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The 65th Yahrzeit of Isocher Zeldin
Socher’s passport. He was born in Dvinsk (today Daugavpils) Latvia
He passed away in Cape Town on Guy Fawkes Day – 5 November 1958
He re-established himself and his family in Cape Town South Africa
Socher’s descendants around the world
Socher and Chasa Zeldin
and their six daughters left Riga for South Africa between 1927 to 1937.
Two sons were left behind. Moisey died in the Holocaust, David survived.
Socher and Chasa, their 5 married daughters and their husbands.
Socher’s other children
11 of the 15 his Cape Town grandchildren.
Leon Spiller’s Barmitzvah – Socher is not in the photo!
With his mate Charlie Slivkin
Socher passed away on Guy Fawkes Day – 5 Nov 1958 aged 77.
Family reunion in Cape Town in the 80s
Socher’s late grandson Mendel and Mendel’s daughter Bella, Mendel’s nieces Alla & Mira, and Mendel’s great niece Angela.
Socher’s 2 x great grand daughter Lucy’s wedding in NY in 2010
Socher’s grand daughter Zara and her late brother Mendel’s NY & Toronto families in 2017
Socher’s grand daughter Zara, her daughters Mira and Alla and Avram-Yakov in Toronto
In Brooklyn NY with Bella, Lucy, Estee, Jonathan, Alex & my brother Michael – meeting for the first time.
Mitre Family History – Navahrudak
From David Black
Navarudak KehilaLink
JewishGen – The Home of Jewish Genealogy
JewishGen – The Home of Jewish Genealogy
Yom Hashoah Global
8 April 2021
HAMEC has once again partnered with the WE ARE HERE! Foundation to bring a streamed video event for Yom HaShoah.
The “Yom HaShoah Global Commemoration,” featuring schools, students, and speakers (including HAMEC speakers Daniel Goldsmith and Ruth Hartz) from around the world, will premiere on YouTube on Thursday, April 8th at 9am EDT. (11pm Sydney, 9pm Perth, 2pm London, 6am PST)
Watch this youtube page (https://www.youtube.com/c/elirab52/) or look for another post from us linking to the streamed premiere.
We are featuring the following schools on this Yom Hashoah presentation:
Sholem Aleichem College, Melbourne Australia
Ellenbrook Secondary College, Perth Australia
Carmel School Perth Australia
King David School, Victory Park South Africa
Herzlia School, Cape Town South Africa
ORT Dimcho Debelianov Hebrew and English Language School, Sofia Bulgaria
ORT Technology Lyceum, Kishinev Moldova
ORT Tekhiya, Moscow Russia
JDS Seattle, USA
JPEF – Jewish Partisans’ Educational Foundation, San Fransisco
Survivors:
Mrs Miriam Lichterman
Mr. Daniel Goldsmith
Ms Ruth Hartz
Student contributors:
Maria O – ORT Tekhiya
Ben Zar, Eron Norrie, Daniel Marsden, Shallya Samakosky, Jonty Schkolne & Rachel Wohlman – Herzlia School
Julia K – JDS Seattle
Thanks to:
Sholem Aleichem College
Conductor Ilana Perlich
Pianist Tomi Kalinski
Grade 5 & 6 students
Production – Kreative Solutionz, Samuel Strunin
The JCCV, Randi Grose, Michael Cohen, Fredl Mrocki
Stuart Rhine-Davis – Ellenbrook Secondary College
Michele Galanti – Carmel School
Kirsten Kukard, Mark Helfrich & Ivor Joffe – Herzlia School
Mandy-Reine Gruzd & Nikki Richard – King David Victory Park
Nance Adler – JDS Seattle
Stela Dinkova – ORT Sofia
Anna Zaytseva – ORT Tekhiya Moscow
Anna Kurilova – ORT Kishinev
Noongar translation: Jesse J Fleay – Edith Cowan University, Perth
Musical arrangement – Suzanne Kosowitz, Perth
