News from the 19th Floor – At the JFR – September 2023
News from the 19th Floor
JEWISH NEW YEAR ECARDS
Usher in the New Year while at the same time supporting the work of The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous by sending a JFR eCard. Click here to schedule your eCards now!
Rosh Hashanah starts Friday night, September 15, 2023.
RESCUER AWARDS WERE SENT IN JULY
In July, awards were sent to each JFR-supported rescuer. We would like to share some of the photos and notes we received – click here to see them. They thank you for remembering them and for making their lives easier with the financial help they receive from the JFR.
HOW WAS IT POSSIBLE? A HOLOCAUST CURRICULUM FOR AND BY TEACHERS™ PILOTS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY
On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, Stanlee Stahl, JFR Executive Vice President, and Bernadette Bennett (Lerner Fellow 2001) presented the JFR’s new online program, How Was It Possible? A Holocaust Curriculum For and By Teachers™ at a Symposium for Social Studies teachers in Palm Beach County, FL. A big thank you Kim Coombs (Lerner Fellow 2022) who made it possible for us to present and to inSight Through Education, JFR’s Holocaust Center of Excellence in Palm Beach County, for their support of Holocaust education. We did three sessions with some 70 teachers attending. The response to the program was outstanding! It was also great seeing so many Lerner Fellows at the Symposium! We will be providing additional information on the program in October.
EXPLORING JFR DOCUMENTARIES AND RESCUER STORIES
If you have not already done so, please explore the JFR’s rescuer section on our website by clicking on the following links.
The rescuer section (click here) contains more than 175 individual stories of rescue.
In the documentary section (click here) you will find award-winning documentaries of rescue stories.
The documentaries are short, between 11 and 15 minutes.
STAY CONNECTED
Stay connected with the JFR through our Facebook page at The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, follow us on X @JFRDirector, and visit us on Instagram @ jfr_photos.