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SPOTLIGHT:
A Letter from New LAMOTH Board President Beth Kean
Dear LAMOTH Community,
As the Museum's new board President, I want to take this opportunity to formally introduce myself and tell you a little bit about why this Museum is so important to me. My family has long supported LAMOTH in a variety of capacities ever since my husband, Jon Kean, introduced me to the Museum over 10 years ago while he was doing research for his documentary film Swimming in Auschwitz. I knew LAMOTH was a place I needed to be a part of as soon as I met the Survivor community, the staff and the board members. My grandparents, Arnold and Rose Rakoszynski, were Holocaust survivors from Sosnowiec, Poland. I grew up on Long Island surrounded by Survivors who spoke Yiddish and English with heavy Polish accents, so needless to say, spending time at the Museum felt like coming home. I joined the board right away and a few years later, thanks to my 20+ years working in finance, I was appointed Treasurer, a position I have held until now....
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THE WEEK IN REFLECTION:
Exhibit Opening | Visas to Freedom: Aristides de Sousa Mendes and the Refugees of World War II
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L-R: Nuno Mathias, Consul General of Portugal; Samara Hutman, LAMOTH Executive Director; Ilana Zadok, visa recipient descendant and teacher at partner school Harkham Hillel Academy; Sebastian Mendes, grandson of Aristides de Sousa Mendes; Olivia Mattis, Sousa Mendes Foundation President
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We welcomed a distinguished group of guests to the opening of
Visas to Freedom: Aristides de Sousa Mendes and the Refugees of World War II
, an exhibition celebrating the courageous actions of Holocaust rescuer Aristides de Sousa Mendes. Speakers at the private reception included
Sebastian Mendes, grandson of Aristides de Sousa Mendes; Nuno Mathias, Consul General of Portugal in San Francisco;
Dr. Lissy Jarvik, who received a visa in 1940;
Dr. Michael Berenbaum, Director of Sigi Ziering Institute, American Jewish University; Olivia Mattis, President of the Sousa Mendes Foundation; and Samara Hutman, Executive Director of LAMOTH. The event was covered in the local and Portuguese press.
Musicians performed excerpts from the
oratorio
Circular 14: The Apotheosis of Aristides
by Neely Bruce, which was performed in full the next day at American Jewish University to rave reviews. The exhibit runs through March 1.
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THE WEEK IN REFLECTION:
L'Dough V'Dough at Wilshire Boulevard Temple Shul-In
Last weekend, five Holocaust Survivors and LAMOTH staff attended a L'Dough V'Dough event at Wilshire Boulevard Temple youth group's annual "Shul In." Sixty 6th to 8th graders began their weekend event by braiding and baking challah with Ruth Birndorf, Betty Cohen, Peter Daniels, Gabriella Karin, and Lea Radziner.
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SPOTLIGHT:
New Docent Class Completes Training
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New docent Judy Jeanson gives a tour.
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Our 2015-2016 Docent Training class recently ended, with twelve new docents added to our group of knowledgeable and dedicated volunteers leading tours at LAMOTH. Two of the new docents gave their first tours this weekend, and yesterday we held our semiannual docent lunch at the home of Patsy Palmer, a member of our docent class of 2014-2015. If you are interested in becoming a docent, please visit our website for more information.
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SURVIVOR SPEAKER SERIES:
Michele Rodri
Sunday, January 31, at 2:00 pm
Please join us this Sunday at 2:00 pm
for a talk by Michele Rodri, who was a young child when Germany invaded her native France. Shortly after the occupation, a German soldier found her playing in the streets of Paris and sent her to the Drancy transit camp. Her brother soon managed to secure her release and took her to a convent, where she concealed her Jewish identity. She was later sent to live with a French family, where she spent the rest of the war.
You can see select artifacts from Michele's childhood in our weekly Survivor Speaker micro-exhibit.
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Saturday - Thursday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Admission is always free.
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