Marking Kristallancht in Scotch Plains
Congregation Beth Israel will commemorate Kristallnacht with presentations by descendants of Holocaust survivors
Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains will commemorate the anniversary of Kristallnacht on Friday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m. Cantor Jacob Greenberg and Jack Sherman, who are descendants of Holocaust survivors, will speak during services, and an oneg Shabbat will follow.
Jacob Greenberg, CBI’s cantor, will talk about his grandmother, Ruth Goldschmidt, who survived the Holocaust because she was put on the Kindertransport; later, she lived in orphanages, allies’ homes, and then a DP camp. Jack Sherman of Westfield, a senior at the Pingry School and a member of CBI, will tell his great-grandmother’s story. His great-grandparents, Fay and Sol Sherman, were married and lived in Poland before World War II. Although they survived, in different camps, their son, Moshe, did not. Fay and Sol were reunited after the war.
The program is sponsored by the shul’s Second/Third Generation Holocaust Survivors Group, co-chaired by Rita Geller, Faye Bodenstein, and Claire Bornstein. The support group, created at CBI, includes participants from other area synagogues and the community. Members volunteer at local schools to tell their families’ Holocaust experiences there.
For information, call (908) 889-1830.
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