REGISTER:
www.holocaustsurvivorday.com/june24event
WATCH LIVE:
www.holocaustsurvivorday.com/livestream
Opening Panel
Holocaust Survivor Day: Does the Jewish world need another holiday?
12 PM EDT / 9 AM PDT / 6 PM CEST / 7 PM ISRAEL
Opening remarks by:
Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder
President
World Jewish Congress
Mark Wilf
Chair of the Board of Trustees,
Jewish Federations of North America
Marcy Gringlas
Co-Founder and President,
Seed the Dream Foundation
Gideon Taylor
President
Claims Conference
Greg Schneider
Executive Vice President,
Claims Conference
Panelists:
Colette Avital
Chairperson, Center of the Organizations
of Holocaust Survivors in Israel
Ulrika Citron
USC Shoah Foundation
Next Generation Council member
Jonathan Ornstein
Executive Director, JCC Krakow
Founder, Holocaust Survivor Day
Rabbi Michael Paley
Senior Scholar at JDC
Tarbut Director
Stephen D. Smith
Andrew J. and Erna Finci Viterbi Executive Director Chair, USC Shoah Foundation
Holocaust Survivor Panel:
Rebuilding life after the Shoah
1pm EDT | 10am PDT | 7pm CEST
Panelists:
Michael Berenbaum
Gabriella Major
Holocaust Survivor
Stefanie Seltzer
Holocaust Survivor
Marian Turski
Holocaust Survivor
Second Generation Panel:
Being the child of Holocaust Survivors
1pm EDT | 10am PDT | 7pm CEST
Panelists:
Ellen Bachner Greenberg
Susan Kent Avjian
Leah Rozenfeld Sills
Miriam Friedman Morris
Third Generation Panel:
Growing up with Holocaust Survivors as grandparents
1pm EDT | 10am PDT | 7pm CEST
Panelists:
Anat Barber
Beth Kean
Stacey Saiontz
Chen Yurista
If you are interested in helping plan an event or workshop for your own local community, please see our list of suggested programs available here:
If you'd like to participate in HSD as an individual, we encourage you to celebrate and honor a survivor by reciting the Survivor Prayer at 8pm on June 24th