KOL ISRAEL
FOUNDATION
NEWSLETTER
“Sharing our past to change the future”
1st quarter, 2017
Children of Survivors - Share Your Story
As part of our ongoing commitment to education, Kol Israel has
launched a new program for 2nd generation Holocaust Survivors,
“Your Story...Simply Told™”.
The program, provided courtesy of Natalie Bauman, founder and CEO
of The Digital Mosaic, provided Kol Israel second-generation
Survivors an opportunity to record their own video interview using her
app - free of charge. The basis of the program is to learn from the
children of the Survivors what it was like being raised by parents who
lived through the nightmares of the Holocaust. How did it shape their
lives as adults? What kind of emotional impact did it have on them
and their children? How has it influenced their world view?
The kickoff event took place January 12th, and included a “how to” presentation by Natalie Bauman,
followed by participants practicing on the app.
Pre-selected interview questions are provided to guide Kol Israel participants through the creation of their
personal video. The app provides an instant video storytelling experience that lets the user record, safely
manage, and share his/her valuable video stories.
SimplyTold features include:
• Guided question prompts to help you choose what to talk about and then record stories one at a time
• A seamless, easy-to-use video capture and upload with no technology headaches
• Password-protected storage and sharing for privacy
The ability to have an easy and convenient way to create a video
in the privacy of your own home at your own leisure is priceless.
These videos can remain private or be included as part of our
education program.
For more details, please contact our office at 216.831.3754 or
[email protected]
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WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Did you know...
That there is a unique resource for Jewish history at
The Cleveland History Center in University Circle?
The Jewish Archives, established in 1976 by the
Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS) and the
Jewish Federation serves as the community’s local
Jewish history resource, working with other
organizations to promote the teaching and learning of
Jewish history.
The main goal of the Cleveland Jewish Archives is to
collect print and non-print material that document the
history of the Jewish community of Cleveland and
Northeast Ohio. These are valuable materials that help
tell the stories of Jews in Cleveland. The materials in
the Jewish Archives (and all other materials in the
general archives) are made available to the public for
research and educational purposes.
Sean Martin, Associate Curator for Jewish History at WRHS,
oversees the collection, documentation and preservation of
materials for the Jewish Archives. In 2016 he received a collection
from the Kol Israel Foundation, including correspondence and
scrapbooks from Second Generation, Kol Israel. This was the first
significant acquisition of materials from Kol Israel since the
group’s founding. What is missing from this collection are
documents related to the founding of the group or the group’s
activities in its early years.
The Cleveland Jewish Archives has a special request of the Kol
Israel Foundation members and supporters... Do you have
documents or photos from the early days of Kol Israel
Foundation and do not know what to do with them? WRHS
would like to be the repository for these materials.
Any of the following materials might be appropriate for the Jewish
archives: certificates, photographs, scrapbooks, artifacts and any
other kinds of documents that tell about your or your relatives’
experiences in Europe and in the United States.
To learn more about donating materials to the Cleveland Jewish
Archives, contact :
Sean Martin at 216-721-5722, x1514, [email protected]
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Upcoming events...
Cleveland International Film Festival - Kol Israel
Foundation, a Community Partner of the 2017 Cleveland International Film Festival, invites you to view the film
SHALOM ITALIA, a compelling documentary of 3 Jewish-Italian brothers who are Holocaust Survivors, and their
journey as they try to locate the Tuscan cave where they hid from the Nazis 70 years ago.
SCREENING TIMES: Wednesday - 4/5th at 6:40PM; Thursday - 4/6/17 at 11:345AM; Sunday - 4/9/17 at 9:30AM.
Tickets are available for purchase online: http://www.clevelandfilm.org/tickets. You may also purchase tickets by phone
(877.304.3456) or in person at the Film Festival Box Office (located in the lobby of Tower City Cinemas).
Be sure to use code #KOL to receive your discount on all tickets.
Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah - Sunday, April 23, 2017 - 2PM.
Cleveland Commemoration of the Holocaust & Heroism
Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple
23737 Fairmount Blvd
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FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
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Candlelighting by Holocaust Survivors and their families
March of Generations
Creative Arts Awards
Procession of Holocaust-era Torah Scrolls
This program is coordinated by the Kol Israel Foundation and the Jewish
Federation of Cleveland
Zikaron BaSalon - Monday, April 24th.
Zikaron BaSalon (Hebrew for “memories in the living room”) is an annual event, which takes place on Israeli Holocaust
Memorial Day. The idea was born from the understanding that the connection between today's society and the
memories of the Holocaust, has significantly deteriorated .
With our shlicha (Israeli emissary) Ayelet Isaac, Jewish Clevelanders between the ages of 21 and 45 are invited to
gather in living rooms across the city to meet Holocaust survivors, listen to their stories, and engage in intimate and
moving conversations about the importance of keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive. Kol Israel Foundation is a
supporting partner of this program.
Na’Amat 2017-Tikkun Olam Award Presentation honoring Rabbi Rosette Barron Haim-Tuesday-4/25/17 - 7PM.
Rabbi Rosette Barron Haim of The Temple-Tifereth Israel will receive the Na’Amat USA Tikkun Olam Award from the
Cleveland Council of Na’Amat USA on April 25 at Beechmont Country Club in Orange. Rabbi Haim will receive the
award for her activities that exemplify actions that benefit the welfare of humanity. Kol Israel Foundation is a supporting
partner of this event.
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Upcoming events continued…
Face to Face, Ohio Senior Care & Kol Israel Presentation - Wednesday April 26 from 8:30AM - 12:30PM.
