Eva Fogelman, PhD

Psychoanalytic and Cultural Aspects of Trauma and the Holocaust
2023-05-07 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | New York
The Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research at Bar-Ilan University and the Faculty of Jewish Studies invites you to a Book Launch.

Psychoanalytic and Cultural Aspects of Trauma and the Holocaust: Between Postmemory and Postmemorial Work

Psychoanalytic and Cultural Aspects of Trauma and the Holocaust: Between Postmemory and Postmemorial WorkRony Alfandary and Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz, eds., Routledge, 2023

On Sunday, May 7, 2023, at 9am ESTThe Event will take place on Zoomhttps://biu-ac-il.zoom.us/j/5990873417

Video of Zoom

Bar-Ilan University Holocaust Institute. Book Launch of Psychoanalytic and Cultural Aspects of Trauma and the Holocaust. 9 May 2023. YouTube.

Schedule Israel Daylight Time (IDT):

16:00 Greetings: Prof. Shmuel Refael, Dean, Faculty of Jewish Studies, Bar-Ilan University

Dr. Rony Alfandary, School of Social Work, University of Haifa

Prof. Judy Baumel-Schwartz, Director, Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research, Bar-Ilan University

16:10 Dr. Eva Fogelman, Psychologist, Author, Memory, Postmemory, and the Second Generation

16:20 Round table discussion: Between Postmemory and Postmemorial Work

Moderator: Dr. Rony Alfandary

Participants:
Michelle Lisses-Topaz, Open University of Israel
Dr. Naomi Shmuel, Spiegel Fellow, Finkler Institute, Bar-Ilan University
Dr. Naama Reshef, Kaye Academic College

17:10 Questions & Answers

17:20 Closing Remarks – Prof. Judy Baumel-Schwartz

Who Will Speak for Them?
2023-01-15 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | New York
A gathering for Second Generation (2G) & Third Generation (3G) Holocaust survivors

Click to email Elise at Shalom Connecticut

Presented by Holocaust Child Survivors Of Connecticut, Inc.

Join us for brunch and conversation with

DR. EVA FOGELMAN

Sunday, Jan. 15 | 12 noon

Held at Chabad of Westport

79 Newtown Tpk., Westport, CT

Eva Fogelman, PhD is a 2G, a psychologist, and a pioneer in developing groups for 2G and 3G descendants of Holocaust survivors.

She is a world-renowned speaker and an award-winning author and filmmaker (Breaking the Silence: The Generation After the Holocaust).

Book Launch-The List: The Making of an Online Transnational Second Generation Community
2022-11-09 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Arnold and Leona Finkler Holocaust Research Institute, Bar-Ilan University
in Hebrew

Panel discussion about the book- The List: The Making of an Online Transnational Second Generation Community

On the 84th anniversary of “Crystal Night” we are honored to invite you to the launch event of the book edited by Prof. Judy Midor Baumel-Schwartz, preface by Eva Fogelman, : Generations of the Holocaust: Invisible to visible Identity and Community

Sponsored by Shoah Research Center at Bar Ilan University and The Arnold and Leona Meukler Holocaust Research Institute.

Participants

Dr. Olga Goldin, director of the library and information system,Bar-Ilan University Welcomewords :Prof. Shmuel Raphael, dean of the Faculty of Jewish Studies,Bar-Ilan UniversityAbout the book :Prof. Judy Baumel-Schwartz, head of the Research Institute The Holocaust by Arnold and Leona Finkler, Bar-Ilan UniversityRound table discussion: “The second generation” in Meshhat: the discussion group of the descendants of the survivorsChair: Prof. Judy Baumel-Schwartz, head of the Arnold and Leona Finkler Holocaust Research Institute, Bar-Ilan UniversityParticipants :Prof. Motti Neiger, School of Communication, Bar-Ilan University Dr. Ruth Samuel Tannenholz, Spiegel Fellow, Holocaust Research Institute S. Finkler, Bar-Ilan UniversityMartin Hershkowitz, head of the Steinmetz-Hershkowitz Foundation, and Amit Spiegel, the Finkler Holocaust Research Institute, Bar-Ilan UniversityDr. Eva Fogelman , psychologist and author

Last update date: 10/19/2022

“Researchers Remember” Book Talk
2022-09-06 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Museum of Jewish Heritage
Researchers Remember

For descendants of Holocaust survivors who became researchers and scholars, whether they devoted their professional lives to the Holocaust or to other topics, the Holocaust often accompanies their professional lives like a shadow.

The new book Researchers Remember: Research as an Arena of Memory for Descendants of Holocaust Survivors, discusses this phenomenon through the stories of 30 researchers, children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. It is the first book of its kind, and the Museum is pleased to host a round table discussion and book talk with editors and contributors.

Judy Tydor Baumel-Schwartz. Photo by John Halpern/courtesy of The Museum of Jewish Heritage

Presented by Judy Tydor Baumel-Schwartz and Shmuel Refael, editors of Researchers Remember. Together with Jacqueline Heller, Dan Carter, Dorota Glowacka, Sam Juni, Abraham J. Peck, Liat Steir-Livny, Zehavit Gross, and Eva Fogelman, they will discuss how their parents’ or grandparents’ Holocaust experiences affected their personal and professional trajectories.

