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Join the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) for a fascinating
two-day international forum for descendants of Holocaust survivors and
refugees. Whichever generation you are, they hope you will find this
forum valuable and interesting, as will educators and those from other
communal organizations.
Originally
planned for April 2020, but cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, AJR
is now delighted to present a new program of panels and speakers for
our forum. In the intervening period the AJR has addressed many of the
original themes in individual online events during lockdown, all of
which are available for catch-up on the AJR YouTube channel.
Please
note the program for Sunday 3 October 2021 will be held entirely
online. The program for Monday 4 October 2021 will be held in person
at Chelsea Football Club's Stamford Bridge, and simultaneously online.
For those joining in person, refreshments will be served, and there
will be opportunities during the day to visit the 'marketplace' with
representatives from partner organizations.
Register here.
The following schedule is subject to changes:
Sunday 3 October (online only) 10AM - 5PM UK (4AM - 11AM CDT)
- The Second & Third Generation in conversation. William Baginsky (2G, AJR's Board of Deputies of British Jews representative) in conversation with his daughter Rabbi Charley Baginsky (3G, Chief Executive of Liberal Judaism UK)
- The Next Generations Confronting the Legacy of Nazism. Three of AJR's recent ARSP
volunteers (young German students committed to take action for
reconciliation and peace, international understanding and human rights)
discuss their experiences of working with AJR, why they felt compelled
to do so, and what they learnt from it. Chaired by Dr Susanne Frane,
Head of Culture & Education, German Embassy London.
- UK Holocaust Memorial. Co-chair of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation, Rt Hon Lord Eric Pickles talks about the forthcoming Memorial and Learning Centre in Westminster.
- Keynote Speaker. Irit Felsen PhD,
US-based clinical psychologist specialising in trauma and traumatic
loss, with a special focus on Holocaust survivors and their families.
- Stephen D. Smith, Holocaust and genocide specialist who has started, operated and consulted on many different Holocaust memorial centres.
- Keynote Speaker. We'll hear from Lisa Lipkin, creator of What Mother Never Told Me, an entertaining autobiographical performance based on her experiences growing up as the child of a Holocaust survivor.
- Online workshops with Gaby Glassman on Being Second Generation–Sunday 3 October.
Ticket holders may sign up for one of two online workshops in which
participants will explore together how being second generation affected
their lives. Each workshop will be limited to 15 participants. Gaby, a
psychologist and psychotherapist, has facilitated second generation and
intergenerational groups in the UK and abroad since the 1980s. As spaces
are limited, priority will be given to AJR members. Should you wish to
join the AJR, please CLICK HERE to go to our membership form. This session is exclusively for those who are children of survivors and refugees.
Monday 4 October (online & in person in London) 10AM - 6PM UK (4AM - 12PM CDT)
- Say No to Antisemitism. Chelsea Football Club Chairman, Bruce Buck, updates us on the leading efforts of the football club to combat antisemitism.
- The Importance of Reaching Out to the Next Generations. Thoughts from Jonathan Wittenberg, Senior Rabbi of Masorti Judaism.
- Author Michael Rosen
will speak about his two recent books for children 'The Missing' and
'On the Move', both of which have second and third generation themes.
- Next Generations Refugee Voices. Dr Bea Lewkowicz presents the new Refugee Voices video testimony project for members of the Next Generations.
- Keynote Speaker. Second generation writer, sociologist and award-winning journalist Anne Karpf talks about her memoir, The War After, twenty years after it was published.
- The Legacy of Objects, Documents and Photographs.
Archivists and curators from The Wiener Holocaust Library, The National
Holocaust Centre and The Imperial War Museum each introduce an artefact
and its donor to look at the reasons behind, and the value of,
donations of family objects.
- Communications between the Generations. Representatives of UK second and third generation groups discuss communication between all generations.
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