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Dear Friends, It is my honor to let you know that I will be speaking on May 25 in person to our Canadian sisters, the “Toronto Daughters of Holocaust Survivor” group. This is a remarkable group that grew from a handful of friends to 650 members. The group was established by Esther Michaels, her sister Sarah Silverberg, and Ellen Goldstein, who have been shepherding it for many years with immense…

The registration page is now available for this event. Click on the image below to be taken to the registration page.   On Tuesday April 21, at 7:00pm EDT, I will be leading a program via Zoom entitled “Jewish Caregiving Across Generations“. The program is hosted by the Museum of Jewish Heritage, A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Adult children of Holocaust survivors who are parents of a child…

On Tuesday April 21, at 7:00pm EDT, I will be leading a program via Zoom entitled “Jewish Caregiving Across Generations“. The program is hosted by the Museum of Jewish Heritage, A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Adult children of Holocaust survivors who are parents of a child with special needs often carry a unique emotional inheritance that shapes their parenting. The legacy of trauma —marked…

For those of you who did not have the possibility to join us in real time yesterday (Feb. 19/2026), a videorecording of the annual program of the Trauma Working Group in the NGO Committee on Mental Health in Consultative Relationship to the United Nations, which I had announced previously (see this blog post) is now available at this link. As the chair of this UN-affiliated group, I put together…

Dear Friends, In response to many requests, we decided to open the in-person workshop on Monday February 16 in Boca Raton, Florida that I announced before (see the original announcement at this link) for the first time to include 3G and 2G together. The workshop program will be expanded accordingly. These are special times, and we, the descendants of Holocaust survivors, need to be together and…

The Trauma Working Group is part of the Committee on Mental Health in Consultative Relationship to the United Nations. As chair of the Trauma Working Group, I chose to focus this year’s annual program on Loss Through Suicide, one of the most complex and tragic types of loss. I am following up on my previous “save-the-date” post (see this link), to provide additional details about the program, as…

I am pleased to announce that, along with my friend and colleague Dr. Jenny Frumer, I will again be facilitating an in-person workshop for Children of Holocaust Survivors (2Gs).  The in-person workshop will take place from 9:30 am – 3:30 pm on Monday February 16 in Boca Raton, Florida, and is sponsored by MorseLife. 2Gs carry a legacy that continues to shape how we understand ourselves, our…

The NGO Committee on Mental Health In Consultative Relationship to the United Nations is an organization strongly committed to raising public consciousness regarding the importance of mental health as a priority issue. The Committee on Mental Health engages in activities that promote, educate, facilitate and support actions in the international arena and within the scope of the United Nations…

On Sunday February 1, 2026, I will present a lecture about intergenerational transmission of historical trauma as part of the seminar series offered by the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society. My presentation will address the mechanisms of transmission of vulnerabilities and resiliencies associated with parental or ancestral trauma, and how these, in turn, serve as a lens through which the…

This post is a special notice for Holocaust survivors: Many of you took upon yourselves the enormous task of writing your memoirs. This is of great value to all of us, and even more so for future generations that will not have the privilege of personally knowing a survivor. I have often been asked if I could help make the right connections in order to get your precious records published, or to…

Hi all, I am very pleased to let everyone know that the recording of my Wed. Nov. 19 Zoom presentation entitled “The Second Generation: A Lifelong Journey” (see more information below) is now available online at the JFS Clifton, Golden Resources webpage, which is at this link.              Irit Felsen   I am honored to be giving over Zoom TOMORROW (Wed. Nov. 19) evening, beginning at 8 pm EST, a…

I am honored to be giving over Zoom TOMORROW (Wed. Nov. 19) evening, beginning at 8 pm EST, a presentation entitled “The Second Generation: A Lifelong Journey“, as part of the Golden Resources series of monthly lectures organized by the JFS in Clifton-Passaic, NJ. More information about the lecture series can be found by clicking on the image below. My lecture tomorrow is open to the public.  The…

On Sunday November 9 from 12:00-2:00 pm EST, JIAAC (Jewish Identity and Antisemitism Collective) is hosting an online conversation with Adele Raemer which I will have the honor of moderating. Adele is an American-born New Yorker who made Aliya many years ago and has lived in a Kibbutz one mile away from Gaza. I am sure this will be an informative, moving conversation with one of the people who…

On Sunday November 9 from 12:00-2:00 pm EST, JIAAC (Jewish Identity and Antisemitism Collective) is hosting an online conversation with Adele Raemer which I will have the honor of moderating. Adele is an American-born New Yorker who made Aliya many years ago and has lived in a Kibbutz one mile away from Gaza. I am sure this will be an informative, moving conversation with one of the people who…

We are very pleased to have received multiple messages from 2G’s who wish to participate in our meetings. I am writing to clarify that those of you who have already been participating in our past meetings do not have to send us a new message to register; you are already on our email distribution list and will receive a link for the registration, which then will be followed by a link to the…

Dear 2G friends, Dr. Jenni Frumer and I are happy to announce that the monthly free online gatherings for 2G are resuming! These meetings are exclusively for 2Gs (children of Holocaust Survivors). All 2Gs are warmly invited! It has proven to be a wonderful forum , and we are so inspired by the responses we get from you, letting us know how much it means to you! The feeling is mutual! If you have…

I will have the honor of presenting a talk on Thursday March 6 from 6-8 pm at the Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis (ICP), focused on the “Intergenerational Transmission of Historical Trauma”. ICP is located at 33 West 60th Street, 4th floor, in Manhattan. To attend this in-person event, which is open to the public, it is necessary to pre-register. You can find the link to register by…