good morning. and welcome to mosaic. i'm rabbi eric weiss. and honored to be your host this morning. today's program will be divided into two segments. in the last two segments, we will have a talk about a wonderful new innovation at a synagogue. in the meantime, history matters. traditions across the country come to understand how history impacts the present and the ways in which it is important to weave that history into the relationship that it has to all of us. i would like to intrude his you to esther, who is the chair of the hebrew committee.

and also morgan bluhm, the director of education at the northern holocaust center. welcome esther and morgan. >> thank you. >> we want to jump in and talk about what it is at the holocaust, in terms of its historical occurrence, has had as an impact today, on subsequent generations of those who were -- victimized by the holocaust. esther, what is the committee? >> each year we have a holocaust remembrance to -- memorial day. it coincides internationally with holocaust remembrance day. and the committee is made up of holocaust survivors and children of holocaust survivors. along with representatives of jewish agencies.

>> when we talk about children, is that where we get that terminology of, second-generation, of the children of someone who is a survivor of the holocaust or a refugee of the holocaust? >> yes. in the bay area, we have a group called, generation to generation, children of holocaust survivors. even though we are no longer children. >> what is that as a program? >> generation to generation, formed in the late 70s. and it was incorporated as a nonprofit in 1981. its mission was to offer psychological support to the issues surrounding being a child of holocaust survivors. >> wonderful. and morgan, your director of education at the holocaust center of northern california. you serve the entirety of the bay area and beyond. >> we do.

we serve schools and communities throughout northern california. we work in partnership with the museum of tolerance and the los angeles museum of the holocaust. >> so it is kind of a big question. but as director of education, on this particular experience of history, what does that mean? what is the work that you do? >> it is a good question. it changes every day. the work that we do supports students both within the four walls of the classroom. we have an active speakers bureau of 40 holocaust survivors who volunteer their time to speak to the schools. we have school groups come to us. and survivors will share their stories. we work one-on-one with teachers to try to meet the needs of teaching the holocaust in the classroom. it is part of california state standards that in 10th grade, modern world history -- if you teach in a public school, you must cover the holocaust. however, we find that teachers

don't have resources and have limited professional development opportunities to teach this. so we provide them with resources. we develop curriculum at the holocaust center. and we do -- either one-on-one training or group trainings, and workshop format. >> it is wonderful. in the bay area, especially where you have so many -- so much tension and sensitivity to diversity, and the diversity of a culture's historic experience and the impact it has on the present, what are some of the ways in which you see this issue, both in the particular of the jewish community and in the broader community as well. >> absolutely. we estimate that about 80% of the students that we serve are not from a jewish background. and we look at issues going on today for students, whether it be immigration, being a refugee family, or challenges with identity. if you're -- if your family comes from a different country, do you identify more as an american are with your families

heritage? a lot of these issues that students today are challenged with, are things that are very prevalent in the stories of the holocaust. and also how the survivors settled in the united states or wherever they want to. so we try to develop curriculum that face these challenges. as well as trying to teach lessons of upstanding. for example, are annular -- the annual day of learning, which is a conference, was on sunday, march 23 at galileo high school. we had about 750 students and teachers from 106 different schools join us. and 18 different simultaneous workshops going on. and these workshops were not just on the stories of the holocaust, with issues of diary and arts and aspects of the holocaust, but we also brought in lessons from the armenian genocide and romanda and what is going on in sudan today. we are really trying to look at

the lessons of the holocaust and connect them to the patterns of history and issues and challenges we are dealing with today. >> and that would have been lovely for the second generation to have had something like that as we were growing up. because of course, we were born of families that were not american. >> of course. >> but not only that, but they had -- the extra burden of having survived this horrendous atrocity. >> we're going to take a quick break. and return in just a moment here on mosaic.

good morning. welcome back to mosaic. i'm rabbi eric weiss and honored to be your host. we are in the middle of a

wonderful conversation about issues of the holocaust with esther stotler and morgan bluhm, who is the director of education at the holocaust center of northern colorado been a -- northern california. welcome back esther and morgan. before we went to the break, morgan was talking about the ways in which the holocaust segued into other elements of history. and unfortunately, experiences of human genocide. i'm wondering, from your experience, on perhaps a more personal level of generation to generation, how you also faced these issues. and what it means to make application to the experience or move the experience to the next generation, what that is all about. >> the second-generation -- the reason that we even created this organization, generation to generation, was because we were

trying to come to terms with how the holocaust impacted us. we were raised by these people who had this experience. and there was a common phenomenon that we discovered, when we got together, that was part of the experience of growing up as a child of holocaust survivors. and interestingly, there are an inordinate amount of children who are survivors who are psychotherapists. because of the deeply embedded psychic experience that we had, of having parents that were survivors. >> is that an indication do you think, of the power and experience it had on developing a self reflective capacity and empathy, and wanting to a simple but not simpleminded human scale to make the world better? >> yes. wanting to heal. wanting to heal psychic pain.

