We are pleased to announce that the American Society for Yad Vashem’s Annual Spring Luncheon will be held Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at The Jewish Museum in New York City. Our featured speakers, Holocaust survivor Tova Friedman and Dr. Na’ama Shik of Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, look forward to sharing their stories with you. Your attendance and support at this year’s Spring Luncheon guarantees that Yad Vashem can continue to teach the world the lessons of the Holocaust and ensure a safer future for our children and grandchildren.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
SPRING LUNCHEON CO-CHAIRS
Danielle Karten Abby Kaufthal Jaci Paradis
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Tova Friedman, one of the few children to survive Auschwitz concentration camp
Dr. Na’ama Shik, Director, Internet Department at the International School for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
WHERE
The Jewish Museum
1109 5th Avenue (92 Street), New York City
WHEN
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
11:00 AM
MEET OUR FEATURED SPEAKERS
One of the youngest survivors of the Holocaust and one of the few children to have survived Auschwitz, Tova Friedman was born in the Polish town of Tomashov in 1938, one year before the start of the Shoah. Her story of survival began when her family traveled out of town to celebrate her birthday, escaping the bombs that fell on their neighborhood. After the war, Tova and her mother were reunited with her father. Together, the family arrived in the US in 1950, where Tova started her studies and life in her new home.
Tova went on to have a career in psychotherapy and recently retired as Executive Director of Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties. Tova has four children and five grandchildren and spends much of her time speaking about her experiences during the Holocaust.
Dr. Na´ama Shik is Director of the Internet Department at the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. She is responsible for Yad Vashem’s on-line educational materials, including on-line courses, the film project “Witnesses and Education,” social media, curricula, databases and portals to specialized sub-sites created by her department.
Dr. Shik holds a PhD from The School of History of Tel Aviv University and has published numerous articles focused on the experiences of Jewish women in the Shoah. She is a frequent lecturer at academic and educational conferences in Israel, the United States, Europe and China.