Prof. Judy Tydor Baumel-Schwartz is the Director of the Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research and Professor of Jewish History at Bar-Ilan University, and a historian-curator for the exhibition The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do.

Prof. Shmuel Refael is the Director of the Salti Institute for Ladino Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Jewish Studies at Bar-Ilan University. He has published extensively about the Sephardim and the Holocaust and about the representation of the Holocaust in Ladino poetry.

Dr. Jacqueline Heller is a Los Angeles-based psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who recently retired from her private practice. She was on the clinical faculty at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine as an Assistant Clinical Professor where she taught, mentored, and supervised for 30 years. She has been writing a forthcoming book, Yesterday Never Sleeps, which should be published next year.

Prof. Dan Carter is the Director of the Neurograstroenterology and Pelvic Floor Clinic at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer and a Clinical Associate Professor at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University.

Prof. Dorota Glowacka is Professor of Humanities and Director of Contemporary Studies Program at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Canada.

Prof. Sam Juni is Professor Emeritus at New York University. He founded and directed the Psychology Graduate Program at NYU Tel Aviv for close to a decade and is currently in private practice in Jerusalem.

Prof. Abraham J. Peck is Research Professor of History at the University of Southern Maine and a lecturer at Bates College.

Prof. Liat Steir-Livny is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cultural Studies, Creation and Production at Sapir College and a tutor and course coordinator at the Open University of Israel.

Prof. Zehavit Gross is the Director of the Sal Van Gelder Center for Holocaust Research and Instruction; the incumbent of the UNESCO Chair in Education for Human Values, Tolerance, and Peace; and the Dean Elect of the Faculty of Education at Bar-Ilan University.

Dr. Eva Fogelman is a social psychologist, psychotherapist, author and filmmaker. She is co-editor of several books on the psychological and historical perspective on children during the Nazi reign and its aftermath. She is the writer and co-producer of the award-winning documentary Breaking the Silence: The Generation After the Holocaust (PBS).

See also:

Jordan Hoffman. What Hate Can Do: inside a devastating new exhibition on the Holocaust. 16 Jul 2022. The Guardian.— https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jul/15/what-hate-can-do-holocaust-exhibition-new

“The Flat” Screening and Discussion
2022-08-14 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Museum of Jewish Heritage
The Flat, a film by Arnon Goldfinger

After the death of his grandmother Gerda, director Arnon Goldfinger was responsible for emptying out the Tel Aviv apartment where she lived for seventy years since she and her husband fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Goldfinger made a startling discovery while sorting through pictures, files, and letters: his grandparents had a close relationship with Leopold von Mildenstein, the head of the department for Jewish affairs in the SS.

Goldfinger’s film The Flat tells the story of this discovery and interrogates what it means to uncover family secrets, a feeling all-too-familiar to many in the Second and Third generation. Join the Museum for a screening of the film, along with a discussion featuring Goldfinger and Dr. Eva Fogelman, renowned psychologist and author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust. Attendees will receive a private link to view the film.

Arnon Goldfinger is an Israeli film director and scriptwriter. He is the winner of two Israeli Academy Awards, for his films The Komediant and The Flat. He is also a professor at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University, where he teaches the master class of documentary filmmaking.

Dr. Eva Fogelman is a licensed psychologist, author, filmmaker. She is a founder of the Second Generation movement as well as the Hidden Child Foundation. Fogelman wrote and co-produced the award-winning film Breaking the Silence: The Generation After the Holocaust and is author of the Pulitzer Prize nominee, Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust.

A $10 suggested donation enables us to present programs like this one.

Be Empowered: Ways To Confront Antisemitism
2022-06-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | New York
Our April 5th Next Generations Group(NGG) get-together featured Bob Horenstein, Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, who spoke about the rise in antisemitism and touched on ways to respond to it. Afterwards, there was a palpable desire from participants to continue the conversation, especially for a deeper discussion on how we as individuals are effected and how we can make a difference.
Dr. Fogelman states: With the rise of antisemitic incidents in the United States and elsewhere, Jews are feeling more vulnerable than they have for more than three generations after the Holocaust. What differentiates antisemitism from Jewish security? What do the latest PEW study data teach us about Jewish reaction to antisemitism?
Dr. Fogelman’s presentation, along with a participatory discussion, focused on different ways we can respond to verbal antisemitic attacks, depending on the perpetrator and the situation. We learned about ways to confront antisemitic remarks, and how to prepare our children to respond to being verbally or physically attacked as a Jew, among other topics.
Sue Wendel and Diana who coordinated the evening said:
Oregon Holocaust Memorial
“We have all been touched, hurt and angered by antisemitism on many levels, and we gained a deeper understanding about its effects, as well as how we can respond to it using ‘pocket responses’.” She added, “Dr. Fogelman’s presentation and discussion covered a variety of issues from the societal and community levels, on college campuses, to how to respond during a conversation.”
“I was fortunate to meet Dr. Fogelman at a Zoom conference recently, and she graciously had accepted my invitation to speak to our group. Thank you Eva, again.”
Diana adds: “Thank you for your information and discussion. The pocket responses help to engage those who may not know what they are saying and bring a bit of encouragement to those of us who have encountered these kinds of people in the past and now know we don’t have to stand by and ‘take it’”.

