Linda Chase

Evelyn Grapek was among 100 Holocaust survivors who joined together to celebrate Holocaust Survivor Day during a luncheon in Boynton Beach. The event was hosted by Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish F…

Nearly nine decades after his death at 38 years old, George Gershwin remains one of the most celebrated and influential American composers. Dr. Thomas Cimarusti, Professor of Music History at Flori…

During World War II thousands of Jewish families in Belgium hid their children in the hopes that they would avoid detection by the Gestapo and ultimately survive the war. Holocaust survivor Henry E…

One evening in May, Holocaust survivor Viola Baras was invited to throw the ceremonial first pitch before the start of the Tampa Bay Rays baseball game at Tropicana Field. The honor was one of many…

The Donald M. Ephraim Sun & Stars International Film Festival presented by MorseLife is hosting a special summer screening of the film, “BELLA!” The award-winning documentary chronicles the car…

In 2006 as her 50th wedding anniversary was approaching, French Holocaust survivor and educator Simone Kaufman created a memoir that she gifted to her children. When I visited Simone in her home sh…

“The Trial of Adolf Eichmann” is a new play by acclaimed director/producer David Serero that is set to have its world premiere at the Center for Jewish History in New York City. Performance d…

Professor Uri Ashery is a prominent Israeli neuroscientist who heads the Learning and Memory Lab at Tel Aviv University’s (TAU) Healthy Longevity Research Center. Professor Ashery shared details re…

Artist Judith Karr Eisinger is a second-generation Holocaust survivor and author of the book, “Escape: A Long Walk To Freedom”. When I interviewed Judith, she recalled her family’s escape from

1.5 million of the European Jews murdered during the Holocaust were children. Belgian Holocaust survivor, Lee Mendelson, was among the thousands of orphans who survived this brutal carnage as hidde…