
      President and CEO. “In working with Next Generations,      This data motivated MorseLife to establish the   ceramic butterflies painted by local children in memory
      we heard the lessons of the Holocaust from the authentic   Holocaust Living and Learning Experience. As the   of children who were murdered in the Holocaust. The
      voices of those who experienced genocide and their   memory of the Holocaust fades for many, and antisemitism   memorial will offer a serene setting to contemplate the
      children. With an unfortunate increase in antisemitism,   is on the rise, the lessons about the impact of bullying and   need for freedom, hope, resilience, and change.
      together we can reach out through education and empower   the language of hatred must be addressed. In addition,
      future generations to make sure the Holocaust is never   the skills of being an upstander rather than a bystander   Local Happenings on page 4
      forgotten and never repeated.”                    or just an observer must be taught to young and old so
         United as one organization to create the MorseLife   that we never forget. This crucial educational component
      Holocaust Living and Learning Experience, Next    complements MorseLife’s existing NOW for Holocaust
      Generations at MorseLife will provide programming,   Survivors Initiative, which provides vital help to survivors   <#<
      speakers, and education to Palm Beach County community   and their families.


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