(Fanwood, NJ) – The Fanwood Memorial Library was awarded a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities to support a series of programs called “What the Holocaust Taught Us: Save One Life, Save the World.” With this grant, we hope to spark dialogue and reflection on the small and large actions that saved lives during and after the Holocaust, while also confronting the pervasive issue of antisemitism.
Fanwood Library is grateful to have Adara Goldberg, Ph.D., as the library’s Grant Resident Scholar. Dr. Goldberg is executive director of the Holocaust Resource Center and Human Rights Institute at Kean University. The library has enlisted the help of a Teen Advisory Board to ensure student voices are represented and has also engaged local community leaders to help explore programming that exemplifies the grant’s mission.
The grant initiative delves into the profound depths of human compassion and resilience as well as the consequences of prejudice through literature, history, and shared personal experiences.
Upcoming events include “Voices of Resilience: Confronting Antisemitism Through a Survivor’s Story,” which takes place on Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m. Judy Enright Reifer will share her remarkable life story as a child who survived the Holocaust. She will be joined by her daughter, Lisa Urbano, and her granddaughters, Zoe and Ava Urbano.
Then, on Thursday, May 15 at 7 p.m. the Fanwood Memorial Library welcomes author Joanna Sliwa as she discusses her book, “The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish woman who saved thousands of Poles during the Holocaust.” Registration is required for both programs.
Both events are made possible by the grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Call the library at 908-322-6400 or visit www.fanwoodlibrary.org for more information.
