News from the 19th Floor – Alfred Lerner Fellows – April 2024
News from the 19th Floor
AWARDS SENT TO RESCUERS
In March, awards were sent to all JFR-supported Righteous. The JFR Board of Trustees approved a $100 increase in our monthly awards effective January 1, 2024, bringing each monthly award to $400.
The rescuers are so appreciative that we have remembered them and are taking care of them during this time. They are sending emails, through their children and grandchildren thanking the JFR and each of you for the funds that they receive. They send their good wishes!
On behalf of the rescuers, we at the JFR thank you as well for making their lives so much better and brighter. Please click here to read the notes from the rescuers.
Join Us in Celebrating Rescuer Birthdays
Click here to see our April birthdays!
SUE KENNEY, 2020 LERNER FELLOW – GENOCIDE AWARENESS MONTH PROJECT
Sue Kenney, who teaches at Immaculate Heart Academy in the Township of Washington, NJ, shares with us her innovative project she designed for Genocide Awareness Month. Click here to learn more about this project.
2024 HAGGADAH SUPPLEMENT
The JFR’s 2024 Haggadah Supplement recounts the story of the Ruzgys family from Lithuania. Click here to print or download the Haggadah Supplement. We hope you find this year’s Haggadah supplement a welcome addition to your Seder.
Click here to read the Ruzgys family story.
Click here to watch the JFR-produced documentary about the Ruzgys family.
2024 JFR SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS
We are looking forward to meeting our 2024 Alfred Lerner Fellows in person this June at the Hilton Newark Airport! We will be meeting our new Lerner Fellows via zoom later this month.
JFR MOURNS THE PASSING OF LESZEK MIKOLAJKOW
Leszek Mikolajkow, a Righteous Gentile from Poland, passed away on March 19, 2024, at the age of 91. Stanlee would often see Leszek when she would be in Warsaw. To read Leszek’s rescue story please click here.