(registration and coffee at 8:00)
Kol Israel Foundation is partnering with Face to Face to present a special Holocaust Education Program for
mental health professionals and other adults. The program is entitled Face to Face with a Holocaust Survivor:
Caring for Holocaust Survivors and their Children with Sensitivity.
Participants will learn about Judaism and the Holocaust, have the opportunity to hear the personal testimony
of a Holocaust survivor, and will explore responses to trauma with a social worker.
LOCATION OF EVENT: Congregation Shaarey Tikvah in Beachwood
Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day Celebration at Landerhaven,
Tuesday May 2, 2017 from 5 -10PM.
Yom Ha’azmaut (Israeli Independence Day) marks the establishment of the modern
state of Israel in 1948. It is observed on or near the fifth of the Hebrew month of Iyar in
the Hebrew calendar.
For American Jews, celebrating Yom Ha’azmaut has been a way to express solidarity
with the State of Israel and to strengthen our alliance with it.
This year’s event in Cleveland will be on Tuesday, May 2 and will be at Executive
Caterers at Landerhaven. It is co-chaired by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland and the JECC Staff.
IDAN RAICHEL, producer, keyboardist, lyricist, composer and performer who has brought his inspiring example
and soul -stirring music to some of the biggest stages will perform this year in Cleveland.
The event will, of course, include all of the great activities the community has enjoyed in the past – lots of family
fun, entertainment, food and a Shuk!
Show your support for Israel and our community by attending this event.
Save the Date!!
KIF Annual Meeting—Thursday June 22nd
Sisterhood Luncheon— (Watch for Details)
KIF Picnic– Sunday August 6th
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Yom HaShoah Candle App is LIVE
and available for download in the Apple App Store!
Even on a cell phone, the flickering flame of a candle is mesmerizing
and meaningful. Now, you too can have this experience by lighting a
virtual candle on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, April
23-24, with an app available on the iPhone App Store. When you
download the free app, the only one of its kind, you will light a candle,
read a text passage, join with others in the worldwide commemoration
of the Holocaust.
Go to the iPhone App Store and search for “Yom HaShoah Candle.”
The app will come up, and then download it. The “Yom HaShoah
Candle App,” now in its second year, was created by congregants at
Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple in Beachwood, with support by the
Men of Fairmount Temple. A 15-year-old congregant is the app
developer!
Why would you download this app?
 In addition to lighting a physical candle, you may wish to observe
Yom HaShoah in another relevant way.
 You live in a place where you cannot light candles, such as an
apartment, nursing home, or college dorm room.
 You will be out of town and can’t light the candle at home.
 You don’t have a candle and you want to light one.
 You find it meaningful to download apps like this on your phone
Al Hochheiser of Beachwood, a Fairmount Temple member, explains, “To be able to
sponsor the candle app helps expand the reach of our mission of giving back to the
Jewish community. We want to never forget, and to allow individuals to remember the
Jewish lives lost.”
Everyone is encouraged to download this app. After your download, choose a time to
light the candle on April 23-24, and watch the tutorial.
Kol Israel Foundation wishes you
a Happy & Healthy Passover
Passover will be here before you know it. Beginning the night of Monday,
April 10, 2017, we join with Jews around the world to celebrate the holiday.
Passover is a time for family, for feasting, and for recognizing the most
significant event in Jewish history: the Exodus from Egypt, the miracle at Sinai
and the journey to freedom.
The Seder meal, the familiar songs, the week of eating matzah and the
importance of teaching the lessons of Passover are holiday traditions with
special meaning and memories.
It’s a time for unity with Jews from all times and places. At the Seder table, we
remember the ancient Israelites from the time of Moses and many choose to
light six candles in memory of victims of the Shoah.
Most importantly, we experience the sweep of human history and the timeless
bond among the Jewish people. This is why we come back year after year to
hear the story.
And of course... the matzo balls and brisket!!
So it’s time to raise a glass — actually — four of them — to celebrate this
festival of freedom.
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Bagels & Books
Sylvia Kramer graciously opened her home for a Kol
Israel event on Sunday - February 5th, 2017. 2Gs and a
Survivor gathered to nosh and discuss a noteworthy book:
“Displaced Persons, Growing up American after
the Holocaust” by Joseph Berger.
A veteran New York Times reporter, Joseph Berger tells
the story of his family, Polish Jews and Holocaust Survivors, who
migrated to New York City in 1950. He was born in Russia in
1944 and arrived in the United States at the age of five. Berger
recounts the tale of his own coming of age, with his parents'
reminiscences as backdrop. The story of such refugees, about
140,000 of whom came to the United States between 1947 and
1953, remains a little-known aspect of Holocaust history. Berger's
account recalls his own struggle to belong as both he and his
parents fought to "shoehorn" their way into American life in the
1950s and early 1960s. He recounts childhood remembrances of
simple pleasures like Sunday visits to the bakery, new school
supplies in cigar boxes, and the proud excitement of the arrival of
the neighborhood's first TV. Most touching is the celebration of
family, community, and continuity so prized by all survivors.
Sylvia and Rachel Korland
facilitated the discussion
with the 2G participants.
Many had recollections similar
to the author‘s and interesting
memories were shared.
Be on the look- out
for our next book event!
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KOL ISRAEL FOUNDATION
P.O. Box 22274
Beachwood , OH 44122
Hallie Duchon,
Executive Director
216.831.3754
[email protected]
Kol Israel Foundation is a non-profit organization of
Jewish Holocaust Survivors, their families, and supporters.
Since 1959, Kol Israel has carried on its mission of
advocacy and support for Survivors. It provides
meaningful Holocaust education and memorial
programs throughout Northeast Ohio and preserves
and shares the eye-witness narratives of Survivors.
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