wanting to heal had -- heal psychological issues. >> i work closely with the third-generation. recently, we have created a group called 3ggss. i find that the third- generation connects in a very different way. there is a fascination with the history. and with doing community service. and with relating to reconciliation and with traveling to these former sites. >> i find that too. it is the difference of anyone growing up in a household as opposed to being a grandchild. >> interesting. morgan, you have a very special book. >> i do. >> it is a diary of a woman whose name is originally polish. >> exactly. >> why don't you let us know what this diary is. we're seeing it on the screen.

why don't you let us know where people can get the diary and how it was that it has come to be available. >> absolutely. for those who wish to have a copy of the wrong, you can find it on amazon. and go to our website for more information and a short film about the story. so the diarrhea something very unique. i have been a student of holocaust studies for over half of my life. i have never come across a primary resource like this. and the primary resource, it is a we are relying on as we look to the future of holocaust education in the post- survivor era. because other authors captured not only the history and the facts, but the emotion. and something was very unique about her. she was a 14-year-old girl. and she had a strong connection to her faith. which continued, as illustrated in her diary. she never doubted her faith and god. she came from a religious family. she is a beautiful writer. it is written in polish.

the hot -- the story of how he came to the holocaust center is spectacular. we were contacted almost eight years ago by the granddaughter of a russian doctor. and this russian doctor was one of -- part of the liberating soviet posted -- forces. and desire he was taken by the russian doctor, found in the ruins of the crematorium. the doctor realized it was precious but did not speak polish. and she wrapped it up and it stayed in her belongings for over 60 years. after she passed away, her granddaughter received her belongings and found this diary and realized it was something precious. and it came to meet with us at the holocaust center. we got it translated into english. we digitally preserved it. and she identified herself. and together with the database, we were able to track down the story of what happened to her.

and we imagined she was deported and alive to auschwitz. and was separated from her belongings as most people were. she was not killed at that time. she was sent to a labor camp. and then on a death march. and it was there that she was still alive upon liberation. we know the story because her cousin survived. this ends at a camp in germany. the story is amazing. i encourage people to read it. >> believe it or not, we have come to the end of our time together. we would like to encourage other folks to get nor -- to learn more about the holocaust. and to go to amazon to purchase the diary. thank you so much esther and morgan. we will return in just a

moment. see you in just a moment on mosaic.

good morning and welcome back to mosaic. if you were watching the first two segments, we want to remind you of the contact information for the holocaust center at jewish family and children's services of san francisco in sonoma county and the peninsula. as well as contact generation for, generation to generation. the morning. i'm rabbi eric weiss. we began the first two segments

looking back at the holocaust at the point of history and the way it informs us. now we will turn our attention with rabbi mark malamut. and we will talk about the future. you have a wonderful experiment that you are about to start. and really basically, social gathering and using technology. let's jump in and ask you, what it is. >> sure. we are starting a new cafi called, sunrise, sunset. we call that that mostly because of the name. about the emotions that it evokes from the movie and because we are located in the sunset. and my hope is to really build community, one cup at a time. it brings together my three favorite things. my hope is that it will be a new gathering place. synagogues have often been a place for worship, study and gathering. i want to try this experiment and gathering people from all walks of life to come in and experience culture one cup at a time. >> some people would say, the

outer district of san francisco, has its really on a rich wonderful history. and like all synagogues, looks toward the future. and i'm wondering, how was it got you came to this particular idea? and what do you hope for, for congregation and all of us in the community? >> the community has a fascinating history. it was founded by those who survived nazi germany and went through shanghai, china. and ended up in san francisco. since then, the building and community have gone through several different phases. and my hope is that this will be a nice pivot toward the times. i can't tell you, how many times do -- -- that i speak with folks who are religious or not religious, and people say, rabbi, i am not religious. but i love the culture. my hope is that this will be a place where we can gather around culture. the way you will see that and the way the cafi will be expressed, is that on a