Transgenerational transmission of trauma and resilience: from awareness to working through
2022-03-06 09:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | New York
I will present Myths and Realities about Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma on Sunday March 6, 2022 between 9:30 am and Noon.

Myths and Realities about Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma by Eva Fogelman

Abstract:

Trauma has become so commonplace that it has lost its original meaning, which in broad terms means experiencing a situation that is impossible to cope with and withstand. And, what exactly is being transmitted to the next generation is also so generalized, which has come to imply that descendants of trauma survivors are also traumatized. This presentation will explore the consequences of growing with Holocaust survivor parents. What distinguishes this population from their peers whose parents were not survivors? Who among the second generation of Holocaust survivors are truly traumatized.

Read about Dr. Eva Fogelman on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Fogelman

Learning points:At the end of this educational activity, its participants will be able to:

Compare intergenerational effects of growing up with Holocaust survivor parents with other kinds of trauma.Analyzeresearch projects that are valid and reliable to account for intergenerational consequences of trauma.Discusshow the Holocaust trauma reverberates in the lives of the descendants of the survivors.Utilize a template in working with descendants of various historically traumatized patients that is offered by Dr. Fogelman.

Description: Virtual Conference on Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma and Parent-Child Development

In a dark time, the eye begins to see… — Theodore RoethkeNot everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. — James Baldwin

This conference is a follow-up of our first conference on transgenerational transmission of trauma and parent-child relationships, entitled “Who’s Afraid of Alice Miller?” — based on a documentary with the same title. Here is the webpage of the conference: https://events.orinyc.org/alice/.

During that conference in December 2021, we watched the documentary by Daniel Howald, “Who’s Afraid of Alice Miller?” that received the 2021 Gradiva Award® for the best film from NAAP, and had a presentation by and a discussion with Martin Miller, Alice Miller’s son, who became a psychologist and who – after many years of various therapies and analysis – is working with children and adults to overcome childhood trauma, and transgenerational trauma too. There were other presentations done by members of various working groups and organizations dealing with parent-child relationships, childhood trauma, and now transgenerational trauma,

During this March 2022 conference, we will discuss various topics related to inter- and transgenerational transmission of trauma and resilience, which will include personal discoveries of family’s patterns of communication as they relate to traumas of past generations; and experiences of groups that were denigrated by corruption and despotism of the leaders or/and aggression from other groups. We will also look into neurobiological vicissitudes of the modes of inter- and transgenerational transmission of information, as well as how we can prevent the traumatic transmission and promote transmission of hope, resilience, strength, and healing.

Our speakers/panelists are: Martin Miller, David Celani, Marc-Andre Cotton, Doris Leicher, Gabriella Becchina, Eva Fogelman, Peter Petschauer, Amy C. Hudnell, Jun Lu, and Inna Rozentsvit. During each of two days, there will be time for questions and answers with each presenter and general discussion.

Sponsored by the Office of Postgraduate Professionals Development Programs of St. John’s University Psychology Department, the Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, the IPA’s Working Groups on Parenting & Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma, & Parents First!™ Educational Network

When: March 5th, 2022 (Saturday) & March 6th, 2022 (Sunday)On both days: 9:30 am — 3:00 pm EST (NYC time)

Location: Virtual participation only!Virtual participation is conducted via audio/video or audio mode only (with minimal technical requirements)

To Register for this workshop, please complete the registration form here:https://events.orinyc.org/transgenerational-transmission-of-trauma-and-resilience-from-awareness-to-working-through/#registration

REGISTRATION AND FEES:

Regular registration (by March 4, 2022)$40 regular/ $20 grad students, candidates, retired/ FREE for undergrad students.Please Note: If CEs are requested — there is an additional fee of $25 — for APA, NYS SW, NYS PsyA/ or $30 — for NYS Psy (can be paid on the day of the conference or in advance).

Registration ‘at the door’ (on March 5th & March 6th, 2022)$50 regular/ $30 grad students, candidates, retired/ FREE for undergrad students.Please Note: If CEs are requested — there is an additional fee of $25 — for APA, NYS SW, NYS PsyA/ or $30 — for NYS Psy (can be paid on the day of the conference or in advance).

N.B.: If you are requesting the CEs, please register as a licensed practitioner and pay the “regular” fee for attending this workshop.

SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIPS are available for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for retired or disabled practitioners, need-based or/and those who live outside of USA.

You can request scholarship using this formhttps://events.orinyc.org/transgenerational-transmission-of-trauma-and-resilience-from-awareness-to-working-through/#ipt-fsqm-popup-form-42

Jewish in America: Shattered Safety with Increased Antisemitism
2022-02-22 16:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | New York
The hostage situation at a synagogue in Colleyvilles, TX is the latest reminder of the increased antisemitism found in the United States today. Throughout the country, many Jews are fearful that they themselves or their communities might become the target of this virulent hate.

