Michelle Fishman

Article: Life Beyond Despair Born in Toronto, Canada and a grandchild of four Holocaust survivor grandparents, Ms. Fishman always had a unique fascination with the Holocaust.   She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Social Anthropology from Dalhousie University in 2010 and her Masters of Arts in History, specializing in Holocaust and Genocide Studies…

Paul Valent     

Paul Valent is a child survivor of the Holocaust and founder of the Child Survivors of the Holocaust Group in Melbourne, Australia. His professional background is psychiatry, psychotherapy, and traumatology. He co-founded and is past president of the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. His books and many papers, with a special section on the…

Moshe Nizri

Article: Ripples of Trauma and Resilience: Partner Relationships among Second-Generation Survivors of the Holocaust Moshe Nizri, M.A., Social Worker, Haifa Treatment Center for Substance Abuse, and University of Haifa, School of Social Work.

Naomi Shacham

Article: “Food & Love” – On the Role of the “Coordinator of Services for Holocaust survivors” at the Loewenstein Hospital Rehabilitation Center in Israel Israeli-born of an Israeli war veteran (Independence War in 1948)and a Polish Holocaust survivor, Mrs. Shacham spent a part of her childhood in Berkeley, California.  After serving in the Israeli army,…

Eli Somer

Article: Ripples of Trauma and Resilience: Partner Relationships among Second-Generation Survivors of the Holocaust Eli Somer, Ph.D. completed his doctorate at the University of Florida in 1984.  He is a second-generation survivor of the Holocaust, an Israeli war veteran and peace activist. He is the former president of the International Society for the Study of…

Toby Weiss

Article: Caring for Holocaust Survivors With Sensitivity at End-of-Life MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care, August 2013 Toby Weiss is the Director of Cultural Sensitivity and Jewish Programming for MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care.  She manages grant-funded programs charged with improving access to palliative care for Jewish communities, and with educating clinicians and caregivers about the…

Robert Krell

Articles: Conference Presentation: Survivor Resilience | A Measure of Faith: Child Holocaust Survivors and their Spiritual Dilemma | Preparing for the Care of the Aging: Child Survivors of the Holocaust Robert Krell M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry,The University of British ColumbiaDistinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association Dr. Krell was born in The Hague, Holland on August 5th, 1940. He was…