Article in the CJC
Witnessing Holocaust History: From Generation To Generation
Witnessing Holocaust History: From Generation To Generation – A New Global Project Partnership between WE ARE HERE! Perth, Australia, HAMEC Philadelphia and World ORT, London #education
From: Eli Rabinowitz
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020
Perth, Australia
This global program will start with 19 ORT schools on 27 January 2021, and will continue with more schools for Yom Hashoah through 8/9 April 2021
Website:
https://wah.foundation/witnessing-holocaust-history-from-generation-to-generation/
Press Statement from HAMEC:
WITNESSING HOLOCAUST HISTORY: FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
WITNESSING HOLOCAUST HISTORY: FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
HAMEC ORT WAH! Ruth Almy Intro 27 January 2021
Source: youtu.be/Fqm3R-h6RPE
Participating ORT Schools for the 27 January 2021 event are:
| Country/ City | Timezone | School |
| Mexico/ Mexico City | CST | CIM-ORT |
| South Africa/ Cape Town | SAST | Herzlia |
| South Africa/Johannesburg | SAST | King David Victory Park High |
| Bulgaria/Sofia | EEST | Dimcho Debelianov Hebrew and English Language School |
| Netherlands/ Amsterdam | CET | JSG Maimonides |
| Spain/Madrid | CET | ORT Colegio Estrella Toledano |
| Russia/ St Petersburg | MST | ORT de Gunzburg Secondary School # 550 “Shorashim” |
| Russia/ Samara | SST | Samara ORT Secondary School# 42, “Gesher” |
| Russia/ Moscow | MST | ORT Tekhiya, Center of Education # 1311 |
| Russia/Moscow | MST | ORT Moscow Technology School, Gymnasium # 1540 |
| Russia/ Kazan | MST | ORT “Mishpahteinu” Secondary School # 12 |
| Ukraine/ Chernivtsi | EEST | ORT Specialized School #41 |
| Ukraine/ Kiev | EEST | Kiev ORT Educational Complex #141 |
| Ukraine/ Odessa | EEST | ORT Secondary School # 94 |
| Ukraine/ Zhaporozhie | EEST | ORT “Aleph” Jewish Gymnasium |
| Moldova/ Kishinev | EEST | ORT Technology Lyceum |
| Estonia/ Tallinn | EEST | ORT Tallinn Jewish School |
| Latvia/ Riga | EEST | ORT Network Jewish Secondary School |
| Lithuania/ Vilnius | EEST | Vilnius Sholom Aleichem ORT School |
Bielski Reunion, Belarus
For more info about this post, contact Eli Rabinowitz eli@elirab.com
The World Premiere of the four language Partisan Song
The World Premiere of the four language Partisan Song
Ellenbrook Secondary College & Carmel High SchoolAt Ellenbrook Secondary College5 August 2019
Source: youtu.be/iIJ-rC-DcWA
The 62nd Yahrzeit of Isocher Zeldin
Socher’s passport. He was born in Dvinsk (today Daugavpils) Latvia
He passed away in Cape Town on Guy Fawkes Day – 5 November 1958
He re-established himself and his family in Cape Town South Africa
Socher’s descendants around the world
Socher and Chasa Zeldin
and their six daughters left Riga for South Africa between 1927 to 1937.
Two sons were left behind. Moisey died in the Holocaust, David survived.
Socher and Chasa, their 5 married daughters and their husbands.
Socher’s other children
11 of the 15 his Cape Town grandchildren.
Leon Spiller’s Barmitzvah – Socher is not in the photo!
With his mate Charlie Slivkin
Socher passed away on Guy Fawkes Day – 5 Nov 1958 aged 77.
Family reunion in Cape Town in the 80s
Socher’s late grandson Mendel and Mendel’s daughter Bella, Mendel’s nieces Alla & Mira, and Mendel’s great niece Angela.