Eva Fogelman – Ira Forman. Photo provided.
Moment Institute Senior Fellow Ira Forman and former U.S. State Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, will be in conversation with noted psychologist and PTSD expert Eva Fogelman, about how Jews can feel safe in America.

This program is part of a Moment series on antisemitism supported by the Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation.

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3216446768106/WN_vwkgohu8Qb6BBBwwKUzPhg

From Moment Magazine:

The Antisemitism Monitor reports antisemitic incidents around the world by country and date on a weekly basis.View incidents from 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018.

Zaglada - performed reading of a new play by Richard Vetere
2022-02-10 19:00 (America/New_York) | New York
Zaglada – performed reading of a new play by Richard Vetere

New York City – In Person

The Kosciuszko Foundation invites you to a performed reading of

Zagłada (Holocaust)

A new play by Richard Vetere

featuring:

Jon Avner, Jennean Farmer, Iza Laskowska, Lou Martini, Jr. & Maja Wampuszyc

directed by

Alice Jankell

Original music compositions by Rick Baitz

A discussion moderated by Dr. Eva Fogelman will follow the presentation

The Kosciuszko Foundation: 15 E 65th Street, New York, NY 10065

Space is limited. Registration is required. Free and open to the public. In lieu of admission, a $15 donation towards the Kosciuszko Foundation is appreciated. Proof of vaccination is needed to enter.

Zagłada is about a 90-year-old Polish man living in Maspeth, Queens, who is exposed by an African-American journalist as having been a Kapo in Buchenwald. The man shoots at the journalist, is arrested for firing an illegal firearm, and is held at the 112th Precinct by an NYPD Intelligence Bureau Officer. There he is forced to confront his past by a Federal Prosecutor who is driven by a personal vendetta.

Transforming Moments: A Conversation With Diane Von Furstenberg
2021-12-09 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Museum of Jewish Heritage
Zoom Event. December 9, 2021. Transforming Moments: A Conversation With Diane Von Furstenberg

Before she was an international fashion icon and a member of the TIME 100, Diane von Furstenberg was a young girl growing up with parents who had just survived the Holocaust. Her father, originally from Moldova, escaped the Nazis in Switzerland. Her mother, originally from Greece, fought the Nazis as a member of the resistance until she was captured and sent to Auschwitz.
Join the Museum for a conversation with von Furstenberg about her identity as the daughter of survivors and how it has informed her remarkable career at the helm of one of the world’s most recognizable brands. She will be in conversation with Dr. Eva Fogelman, renowned psychologist and author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust.
This program is co-presented by the Museum and Descendants of Holocaust Survivors (2G Greater New York).
A $10 suggested donation enables us to present programs like this one. We thank you for your support.
Live closed captions will be available during this program.
Public programming at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy C. Hochul and the New York State Legislature; a Humanities New York CARES Grant with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the federal CARES Act; and other generous donors.

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2021 Rosen Summer Symposium on Children in the Holocaust
2021-07-20 08:30 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | New York
Appalachian State University’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies will hold the 19th Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Summer Symposium from July 18-23, 2021. The 19th Symposium will focus on Children in the Holocaust. The language of instruction is English. Originally scheduled for 2020, but postponed during the first wave of the pandemic, the 2021 symposium will take place online. Many of the symposium’s participants, audience members, and speakers belong to a high-risk group for COVID-19 and it has always been the Center’s priority to keep everyone safe. Far too many Holocaust survivors have, sadly, died from the virus in recent months.

To register for the public symposium programs on ZOOM, click here(One registration covers all public ZOOM events of the week, beginning with Prof. Michael Berenbaum’s keynote lecture on Sunday).

The online platform will allow us to easily connect to teachers, researchers and audiences in the High Country, US, Europe, Israel and elsewhere and also explore relevant Memorials and Centers. Participating teachers will have the opportunity to learn from and converse with, among others, Prof. Deborah Dwork (Clark University), Prof. Gabriel Finder (UVA), Dr. Eva Fogelman (Florida), and Dr. Patricia Heberer-Rice, the Senior Historian at the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as well as other accomplished Holocaust educators and scholars from the International School for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem.

Participants viewed the pre-recorded lecture by Dr. Fogelman and discussed it on July 20. Public Discussion: Children During the Holocaust and Its Aftermath.

From the Appalachian State University website: This video is a pre-recorded presentation by Eva Fogelman, PhD, entitled “Children During the Holocaust and Its Aftermath.” A psychologist in private practice in NYC, Fogelman is the co-director of Child Development Research and has, among others, carried out pioneering clinical work to heal the second generation as well as Holocaust child and adult survivors and their families.

Moreover, several child survivors of the Shoah such as Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff (University of Miami), herself an accomplished educator, and of the Rwandan genocide will give testimony. Participating teacher-participants will learn and analyze how the Nazi regime sought to indoctrinate Gentile children and turn them into supporters of their regime. They will also examine how persecuted Jewish children tried to cope with persecution and, eventually, outright genocidal onslaughts. The presentations and assigned materials will shed new light on children’s complex challenges and struggles under Nazi rule and occupation, in the ghettos and even camps as well as many’s resilience and despair.

