JANUARY HOLOCAUST PROGRAMS

WHERE: Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, 901 Rt. 10, Whippany NJ

Real to Reel Film Presentation:

Unlikely Heroes

WHEN: THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 7:00 PM

Unlikely Heroes presents previously untold stories of Jewish resistance and individual heroism which took place throughout the Holocaust. Utilizing rare film and photos discovered in archives across Europe, the film highlights seven extraordinary individuals who, without fanfare and in very different ways, took it upon themselves to take action. These men and women exemplified the highest levels of courage and human dignity during the most desperate days of the Holocaust. (2005, 120 minutes, in English & Hebrew)

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Bagels & Books:

Ten Green Bottles

WHEN: MONDAY, JANUARY 13, NOON

The January book selection is Ten Green Bottles: The True Story of One Family's Journey from War-torn Austria to the Ghettos of Shanghai.

For a brief period between 1938 and 1941, roughly 20,000 Jews found refuge from the Nazis in the one place not requiring visas, police certificates or proofs of financial independence: Shanghai. In this spellbinding memoir, Kaplan recounts her family's transition from living in Vienna to resettling in China under Japanese rule.

Coffee and bagels will be served. Please RSVP to holocaustcouncil@jfedgmw.org or call 973.929.3194.

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Lunch & Learn, in conjunction with the exhibit Sanctuary in Shanghai

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, NOON

• Vice Consul-General Cheng Lei from the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in New York will speak (rescheduled from the 12/17 opening reception event that was canceled due to the snow storm)

• Ellen Chaim Kracko, born in Shanghai to Jewish refugee parents who escaped Nazi Europe, will speak about her experiences

Please RSVP to holocaustcouncil@jfedgmw.org or call (973) 929-3194.