News from the 19th Floor – At the JFR – October 2022
News from the 19th Floor
HEARING FROM RESCUERS
We continue to hear from rescuers. Here is a photo of Brone from Lithuania and her great granddaughter. Goda writes,
“I am sending you a photo with BRONE JURGILIENE. Thank you for your support for my great grandmother. We are grateful to you ❤️”
Brone will be 99 this December. She was recognized by Yad Vashem in 1998 and the JFR began supporting Brone in September 1998. To read Brone’s rescue story, click here.
WE MOURN THE PASSING OF MELPOMENI DINA
The JFR mourns the passing of Melpomeni Gianopoulou Dina, a righteous gentile from Greece. Melpomeni was 95 when she passed away on September 24, 2022. Melpomeni’s story was told in the JFR’s 2019 award-winning documentary, Village of Angels, where she was reunited with two of the Jewish children, now adults, she helped save. Click here to watch the documentary and to read her rescue story.
POLISH SOCIETY FOR THE RIGTHEOUS
For the past thirty years, the JFR has worked closely with the Polish Society for the Righteous. This is the Rosh Hashanah wishes sent to the JFR from the Polish Society for the Righteous.
A very important holiday is approaching, in which we the Righteous want to participate.
On these festive days, we wish you good health, prosperity and success in such a responsible work for us.
We want to see you always smiling, happy and joyful.
Thank you very much.
The Board of the Polish Society of the Righteous Among the Nations
2023 Advanced Seminar
The JFR has announced its 2023 Advanced Seminar, which will take place January 14 – 16, 2023, at the Hilton Newark Airport. The program is open to JFR Alfred Lerner Fellows. Presenting scholars are Dr. Nicholas E. Coddington, Professor Paul Hanebrink, Professor Peter Hayes, and Professor Jeffrey Veidlinger.
If you would like to know more about the JFR’s Holocaust education program, please contact Dr. Andrew Buchanan at [email protected].
UPCOMING PROGRAMS IN NOVEMBER
The JFR has been working with several of the JFR’s Holocaust Centers of Excellence in planning programs for Kristallnacht and Veteran’s Day featuring Pastor Chris Edmonds, son of Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds.
Wednesday, November 9 – Kean University, Union NJ – Online program featuring Pastor Chris Edmonds.
Friday, November 11 – inSIGHT Through Education, Palm Beach County, FL – in person program for students in Palm Beach Country – featuring Pastor Chris Edmonds.
Tuesday, November 15 – JCC of Middelsex County, NJ – in person program featuring Pastor Chris Edmonds with a screening of the award-winning documentary Footsteps of My Father.
Specific information on these programs will be provided in our November eNewsletter.
FELLOWS IN FOCUS
We hope you have been checking out our featured educators from across the country. Last year, the JFR began featuring Alfred Lerner Fellows in a new series called “Fellows in Focus.” The first and third Wednesday of the month we highlight an outstanding educator! Please check out the JFR’s Facebook page to learn about terrific teachers.
Teachers who attend the JFR’s Summer Institute for Teachers are known as Alfred Lerner Fellows.
In October we are featuring:
Patty Bullman from, Wayne, NJ – October 6, 2022
Carson Phillips from Toronto, Canada – October 19, 2022
Click here to see September’s Fellows in Focus.
CFC
The JFR is pleased to be part of the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) this year. The CFC is the Federal government’s workplace charity campaign and covers all civilian, postal, and military employees. The CFC’s campaign season is September 1, 2022, through January 15, 2023. If you know of someone who works for the Federal government, the U.S. military, or the U.S. Postal Service, please ask them to consider selecting the JFR as the recipient of their gift. The JFR’s CFC number 10744.