Since 2002, the Center has organized and held the annual Martin & Doris Rosen Summer Symposium “Remembering the Holocaust.” Named for symposium benefactors, the late Doris and Martin Rosen, the symposium endeavors to provide teachers with the most current research on the Holocaust, racism, and anti-Semitism in tandem with teaching strategies and plans needed by every educator to tackle this urgent topic in an informed and successful manner in a classroom setting. During this time, close to 700 educators from North Carolina, the U.S., Canada, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, the Czech Republic, Croatia, and the Baltic states have attended the symposium. In recent years, the Center has cooperated with the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Echoes and Reflections, and the William Levine Family Institute for Holocaust Education, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC. The symposium faculty comes from across the U.S., Canada, Israel, Africa, and Europe.

In addition to educators, the symposium is also geared toward students and community members. It is free and many events are open to the public. Access information to the ZOOM-based event will be made available in late June/early July.

The purpose and goal of the Symposium is to provide public and private school teachers, university faculty, students, and community members information and insights about the victims, perpetrators, and consequences of the Nazi Holocaust.

The Symposium provides approximately 40 hours of lectures, workshops, discussions, films, and demonstrations. Teachers who complete all 40 hours receive four CEUs.

The symposium includes:

workshops
discussions
lectures by internationally recognized speakers
Nazi Holocaust survivor testimony
four continuing education credits for teachers

Women Resistance Fighters during the Holocaust
2021-06-29 16:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Moment Magazine
Judy Batalion, author of The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos will discuss the young women who found different ways of fighting back against the Nazis, with filmmaker Aviva Kempner, who produced and conceived of the film Partisans of Vilna: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance during World War II. The program will be moderated by psychologist Dr. Eva Fogelman, a pioneer in the treatment of psychological effects of the Holocaust on survivors and their descendants.

REGISTER HERE

Watch the video here:

Women Resistance Fighters during the Holocaust with Judy Batalion, Aviva Kempner and Eva Fogelman

Holocaust Survivor. Nazi Hunter. Wall Street Tycoon: The Siggi Wilzig Story
2021-06-28 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Museum of Jewish Heritage
Discover the remarkable true story of Auschwitz survivor, Wall Street legend, and philanthropist Siegbert (Siggi) B. Wilzig in this exclusive program for members.
Wilzig’s story is the basis of author and Holocaust scholar Joshua M. Greene’s recent book, Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend.
Museum of Jewish Heritage members are invited to join Greene and Wilzig’s son, Ivan Wilzig, for an intimate look at the life and legacy of Siggi Wilzig. This program will be moderated by Dr. Eva Fogelman, Pulitzer-prize nominated author, filmmaker, and psychologist who specializes in therapeutic techniques to treat generations of Holocaust survivors and related traumas.
Click here to register for this event.
After surviving the Auschwitz and Mauthausen concentration camps—and volunteering for the U.S. Counter Intelligence Corps to track former SS—Siegbert (Siggi) B. Wilzig arrived in America in 1947 with little money and only a grade school education. At the time of his death in 2003, he had created an empire in oil and banking with more than $4 billion in assets. Wilzig later became a lecturer on Holocaust remembrance, an outspoken opponent of Holocaust denial, and was instrumental in building the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
See also:

Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing BiographySiggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Holocaust Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend. Visit the website to Order the Book.

‘Never give in to despair’Siggi Wilzig’s children and his biographer remember the survivor, oilman, and banker

Other Voices: Daughters of the Holocaust
2021-06-15 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | University of Miami, Florida
The University of Miami School of Education & Human Development and The Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Foundation together with The Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Division of Academics, Department of Social Sciences presented the 20th Anniversary Holocaust Teacher Institute June 13th – 15th, 2021, online via Zoom. Funded in part by the Commissioner’s Task Force on Holocaust Education.
Presenters:
Dr. Eva Fogelman – 2G, Author, Psychologist
Mrs. Ellen Bachner Greenberg – Co-Founder of 2G Greater New York
Mrs. Liz Schonfeld, 2G, Film Producer
Mrs. Marilyn Sinclair – 2g, Founder of Liberation 75
The panel, Other Voices: Daughters of the Holocaust, was moderated by Dr. Klein Kassenoff founding director of the University of Miami Holocaust Teacher Institute. She is also the Education Chairperson at the Holocaust Memorial in Miami Beach, Florida, and the Education Specialist for Holocaust Studies for Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
Dr. Kassenoff asked the panelists when they became aware of their identity as children of survivors, when they decided to do with this new identity, and what memento they carry with them from their mother and father. The participants who are leaders in their respective communities felt that this was an opportunity for them to be in touch with their personal motivation to do what they are doing to raise Holocaust and genocide consciousness, to educate the next generation to make a difference in the world.

Founders of the Second Generation Movement
2021-05-06 17:00 (America/New_York) | Liberation75
A panel with Helen Epstein, Dr. Eva Fogelman, Menachem Rosensaft moderated by Kati Marton.
Thursday May 6, 5pm -5:45pm ET.
Join us for a once in a lifetime event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of liberation from the Holocaust.
May 4 – 9 2021.
Click to register –
https://www.liberation75.org/

Love & Sex Across Holocaust Generations
2021-05-05 13:00 - 13:45 (America/New_York) | New York
Featured Keynote SpeakersLove & Sex Across Holocaust GenerationsWith Dr. Eva Fogelman & Esther Perel

May 5, 2021 @ 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm EDTFind out how past traumatic experiences affect new intimate relations from therapists experienced in working with Holocaust families. ​

Esther Perel

Eva Fogelman

Click here to register for Liberation75 today!

