Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By admin on March 5, 2024

Kol Israel Foundation will host a panel discussion about Talking to Children About the Holocaust and Modern-Day Antisemitism at 7 p.m. March 14 at Bnai Jeshurun Congregation at 27501 Fairmount Blvd. in Pepper Pike.

Panelists will address the importance of sharing family history, age-appropriate talking points, discussing painful topics without traumatizing children and connecting family Holocaust experiences to current events, according to a news release. A Q&A session will follow the panel discussion.

Panelists are Rabbi Matt Cohen, grandson of a Holocaust survivor, the spiritual leader of Temple Emanu El in Orange and Kol Israel Foundation board member; Wendy Firestone, a retired school psychologist who recently founded Cogmotion Learning in Beachwood and whose Belgian-born mother was a hidden child during the Shoah; and Susan Ratner, a social worker and preschool director who spent decades helping parents navigate the challenges of raising children and whose relatives survived the Holocaust by hiding in the Black Forest.

Nina Light, the granddaughter of concentration camp survivors and Kol Israel Foundations program manager, will be the moderator.

The event is free, but registration is required. To register, email nlight@kifcle.org.

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Kol Israel panel to discuss Holocaust, antisemitism with children - Cleveland Jewish News

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