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 ...
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By Myra Giberovitch The core experiences of psychological trauma are disempowerment and disconnection from others. J.L. Herman (1992) VICTIMIZATION Long-term victimization under a systematic and comprehensive program of genocide adversely affected the mental and ...
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By David Boas The following article was published on May 2, 2019 in the Jerusalem Post. Courtesy of Jerusalem Post. Pictured above: The Boas family house in Bad Harzburg, Germany 1933 On my ...
Read the full articlePrinciples and Practices for Implementing Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed Care for Holocaust Survivors and Other Older Adults
Barbara Joyce Bedney, Ph.D., M.S.W., Leah Bergen Miller, B.A, and Shelley Rood Wernick, M.B.A. The Jewish Federations of North America Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care Introduction It is currently estimated that ...
Read the full articleThe Tasty Travels Club for Holocaust Survivors at JFCS of Greater Philadelphia
Carly M. Bruski, LMSW, Assistant Director, Holocaust Survivor Support Program “Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” – James Beard The Holocaust Survivor Support Program offers an array of social programming, ...
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Alyssa Reiner, MSW, LSW, RYT200 More than seventy years after the Holocaust, the complete impact of pervasive trauma on Survivors continues to be under investigation. An increased sense of fragility results ...
Read the full articleResilience through Art: Art Therapy with Holocaust Survivors from the Former Soviet Union
By Mariya Keselman, MA, ATR-BC, LPC “At root, a pearl is a ‘disturbance,’ a beauty caused by something that isn’t supposed to be there, about which something needs to ...
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By Betyna Bock Dedication to My Father – Karel Bock “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell. A Hell of Heaven.” – John Milton, ...
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By Renee Symonds BA Dip. Ed., MA Psych. An unconventional father, I had, A confirmed Communist too And here in Australia A Socialist would do A lover of languages He used them all, To shape his ideas, Compromising, ...
Read the full articleFlashes of Memory: The Survivor Story of Irene Lewkowicz Shashar
By Maggie Leone, Boston University, College of Communication 2021 Preface The memories return in flashes. None of the events are contiguous or chronological. I know what happened – I ...
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By Dr. Eva Fogelman, Ph.D. If you are a Holocaust survivor with a grandchild and you seek to fulfill the awesome responsibility of perpetuating the memory of The Six Million, you face a ...
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