Socher’s 2 x great grand daughter Lucy’s wedding in NY in 2010
Socher’s grand daughter Zara and her late brother Mendel’s NY & Toronto families in 2017
Socher’s grand daughter Zara, her daughters Mira and Alla and Avram-Yakov in Toronto
In Brooklyn NY with Bella, Lucy, Estee, Jonathan, Alex & my brother Michael – meeting for the first time.
We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope
We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope
Livestreamed at: www.wearehere.live
This special livestreamed concert event commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and the 77th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, even as it speaks to the challenges of the current moment.
—Featuring: Mayim Bialik, Renée Fleming, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Joel, Academy Award Winner – Adrien Brody
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Lang Lang, Joyce DiDonato, Lea Salonga, Lauren Ambrose, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo and many others—
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
Sing For Hope
In partnership with:
Lang Lang International Music Foundation
Network of 135+ organizations across the globe to livestream event— in 14 countries (Australia, Belarus, Canada, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Ukraine, the UK, and the US) and 35 US states. We hope to reach more than 100,000 people worldwide with a message of hope grounded in our history and elevated by powerful music.
Australia: WE ARE HERE Foundation
Premieres USA: Sunday June 14 at 2pm US ET (New York) and goes dark Wed 17th 2pm US ET
Australia: Monday June 15 at 4am – Eastern States (3:30am – Adelaide, 2am – WA, 6am – Auckland)
The video will be online for 72 hours after that, until Thursday 18th in Australia
Livestreamed at: www.wearehere.live
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising—in which 13,000 Jews died fighting Nazi oppression in April and May 1943—was the largest single act of resistance during the Holocaust. The Uprising was the inspiration for “Zog nit keyn mol” (Yiddish: “Never Say”), also known as the “Partisan Song,” which was written in 1943 by Hirsch Glick while he was in the Vilna Ghetto. The song, which exemplifies Jewish resistance to Nazi persecution, provided the initial inspiration for the June 14 concert event, and resonates today with themes of resistance, resilience, and hope.
“We are all inspired by the example set in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The Partisan Song, which begins and ends this program, speaks to the fight for social justice and fundamental human rights,” said Bruce Ratner, Chairman of the Board at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.
“With this program we hope to make our contribution to the tradition of resilience, resistance, and hope.” said Jack Kliger, President & CEO of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, NYC
The partial list of those featured:
Renowned actors, musicians, and civic leaders who will be featured in the event include: EGOT-winner Whoopi Goldberg; four-time Grammy Award and National Medal of Arts-winner, star soprano Renée Fleming; Grammy Hall of Famer and Tony-winner Billy Joel; world-renowned pianist Lang Lang; the iconic Dr. Ruth Westheimer; Emmy- and Tony-nominated actress Lauren Ambrose; multi-platinum, Tony-winning Broadway star Lea Salonga; multi-Grammy-winning opera star Joyce DiDonato; award-winning actress Mayim Bialik; acclaimed soprano and curator Julia Bullock; conductor and pianist Christian Reif; Broadway actor and Lucille Lortel-winner Steven Skybell; multi-Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard; internationally renowned baritone Lester Lynch; Broadway star Jelani Remy; award-winning comedienne Jackie Hoffman; Broadway veteran and international opera singer Elmore James; beloved klezmer singer Daniel Kahn; 2020 Grammy-winner John Brancy; pianist and NPR From The Top host Peter Dugan; Congregation Rodeph Sholom Cantor Rebecca Garfein; Yiddish singer Sasha Lurje; celebrated Yiddish theater performer Dani Marcus; Yiddish Fiddler star Rachel Zatcoff; Congregation Rodeph Sholom organist J. David Williams; New York City Opera and Yiddish theater performer Glenn Seven Allen; accordionist and composer Patrick Farrell; internationally recognized soprano Jennifer Zetlan; renowned operatic and new music interpreter Blythe Gaissert; pianist and conductor Gerald Steichen; pianist and musical director Thomas Bagwell; National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene Artistic Director Zalmen Mlotek; and acclaimed sopranos and Sing for Hope Co-Founders Monica Yunus and Camille Zamora. A special feature of the program will be the world premiere of a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Corigliano based on a text by Kitty O’Meara, to be performed by Ms. Fleming.