May 4-9, 2021

Virtual. Worldwide. Free.

For a complete schedule, go to www.liberation75.org/schedule

Registration is still open! To register, please go to: https://hopin.com/events/liberation75-0c2a40d1-fd45-46d9-91fd-5b078331c1c6

To access the film festival, please go to www.liberation75.org/films.

Yom HaShoah Book Talk: Remembering the Holocaust Through the Life of Siggi Wilzig
2021-04-08 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | B’Nai Jeshurun Zoom, New York, NY, United States
In commemoration of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), join us for a conversation with Joshua M. Greene, author of Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend. Greene, a lecturer on Holocaust history, will be in conversation with Dr. Eva Fogelman, a psychologist and pioneer in historical trauma research and therapeutic techniques for Holocaust survivors and their descendants. She is also an award-winning filmmaker.

BJ is honored to host this event in grateful recognition of the Peaceman Foundation and Ivan Wilzig, who have made a combined generous donation of $25,000 in support of BJ’s volunteer vaccination program: Unstoppable: Siggi Wilzig’s Vaccination Project. This gift is enabling BJ to expand its efforts within and beyond the Jewish community of New York City to ensure that everyone eligible for and interested in the COVID-19 vaccine receives it, with particular emphasis on the elderly, Holocaust survivors and immigrant communities.

Attendees will receive a voucher for a complimentary copy of the book.

Co-sponsored by the Blue Card Fund and the Hidden Child Foundation.

Trauma, the Jewish Experience, and Lessons for Post-Covid Mental Health
2021-03-08 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Northeastern University
The Jewish experience includes a history of dislocation, trauma, and resilience.

Northeastern University

World-renowned experts in the fields of trauma, epigenetics, and mental health will discuss the implications of the research and clinical work they have done with Holocaust survivors, Israeli soldiers, and their families. What lessons can we learn as we recover from a global pandemic, and confront systemic racism and assaults on our democratic institutions?

Speakers:

RACHEL YEHUDA

Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine; director of the Traumatic Stress Studies Division and the Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research

DANNY BROM

Clinical Psychologist and founding director of the Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma of Herzog Hospital in Jerusalem

EVA FOGELMAN

Psychologist, writer, filmmaker and a pioneer in the treatment of psychological effects of the Holocaust on survivors and their descendants

Reservations and Details:https://cssh.northeastern.edu/jewishstudies/trauma-the-jewish-experience-and-lessons-for-post-covid-mental-health/

For any questions contact d.levisohn@northeastern.edu

Video of the Ruderman Lecture 2021:

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Trauma, Memory and Art

An Expert Breaks the Silence: the Generation After the Holocaust
2021-01-27 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | New York
In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, NCJW/CLE and the Kol Israel Foundation bring Dr. Eva Fogelman, nationally recognized pioneer in the treatment of the psychological effects of the Holocaust on survivors and their descendants, to moderate a panel discussion of second and third generation survivors, who will share their experiences.
Holocaust Remembrance event featuring Dr. Eva Fogleman and an inspiring group of panelists. If you missed it, or want to watch again, please click on the link below:
Zoom Meeting Recording:https://tinyurl.com/yy6h2zea
Access Passcode: [REDACTED]
If you missed the event coverage on the news, check it out here!
Event Website: https://ncjwcleveland.org/events/international-holocaust-remembrance-day/

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Panel to examine effect of Holocaust on second, third generations for Holocaust Remembrance DayWednesday evening the National Council of Jewish Women and the Kol Israel Foundation are hosting a panel discussion to examine the effect of the Holocaust on second and third generations, those who call Holocaust survivors their parents or grandparents.

See also: WKYC TV-3 Video, YoutTube

Lynna Lai. Descendants of Holocaust survivors working to make sure world never forgets. 28 Jan 2021. WKYC TV-3, Cleveland, Ohio.

Transforming Moments with Eva Fogelman and Zalmen Mlotek
2021-01-05 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Museum of Jewish Heritage
For three generations, from Warsaw to Vilna to Shanghai to New York, the Mlotek family has played a major role preserving Yiddish culture and heritage. Join Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) and Musical Director of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, for a conversation about his family legacy and the “transforming moments” he experienced growing up as the child of a Holocaust survivor.
Mlotek will be interviewed by Dr. Eva Fogelman, renowned psychologist and author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust. This program is co-presented by the Museum and Descendants of Holocaust Survivors (2G Greater New York).
Event: https://mjhnyc.org/events/transforming-moments-with-eva-fogelman-and-zalmen-mlotek/

Critical Images of Relationships | Part 4
2020-11-22 11:00 (America/New_York) | 3GNY – Zoom: Small Group Workshop
4- Part Discussion Series: Critical Images of Relationships in the Third Generation of Holocaust Survivors

Session 4: Consequences of a Holocaust family history on one’s committed relationships

Sunday, November 22 11:00AM – 12:30PM ET

Virtual Event on Zoom for 8 sessions.

