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Jan 22, 2018

A Survivor Shares Her Story with a New Generation

Too “traumatized after the war,” Marsha Kreuzman didn’t discuss her Holocaust experiences for nearly 30 years. “I cannot actually tell you what date motivated me, but I woke up and said, ‘the world has to know what we went through,’” she recalls. The younger generation had to h…

Jan 15, 2018

Repairing Homes, Repairing Lives

Mickey Levine never imagined he’d be spending his Sundays doing home construction and repairs. He’s not a professional contractor. But now? “I do it all. I’ve retiled, put in sinks, put in ramps, painted, patched ceilings,” he said. All because he answered a Federation call for vol…

Dec 12, 2017

Hesed Unflinching

Winter in the former Soviet Union. The temperature is -27 ˚ F, and snow and ice have closed the roads. But Tania is riding a borrowed horse and sleigh packed with food and supplies from Federation partner JDC for Tatiana and Bronislav. She’ll make this hour-long trek every day because Tat…

Dec 7, 2017

Soviet Jewry, 30 Years Later

Thirty years ago, our community came together as one tremendous force to create monumental change. On a cold winter day in 1987, 250,000 of us marched on Washington to free Jews trapped in the Soviet Union. The Genesis Philanthropy Group presents this new view of our collective story — o…

Oct 4, 2017

Safety Net for Flooded Holocaust Survivors: When Cherished Photos are Lost

Shawn Golan’s 80-year-old grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, was stranded on the island in her kitchen while the floodwater rose all around her. For nearly six hours, strong currents on the streets around her house made it impossible for rescuers to reach her.

“I would have put on my wa…