Ripples of Trauma and Resilience: Partner Relationships among Second-Generation Survivors of the Holocaust
By Eli Somer*1 and Moshe Nizri1 Many researchers assume that the continuing influences of the Holocaust on its survivors are long-term, and hypothesize that its stamp is also present in the ...
Read the full articleA Multidimensional Exploration of the Effects of Identity Ruptures in Israeli and North American Holocaust Survivors
Clinical, Policy, and Programmatic Implications written by: Yael Danieli Group Project for Holocaust Survivors and their Children, NY, USA Fran H. Norris Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA Author Note This study was supported ...
Read the full articleNever Forget-Never Enough
by Chavie Brumer, LCSW-R “But my mother won’t go and I don’t know what else to do,” says the caregiver in the back row, clearly at her wit’s end. She is ...
Read the full articleBeshert – It was Meant to Be
A book review by Dr. George Halasz There is a famous Chasidic saying, “In the end is the beginning,” which I had in mind as I read Suzanna Eibuszyc’s refined translation of ...
Read the full articleEncounters with Chronic Psychiatric Holocaust Survivors: Trauma, Psychosis and Functionality
By Irit Felsen, Ph.D. Part I Abstract This paper describes encounters with Jewish survivors of the Holocaust who were diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent decades in psychiatric institutions in Israel. The interviews with ...
Read the full articleWitness Theater in New York: Transforming Holocaust Survivors, High School Students and Communities through Therapeutic Theater
by Adeena Horowitz, LMSW Administrative Director, Nazi Victim Services Program, Selfhelp Community Services, Inc. Witness Theater was conceived and initiated by Irit and Ezra Dagan, and developed and expanded by JDC-Eshel, the American ...
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An Information and Practice Guide for Working with Holocaust Survivors by Myra Giberovitch Judith Hassan OBE Special Advisor Therapeutic Services for Survivors and Refugees of War Trauma (Jewish Care) Myra Giberovitch Myra Giberovitch, an experienced social ...
Read the full articleThe Art of Storytelling
by Maureen DeLorenzo Case Manager, Holocaust Survivor’s Assistance Program Alpert Jewish Family & Children’s Service, West Palm Beach, Florida March 1, 2014 Nine months ago, I tied the knot with my newfound soul mate and ...
Read the full articleFor Decades I was Silent: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey Back to Faith – The Memoirs of Baruch G. Goldstein
A Book Review by Susan H. Sachs MELABEV – מלב”ב מרכז לטיפול בקשיש בקהילה Jerusalem, Israel Melabev was the very first organization in Jerusalem to provide safe, pleasant, caring day centers for older adults with ...
Read the full articleLooking Back, Being Here and Glimpsing at the Future: Eleven Years in the Life of a Group of Women Survivors, Under the Auspices of AMCHA
by Aviva Lion Introduction In March 2003, I arrived on the doorstep of Yoram Amit, director of Amcha in Rehovot. In a very unimposing office, here was the person who would introduce ...
Read the full articleScars of the Past – Group Work with Holocaust Survivors and Descendants
By Halina Rosenkranz, M.S. Holocaust Program—Group Facilitator Westchester Jewish Community Services 141 N. Central Avenue Hartsdale, New York “We’re supposed to feel sorry for the children of Nazis; who feels sorry for us? They have the ...
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