Martrydom and Resistance, May/June 2006

ID Transcript mare3205_01 "Vol. 32-No.5 ISSN 0893-1571 May/June 2006-lyar/Sivan 5766 ""UNTO EVERY PERSON THERE IS A NAME // AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM SIXTH ANNUAL SPRING LUNCHEON IN TRIBUTE TO YAD VASHEM'S HALL OF NAMES The American Society for Yad Vashem held its Sixth Annual Spring Luncheon, in tribute to Yad Vashem's Hall of Names, on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 at the Park Avenue Synagogue. Elizabeth Wilf University introduced Elizabeth Wilf.who received an award recognizing her Resistance and Courage in the Face of the Holocaust and her Commitment to Pass the Lessons and Legacy of the Shoah to her chil- inception, she has been a member of the American Society for Yad Vashem Spring Luncheon Committee and a member of the Annual Tribute Dinner Committee. In addition, she serves on the Board of IN THIS ISSUE Keren Toledano, 2006 Award Recipient, Eli Zborowski, Chairman, American and International Society for Yad Vashem and Elizabeth (Suzie) 2006 Award Recipient at the American Society for Yad Vashem Sixth Annual Spring Luncheon, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York City, May 24, and Keren Toledano were this dren and grandchildren. Trustees for Yeshiva University's year's honorees. K yirs. Wilf, a Holocaust survivor, Stern College for Women. Her hus- Dr. Karen Bacon, Dean, Stern IVIis active in numerous Jewish band, Joseph Wilf, is the Vice College for Women at Yeshiva communal organizations. Since its Chairman of the American and International Societies for Yad Vashem. Suzie's involvement in philanthropic causes and her efforts to enhance the lives of the Jewish Yad Vashem Sixth Annual Spring Luncheon 1,8-9 people, both in the United States Holocaust victims remembered around the world 2 ancj Israel, are seen through her Book reviews 4 support of the Jewish Education Victims or perpetrators 5 Centef jn E|izabeth New Jersey Survivors corner.. 6 Vash Hadassah and numer. Hungarian Jews and the Holocaust 7 .. » _, . Report from Yad Vashem 10 ous. other American and Israeli Begin, Germany and the Holocaust 11 Jewish organizations. In Denmark it could happen 12 IXeren Toledano was presented Nazi art deal forces Dutch to face guilt 15 IV with an award recognizing her Death and the children 16 dedication to Remembering the Past and her commitment to use her creative talents to further Holocaust Awareness and Education by Melvin Jules Bukiet, a Member of the Executive Committee of the American and International Society for Yad Vashem, and Professor and award-winning author of numerous works of fiction on the Holocaust. Ms. Toledano, has been active in the Young Leadership Associates of the American Society for Yad Vashem since its inception. She is also a member of the Board of the American Society for Yad Vashem, and has sat on the Luncheon Committee and the Journal Committee for the Annual Tribute Dinner for the past several years. She was a formative force behind the 2000 journal, The Jewish Child From Then To Now, which won the prestigious Clarion Award. Melvin Jules Bukiet, Professor and award-winning author of numerous works of fiction on the Holocaust will be making the award presentation to Ms. Toledano. This year's featured guest speaker was Gerda Weissmann Klein. She captivated the audience with her powerful message of hope, inspiration, love and humanity. She provided everyone with a glimpse into Wilf, her personal story of survival 2006 and message of the importance of Remembrance, for ""when we are gone, it is the second and third generation who must be able to impart our stories."" Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, located on Har Hazikaron in Jerusalem, was established in 1953 by the Israeli Parliament. The American Society for Yad Vashem is a not-for-profit volunteer organization whose goal is to support the ongoing work of Yad Vashem in the areas of commemoration, education, research, special projects, and capital improvements. Onvemgfi continue* on pages 8-9 "