Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By admin on May 11, 2024

UTICA, N.Y. -- The Jewish Community Center in Utica hosted the annual Helen and Leon Sperling Holocaust Program.

The event pays tribute to Helen Sperling, who traveled extensively to share her personal story from the Holocaust.

This year's featured speaker is Michael Gyory, the son of Hungarian Holocaust survivors and the chairman of the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center of White Plains.

Gyory shared his experiences of growing up with family members who survived the horrors of war and concentration camps.

His presentation, The Triumph of Willpower, focused on his older cousin,gnes Keleti, who is currently 103 years old.

Keletiis considered the greatest female Jewish Olympian of all time, winning 10 medals in gymnastics for Hungary.

"The message of her life is willpower,"Gyory said, "and if you have enough drive and willpower, you can overcome. It's the significance of overcoming antisemitism. It's the significance of overcoming anybody who tells you, you can't do something because you aren't the right color; you're not the right religion. Just don't let those obstacles get in your way."

The Jewish Community Center in Utica hosted the annual Helen and Leon Sperling Holocaust Program.

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