rotating basis, we will have exhibiting work from local jewish artists. and we will have different for a dramatic either music. we have a science and magic opportunity that is coming up. it will start off on a friday night. the last friday night in may. and from there, beginning in june, we will start on the second saturday of each month. promoting culture and getting together for coffee and relaxing, doing the things that we love to do best. >> so if somebody comes to one of these events, what will they do? what is the atmosphere? >> the idea is that it is an informal and relaxed gathering of being together. so i can walk you through the doors if you like, in terms of how i imagine that. there will be a nice banner out front. the door will be open. you walk through -- and it will be playing the video, sunrise sunset. but literally to be able to walk through and encounter that time period and emotions that the movie brings up. as you walk into the social hall, you will walk through time in a way.

and be brought to a contemporary san francisco and experience some jewish cultures are either the art or the music. it will be a very informal gathering. there will be some programmatic elements were at a certain point, we will ask people to focus on the music, et cetera. will have games on the tables and coffee will be there for folks to drink. and we will be having, for the community builder, hoping to gauge the baker's. so you can have baking. you can't have coffee without some baking. so the coffee and the sweet smells. we hope that the coffee and the relaxed atmosphere will encourage people to come back on a monthly basis. we have to encourage people to come back. my idea is to take some of the ideas from religion and transfer them into cultural. so hopefully you all walk out, if you come to the first evening, and you will get a

card punched. and then you will get something free. and that will encourage you to come back. >> we will take a break. we will return as the end of the show together. before we take a break, you are at the corner of 46 and taravo. >> yes. >> we will take a quick break and return in just a moment to continue the conversation with rabbi mark malamut.

welcome back to mosaic. we are in the middle of a wonderful conversation about a great project in san francisco. we are with rabbi mark malamut. welcome back, mark. so the cafi is called, sunrise

sunset. in reference to the song from the movie, fiddler on the roof. >> so you are talking earlier about how basically, it is a gathering for people in the entire community to come and hang out and be with one another around coffee and getting to know one another. and the arts. >> that is right. so we're starting with the core of the community being those who will be helpers. we are using a word that means, an expert in the area. we have some folks who are literary or programming. they will help build a team to lead the cafi. the idea is that it is open to anyone. the entire community. we were hoping to build another spot three box -- three blocks from ocean beach. where people can stop by for coffee and an opportunity to be together. we have two opening dates right now. we are not going, monday through friday, 9:00 until 5:00 yet. the first opportunity is friday night, may 30. that will be featuring the

alexander staring -- string quartet. >> that will be 7:30 until 9:30. >> he will be playing violin. it is so beautiful. following that, it will be saturday june 14. also 7:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. in the evening. and they will be doing blues versions of jewish music. the music will always be flowing as well as the coffee. >> when we look at social media experiments, it is a venue for artists, to have their art exposed and to play around with it. so if an artist wants to experiment with what they have going on and come to, sunrise sunset, how do they contact you to get themselves on the calendar? >> this is really a start up. in the idea of building community from the ground up. we want to be open to other artists who are out there.

right now we have a system set up for every two or three months, we will be rotating the arts out of the hallways. we literally will be wiping the halls -- the halls of the social hall kling, and hanging up information about the artists. the best way for artists to contact me, is to e-mail me. and we will have a conversation about their art. >> and can they contact you if they would like to play one of the evenings? >> certainly, musicians as well. anything that seems programmatically interesting, we will promote that and encourage people to come out. >> wonderful. >> everyone -- hopefully it is a unique opportunity for a jewish community to build a new coffee space. i got interested in this

because i was looking for one and found that common in churches. it seems there is a coffee ministry. that churches have adopted the idea of a coffeehouse along with the synagogue. i looked in the jewish world for that. and have not seen it yet as far as something that is popular. i'm hoping this will be a new project and people enjoy this idea as well. >> it is a fun paradigm to play around with. >> yes. >> we have a minute left. really, just playing with the entrepreneurship and moving it forward, is the kind of thing that you can see as part of the culture of the synagogue itself. >> i'm not sure how it will develop. my hope is that the synagogue and the coffee shop will work together as a team. i am also keeping, as a separate space. a lot of people associate synagogues with prayer and a model from the past. the hope is that the coffee shop will be a way to envision the synagogue as serving a different need. >> . >> so sunrise sunset, go to

46 avenue. thank you so much for joining us here on mosaic. have a great day. ,,,,,,

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