Facilitator: Dr. Eva Fogelman

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https://evafogelman.com/event/trauma-memory-and-art-an-interdisciplinary-virtual-conference-with-ori-z-soltes-larry-r-squire-natan-p-f-kellermann-and-eva-fogelman/

Critical Images of Relationships | Part 3
2020-11-15 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Fritz Ascher Society, 121 Bennett Avenue Suite 12A, New York, NY, 10033
4- Part Discussion Series: Critical Images of Relationships in the Third Generation of Holocaust Survivors

Session 3: Critical images of one’s own experience with intimate relations developmentally

Sunday, November 15 11:00AM – 12:30PM ET

Virtual Event on Zoom for 8 sessions.

Facilitator: Dr. Eva Fogelman

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https://evafogelman.com/event/trauma-memory-and-art-an-interdisciplinary-virtual-conference-with-ori-z-soltes-larry-r-squire-natan-p-f-kellermann-and-eva-fogelman/

Trauma, Memory and Art
2020-11-09 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Fritz Ascher Society, 121 Bennett Avenue Suite 12A, New York, NY, 10033
Trauma, Memory and Art: An interdisciplinary virtual conference with Ori Z. Soltes, Larry R. Squire, Natan P.F. Kellermann and Eva Fogelman

In this interdisciplinary conference, four experts discuss the transmission of Holocaust trauma and memory against the backdrop of art. The starting point of the discussion is the art of Holocaust survivor Alice Lok Cahana and how artistic sensibilities, traumatic memory—and a sense of obligation to improve the world—have been expressed through three generations of her family—both in who her children and grandchildren are and in how they express themselves artistically.

The discussion will amplify this layered issue from other angles: what have recent biological and psychological investigations offered, regarding what memory is and how it works, if and how trauma can be carried in the DNA—and the implications of all of this for understanding the impact of catastrophes like the Holocaust beyond the generation of those who experienced them directly.

This conference discusses topics which are explored more deeply in the book “Immortality, Memory, Creativity, and Survival: The Arts of Alice Lok Cahana, Ronnie Cahana and Kitra Cahana,” which is edited by Ori Z. Soltes, Teaching Professor at Georgetown University, Washington DC, and will be published in December 2020 by The Fritz Ascher Society.

Generously sponsored by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York.

Greetings

Hon. David Gill, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York.

Panelists

Ori Z. Soltes PhD, Teaching Professor at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.: “The art of Alice Lok Cahana, Ronnie Cahana, and Kitra Cahana”.

Larry R. Squire PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Psychology at the University of California in San Diego CA: “Remembering”.

Natan P. F. Kellermann PhD, Psychologist and Psychodramatist in Jerusalem, Israel: “Major Variables of Holocaust Trauma Transmission”.

Eva Fogelman PhD, Social Psychologist and Psychotherapist in New York, NY: “Descendants of Holocaust Survivors: Myths and Realities”.

Moderator

Rachel Stern, Executive Director of The Fritz Ascher Society in New York, NY.

Watch Eva Fogelman’s presentation in this video:

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Trauma, the Jewish Experience, and Lessons for Post-Covid Mental Health

Critical Images of Relationships | Part 2
2020-11-08 11:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | 3GNY – Zoom: Small Group Workshop
4- Part Discussion Series: Critical Images of Relationships in the Third Generation of Holocaust Survivors

Session 2: Second generation parent(s) interaction

Sunday, November 8 11:00AM – 12:30PM ET

Virtual Event on Zoom for 8 sessions.

Facilitator: Dr. Eva Fogelman

See also:

https://evafogelman.com/event/trauma-memory-and-art

Critical Images of Relationships | Part 1
2020-11-01 11:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | 3GNY – Zoom: Small Group Workshop
4- Part Discussion Series: Critical Images of Relationships in the Third Generation of Holocaust Survivors

Session 1: Holocaust survivor grandparent(s) relationship

Sunday, November 1 11:00AM – 12:30PM ET

Virtual Event on Zoom for 8 sessions.

This series is limited to 10 third generation women. The fee of $54 includes a donation to 3GNY.

Facilitator: Dr. Eva Fogelman

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https://evafogelman.com/event/trauma-memory-and-art

Transforming Moments With Elisha Wiesel and Dr. Eva Fogelman
2020-09-22 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | New York
Join us for the launch of our new series “Transforming Moments,” which highlights the experiences of children of Holocaust survivors (2Gs). In this inaugural episode, Elisha Wiesel, former Goldman Sachs CIO and son of the late Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel, will be interviewed by renowned 2G psychologist Dr. Eva Fogelman, author of the Pulitzer-prize nominated book Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust. Elisha and Eva will explore his experience being raised by one of the most important voices in Holocaust memory. ​
Co-Presented with Descendants of Holocaust Survivors (2GNY)
Our programs have a suggested donation of $10 which enables us to present programs like this. We thank you for your support.
Video:

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Adult Offspring of Holocaust Survivors as Moral Voices in the American-Jewish Community