More details:
PRESS RELEASE – We Are Here FINAL – 6-10-2020
Livestreamed at: www.wearehere.live
Eli Rabinowitz
The Partisans’ Song in four languages – Yiddish, Hebrew, Noongar & English
We Are Here – Now!
How an idea has progressed around the globe!
From: UK Jewish Telegraph Manchester – May 2018
To: Philadephia – April 2020
Highlights
Australia 2019
Melbourne, Australia
The William Cooper Legacy
Maroopna VIC, Australia 2019
London 2019 – World ORT
Johannesburg – ORT SA
The Together Plan 2019
Birzh Lithuania 2019
Kedainiai, Lithuania 2019
Israel 2019
Belarus 2019
IAJGS Conference in Cleveland 2019
South Africa
Zog Nit Keynmol on Yom Hashoah 2020
Zog Nit Keynmol on Yom Hashoah 2020
South Africa – Footage from SAJBD Facebook Live Stream with thanks
Source: youtu.be/ab_o311MR6Y
Choir Performances | WE ARE HERE!
Choir Performances | WE ARE HERE!
At Perth Modern School at Kristallnacht Commemoration on 10 November 2019 The joint choir of Ellenbrook Secondary College and Carmel High School The World Premiere performance at Ellenbrook Secondary
Source: wah.foundation/program/
Yom Hashoah – The Partisans’ Song Legacy
Commencing tonight, on 20 April 2020, and continuing tomorrow, on the 21st, corresponding to the 27th day of Nisan, the State of Israel and many Jews around the globe, commemorate the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, as well as the heroism of survivors, and Jewish Partisans and rescuers.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and global lockdown, regular ceremonies will not be held.
We have compiled this YouTube highlights video to give you a perspective of why the the Partisans’ Song is so integral to a meaningful commemoration:
Educators and students are welcome to download a functional powerpoint presentation (1.8gb) that matches this video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18g67tFpg0YpKtAp2dtSX1J1CyUTOsVeQ/view?usp=sharing
I can also run an online ZOOM presentation for your school or organisation. Please contact me at eli@elirab.com to arrange this. There is no charge for this or the accompanying lesson plans and films.
Here is a pdf of the List of Slides on my presentation:
Here is more information for you:
Yom Hazikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah or Holocaust Remembrance Day.
In Israel, flags are lowered to half-mast, there is no public entertainment; ceremonies are held, and a siren at 10:00 signals the start of two minutes of silence.
The ceremonies held, usually conclude with Zog Nit Keynmol, the Partisans’ Song and Hatikvah.
“Zog nit keyn mol” (Never Say; Yiddish: זאָג ניט קיין מאָל, [zɔg nit kɛjn mɔl]) or “Partizaner lid” (Partisan Song) is a Yiddish song considered one of the chief anthems of the Holocaust survivors and is sung in memorial services around the world.
The lyrics of the song were written in 1943 by Hirsh Glick, a young Jewish inmate of the Vilna Ghetto. The title means “Never Say”, and derives from the first line of the song. Glick’s lyrics were set to music from a pre-war Soviet song written by Pokrass brothers, Dmitri and Daniel, “Терская походная” (Terek Cossacks’ March Song), also known as “То не тучи – грозовые облака” (Those aren’t clouds but thunderclouds), originally from the 1937 film I, Son of Working People (story by Valentin Kataev).
Glick was inspired to write the song by news of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. During World War II, “Zog nit keyn mol” was adopted by a number of Jewish partisan groups operating in Eastern Europe. It became a symbol of resistance against Nazi Germany‘s persecution of the Jews and the Holocaust.
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WE ARE HERE! For Upstanders
WE ARE HERE! For Upstanders
For Upstanders – Founded by Eli Rabinowitz
Source: wah.foundation
