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An evening of Holocaust remembrance

at Temple Emanu-El

This program is sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
emple Emanu-El is honored ny during the service, and the Sarasota Manatee Rabbinical Association, the
and humbled to host this year’s Jewish Chorale will perform. Sarasota Jewish Chorale, Aviva – A
Tcommunity Yom HaShoah ob- Temple Emanu-El is grateful to the Campus for Senior Life, Butterflies of

servance – an evening of Holocaust many organizations and people sup- Hope and area synagogues.
remembrance – on Monday, April 20 at porting this sacred occasion: The Jew- This event is free and open to the
7:30 p.m. Holocaust survivor and be- ish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee, community. Reservations may be made
EASY Glatz will share her story and testimo- vors, Generations After, the Sarasota- information, call 941.371.2788.
JFCS of the Suncoast, Holocaust survi-
loved Temple Emanu-El member Rifka
at www.jfedsrq.org/events. For more
Temple Emanu-El members born in

STEPS Bergen-Belsen to share their stories

World Jewish Congress (WJC) tracked
ergen-Belsen was liberated
Al Ernst and Janet Hiller will share
in April 1945 and served as a
the tragic, harrowing stories of their
down and united as many of those babies

old, living throughout the world. Two
for the next five years for survivors of
“Lunch with the Rabbis” on Wednes-
How To Stay BDisplaced Persons (DP) camp as they could. Today, they are 70-74 years parents’ time in the Holocaust during
day, April 1 at noon at Temple Emanu-
of them live in Sarasota and are mem-
Bergen-Belsen and other concentration
Up-To-Date camps. It became the largest DP camp bers of Temple Emanu-El: Al Ernst El – only days before they embark on
and Dr. Janet Hiller. Both responded
their trip to Germany. When they re-
in Germany, at times holding 12,000

survivors. Many were young adults
turn, they will present at the Wednes-
to WJC’s call, and will fly to Germa-
On Your who met and married while interred ny this month to attend the reunion at day, May 6 session of “Lunch with the
Bergen-Belsen with their spouses and
Rabbis,” sharing pictures and stories
in the DP camp. Two thousand babies
Jewish were born to survivors in the camp family members. A third Temple Ema- from the historic reunion.

hospital in those five years.
nu-El member, Dr. Howard Fuchs, has
To commemorate the 75 anniver-
th
Community sary of Bergen-Belsen’s liberation, the a similar connection as his parents met
at the DP camp. He was born after his
parents left Bergen-Belsen and will not
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By Gayle Guynup
2020 Board of Directors
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sota-Manatee’s Board of Di-
Namesake Israel Center donors Trectors approved its new slate
on our incredible re-imagined 32-acre
Robert and Esther Heller
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