A Drop Of Silence with Pam Goldstein

George Horesh is the Director of Business Development and Senior Tour Guide for the famous Alma-Israel Tours. In the last 35 years,

George led much of the most senior visitors in Israel, including Senators, Congress members, Pastors, individuals including Steven Spielberg, and other groups.

His depth and breadth of experience and knowledge of the land of Israel and its history and politics of the part of the world is second to none.

Resources: www.alma-israel.com

Theme Song: "What Time Will It Be?" by Composer Yale Strom

With a strong commitment to making the world a better place, Joel Marcovitch has always combined his business acumen with a deep sense of purpose to create innovative solutions and inspire others to push boundaries and create a better future.

With an impressive track record beginning at Hillel in Michigan, to The Toledo federation to Columbus Ohio, Joel has successfully founded and led groundbreaking initiatives that have revolutionized the way organizations under his leadership have interacted with their respective communities to drive success.

Beyond his entrepreneurial mindset, he is actively involved in philanthropic initiatives, championing causes related to education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, sustainability, and social justice.

Theme Song: "What Time Will It Be?" by Composer Yale Strom

RESOURCES: www.bexfordconsulting.com

Rick Sykes is a Professor Emeritus at Central Michigan University. His teaching career spanned 24 years at CMU where he was responsible for overseeing a student-run television news operation which produced a live nightly newscast five nights a week.

Sykes was also inducted into the Michigan Broadcasting Hall of Fame in the fall of 2020. The news operation secured a 17-year string of “Television Station of the Year” awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation.

Prior to joining the faculty at the University, Sykes spent a total of 23 years in the communication’s field including 17 years in broadcast news.

Rick has also presented research on media topics at conferences in Iceland and Oxford, England. 

Theme Song: "What Time Will It Be?" by Composer Yale Strom

Dr. Alexander M. Cintron has been in education for the last 20 years.  His experiences span across all grade levels, demographics in both race and social economic status (SES). He has set a track record of being a "bridge builder" among all people in a mission to transform persistently low achieving (PLA) schools into sustainable academic institutions of excellence. 

His accomplishments are charted on NBC's Education Nation, which presented both teachers and students from his transforming school, Phoenix Multicultural Academy. He has been featured on Detroit 20/20 ABC News documenting and commending his daily work as a Transformational Principal. 

Currently, he is the Bilingual Director managing instructional support and services for 7,000 English Language Learners across 100 Schools in Detroit Public Schools Community District. 

Theme Song: "What Time Will It Be?" by Composer Yale Strom

RESOURCES for frequently challenged books and the reasons behind them: American Library Association  www.ala.org

Enjoy my discussion with Rabbi Sholom Galperin!

Theme Song: "What Time Will It Be?" by Composer Yale Strom

Hazzan Devorah Fick is the Spiritual Leader to Congregation Beth El. She served in the US Air Force as an officer for 7 years before changing course to answer a higher calling: service to Am Yisrael.

Devorah was ordained as a Hazzan in January 2023 and continues to pursue her Rabbinic Smicha. Devorah serves in the Greater Windsor Interfaith Community as a member of the Interfaith Group of Windsor and Essex County, the Military Institute of Windsor, and as a current member of the Board of Directors of Iona College in Windsor.

She is a passionate student of Torah, committed to engaging our ancient texts so that they are relevant to our modern lives.

Theme Song: "What Time Will It Be?" by Composer Yale Strom

With a strong commitment to making the world a better place, Joel Marcovitch has always combined his business acumen with a deep sense of purpose to create innovative solutions and inspire others to push boundaries and create a better future.

With an impressive track record beginning at Hillel in Michigan, to The Toledo federation to Columbus Ohio, Joel has successfully founded and led groundbreaking initiatives that have revolutionized the way organizations under his leadership have interacted with their respective communities to drive success.

Beyond his entrepreneurial mindset, he is actively involved in philanthropic initiatives, championing causes related to education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, sustainability, and social justice.

Theme Song: "What Time Will It Be?" by Composer Yale Strom

RESOURCES: www.bexfordconsulting.com

Yale Strom is an American violinist, composer, filmmaker, writer, photographer and playwright.

Yale is a pioneer among klezmer (a musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe) revivalists in conducting extensive field research in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans among the Jewish and Romani communities since 1981.

Initially, his work focused primarily on the use and performance of klezmer music. Gradually, he examined all aspects of their culture, from post-World War II to the present. He was among the first of the klezmer revivalists to identify the connection between klezmer and lautare (Roma/Gypsy musicians) and explore that connection in his scholarly and artistic works.

In the more than three decades since his initial ethnographic trip, Strom has become one of the world's most productive and influential scholar-artists of klezmer culture and history.

Theme Song: "What Time Will It Be?" by Composer Yale Strom

RESOURCES: YaleStrom.com

As the director of educational outreach at the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center for twenty-six years, Merle Saferstein worked closely with hundreds of Holocaust survivors, helping them pass along their Legacy of Remembrance to hundreds of thousands of students and teachers.

When she retired from the Holocaust Center, she developed a course entitled Living and Leaving Your Legacy® and teaches and speaks to audiences locally, nationally, and internationally. She trains hospice staff and volunteers showing them ways to help patients leave their legacies and works closely with the patients at the end of their lives doing sacred legacy work.

For many years, she has volunteered at a camp for children who experienced the death of a family member—helping them gain important tools, including journaling, to cope with their grief.

Merle has taken excerpts from her many personal journals and created Living and Leaving My Legacy, Vols. l and ll—both Amazon bestsellers. She is also the author of the award-winning Room 732.

Merle is a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post, Medium, Authority Magazine, Women Writers, Women’s Books, and Thrive Global, and has been featured on NPR and MSN.com.

Theme Song: "What Time Will It Be?" by Composer Yale Strom

RESOURCES: MerleRSaferstein.com

Eva Olsson grew up in Hungary, born into a Jewish family in Satu Mare, Hungary. In 1944 when Nazi Germany occupied its Hungarian ally, Eva and her family were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Eva eventually landed in Belsen and remained there until the British liberated the camp in April 1945. There, she met her future husband. They eventually came to Canada, where they settled and raised their family.


Eva did not speak about her experiences for many years; in fact, it was only when her grandchildren were old enough – fifty years after the fact – that she began to open up, first to the grandchildren’s classes, and then to audiences all over Canada, and even at the United Nations.

Eva has a passion for social justice and her mission is to maintain the legacy and the memory of those that were murdered during the Shoah.

Find out more about Eva at her website EvaOlsson.ca

Order her book at Unlocking the Doors: A Woman's Struggle Against Intolerance.

Theme Song: "What Time Will It Be?" by Composer Yale Strom

RESOURCES:

Anti-Defamation League www.adl.org

Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre; Toll Free 1-866-864-9735
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Tour for Humanity [email protected]
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Yad Vashem
Har Hazikaron
P.O.B. 3477
Jerusalem 9103401 Israel
Phone: (972) 2 6443400
Fax: (972) 2 6443569
Email: [email protected]

Museum of Jewish Heritage
https://mjhnyc.org

House of Anne Frank
[email protected]

The Zekelman Holocaust Museum
Farmington Hills, Mich.
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