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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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