The Cherie Smith JCC Book Festival is coming to Har El for a book talk! 

ARON HIRT-MANHEIMER and MARTY YURA* / Sons of Survivors: Making Peace with Inherited Trauma

Two lifelong friends uncover their families’ long-hidden Holocaust history, confronting silence, reclaiming memory, transforming inherited trauma into a powerful legacy of love. The authors of this dual memoir were conceived in the same Displaced Persons camp in occupied Germany, and grew up in the close-knit community of Yiddish-speaking refugees in America. Though the Holocaust formed the backdrop of their lives, they didn’t talk much about it—until, as older adults, they embraced the imperative to bear witness, and set out to discover everything that happened to their families in Poland. Navigating through this haunted terrain, the friends realized that the love they inherited from their parents transcends the trauma.

ARON HIRT-MANHEIMER was described by Elie Wiesel as “a writer possessed of a rare blend of integrity, persuasiveness, and good literary sense.” His is the author of several history books, founder of the Davka mag­a­zine, and edit­or of the Reform Judaism mag­a­zine.
*MARTY YURA (not appearing) is a psychologist and yoga teacher in the US.

Participation is by Donation.
Books will be available for sale and the author will be signing. 

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