Holocaust Education Event to be Held April 19 in East Brunswick

The impact of the Genocide doesn’t stop with a treaty. Its effects are felt for generations. It is with that understanding that the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex County in cooperation with local area synagogues will present the annual “Commemoration of the Holocaust and Heroism,” Thursday, April 19 at East Brunswick Jewish Center, 511 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick.

This year’s theme, “The Holocaust Through Our Eyes: The Second and Third Generations Speak,” will focus on the stories of those whose parents and grandparents either survived perished in the Holocaust.

Exhibits open at 6 p.m., and the program begins at 7:30 p.m. The program’s keynote speaker is Sandy Rubenstein, a second generation, award-winning Holocaust educator. Also speaking will be Middlesex County residents Julie Cohen and Howard Wachtel, both third generation.

The exhibits will include essays and displays submitted by Middlesex County students in grades 6-12. Musical tributes will be performed by the Anshe Segulah Men’s Chorus.
The event is free and open to the public. It will feature a community candle-lighting procession. The public is welcome to participate in the procession.

Co-sponsors of the event include The Middlesex County College Center for the Study of Prejudice, Genocide and the Holocaust; The Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission; Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the New Jersey Historical Commission/Department of State; and Men’s Club of East Brunswick Jewish Center.

For more information, call the Federation at 732-588-1800 or visit www.JewishMiddlesex.org.