Virtual film and discussion: What makes a hero?
2020-09-13 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Sousa Mendes Foundation
Are some people born heroic and others not? Can ordinary people become heroes, and if so, under what circumstances? Join us to explore this fascinating topic with Holocaust rescue experts Dr. Eva Fogelman and Dr. Mordecai Paldiel and award-winning Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir. Watch Shamir’s lighthearted yet earnest treatment of this important topic in his film, executive produced by Michael Moore, called 10% – What Makes a Hero? Then tune in for what is sure to be a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion.
Website: http://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-what-makes-a-hero/

Dr. Eva Fogelman is an authority on Holocaust rescue and the altruistic personality. She is a psychologist in private practice in New York City and the author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book, Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust. In 1986 she co-founded the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, then called the Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers. She is co-editor of Children During the Nazi Reign: Psychological Perspective on the Interview Process. Dr. Fogelman wrote and co-produced the award-winning documentary, Breaking the Silence: The Generation After the Holocaust. She was honored at the Sousa Mendes Foundation’s 2017 gala for her pioneering contributions to Holocaust studies and her compassionate work with aging survivors today.
Dr. Mordecai Paldiel (left) headed the Righteous Among the Nations Department at Yad Vashem from 1982-2007. His books include The Path of the Righteous, Sheltering the Jews, Saving the Jews, Diplomat Heroes of the Holocaust, Saving One’s Own: Jewish Rescuers During the Holocaust and The Righteous Among the Nations. He teaches at Stern College and Touro College and serves on the Board of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. Thanks to his efforts, there is now a square named for Aristides de Sousa Mendes as well as a street named for Raoul Wallenberg, both in Jerusalem. He is a member of the B’nai Brith committee in Israel honoring Jewish rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust.
Yoav Shamir (right) is an award-winning documentary director, producer and cinematographer. His films have been screened at international film festivals, and broadcast on Arte/ZDF, VPRO, BBC, Channel 4, Sundance Channel, ITVS, SBS Australia, CBC Canada, SVT, DR1, Israeli Channel 2, Israeli Channel 1, Israeli Channel 8, France 5, and Canal+. His documentary films include Marta & Luis (2001), Checkpoint(2003), 5 Days (2005), Flipping Out (2007) and Defamation(2009). His latest film The Prophet and the Space Aliens will make its US premiere in the upcoming Chicago International Film Festival. Find him at www.yoavshamirfilms.com.

Eva Fogelman in conversation with Gaby Glassman on 'Descendants of the Holocaust 75 years after the liberation'
2020-06-11 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR)
Fascinating online event happening now with Eva Fogelman and Gaby Glassman discussing ‘Descendants of the Holocaust 75 years after liberation’ with 200 participants. ariana neumann (@ArianaNeumann) Tweeted: Such an insightful talk this afternoon about the inheritance of trauma with experts Eva Fogelman and Gaby Glassman. I was one of 200 that joined from all over the world. My first talk (hopefully of many) as a #SecondGeneratiok thank you!! @TheAJR_https://twitter.com/ArianaNeumann/status/1271127873953435648?s=20 This panel was originally included in the programme for AJR’s international forum on the second generation in April which was forced to be cancelled due to Covid-19.

A Zoom link will be emailed to all registered participants the day before this online event.Descendants of the Holocaust 75 years after the liberation

Eva Fogelman, eminent psychologist and pioneer in the treatment of the psychological effects of the Holocaust on survivors and their descendants working primarily in the US, in conversation with Gaby Glassman, psychologist and psychotherapist who has facilitated second generation groups in the UK and abroad since the 1980’s.

The Association of Jewish Refugees | An online discussion featuring Gaby Glassman and Eva Fogelman

A Holocaust Survivor Infuses Meaning Into His Art
2020-04-26 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Boris Lurie Arts Foundation
The Center for Contemporary Political Art will be hosting a fascinating lecture on ZOOM this Sunday, April 26th at 8pm (EST).
Detail: Big NO painting,1963 ©Boris Lurie Art Foundation
Dr. Eva Fogelman will discuss the importance and meaning of Boris Lurie’s art—to him, as a therapeutic tool, as a weapon he chose to wage war against injustice in the world, and to history, as a unique contribution to 20th century art.
Dr. Fogelman holds a doctorate in social and personality psychology from the Graduate Center of CUNY and has completed post-graduate work in family therapy at the Boston Family Institute and in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at Boston University Medical School. She is the writer and co-producer of the award-winning film Breaking the Silence: The Generation After the Holocaust.
Born in a displaced persons camp in Germany to parents who survived the Holocaust, she has been a pioneer in developing group therapy for survivors and their descendants, training mental-health professionals to understand post-traumatic stress disorder and identity. Dr. Fogelman has organized national and international conferences and created organizations for these populations. She has served as an advisor to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Her book Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Her essay, A Holocaust Survivor Infuses Meaning Into His Art(link is external), can be read online in the catalog(link is external) of CCPArt’s current exhibit, Boris Lurie in America: He Had the Courage to Say NO!
More information about the exhibition can be found at politicsartus.org(link is external) or borislurieart.org
The Center for Contemporary Political Art916 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
