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Nolan Catholic H.S. 4501 Bridge Street in Fort Worth, TX
Norm Conard will present at a Universal Read at the Nolan Catholic High School in Fort Worth, Texas...
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Manhattan, Kansas
Description: Life in a Jar will be presented in Manhattan, Kansas on Friday, October 11th, 2013. ...
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Manhattan, Kansas
Life in a Jar will present in Manhattan, Kansas on Friday, October 11th, 2013. The performance is...
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Solel Synagogue-Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Norm Conard will present at the Kristallnacht commemoration on Friday, November 1, 2013. The sponsor...
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Mound City, Kansas
Life in a Jar will perform at the Jayhawk Elementary School Auditorium in Mound City, Kansas on Thursday...
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Cervantes Convention Center in St. Louis, MO
Life in a Jar/the Irena Sendler Project will host a booth and present at a workshop at the National...
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St.Louis
A presentation and booth will be displayed at the National Council for the Social Studies nation-wide...
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TBA
"Life in a Jar will present a Saturday performance in Fort Scott, KS to a school reunion. Contact...
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Baby and the Silver Spoon - 1/5/2012
"Seventy years ago today a baby was born in the Warsaw Ghetto. Her parents commemorated her birth by engraving a silver spoon with her birthdate - 5 January 1942 - and her name - Elzbieta. Irena Sendler rescued Elzbieta 5 months later, just before the liquidation of the ghetto, by smuggling her out in a carpenter's box. In that box, along with their baby, her parents put the silver spoon, which, to this day, is the only physical remains of her family. Elzbieta grew to become an important civic leader in Poland, she befriended the Life in a Jar Kansas students who rescued Irena Sendler's story, and continued to care for her rescuer, Irena Sendler, until Irena died in 2008. Happy Birthday, Elzbieta!" author-Jack Mayer
Happy Birthday, Elzbieta, from the Life in a Jar and Irena Sendler Project family. |
Life in a Jar presentations - 11/8/2011
What a wonderful audience in Orange, CT, as we shared Life in a Jar and Irena Sendler's story of courage and valor with Congregation Or Shalom. Rabbi Alvin Wainhaus and his congregation were great hosts and a large crowd was present, as Norm Conard spoke on Unsung Heroes, Life in a Jar, the Irena Sendler Project. A thanks to U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal and State Representative, Paul Davis, for their involvement. Plus, we thank the State General Assembly of Connecticut for their resolution on our behalf. Fern Tausig did an excellent job of organizing the event. This was Or Shalom's 5th annual commemoration of Kristallnacht and the largest crowd yet. This event is a testimony to the power of one person to change the world. We salute this congregation's statement of Tikkun Olam.
Irena's story and the Life in a Jar book will be featured in a panel on Wednesday night, November 9th, at 6:30PM, at the 60th Annual Detroit Jewish Book Fair in West Bloomfield, Michigan. The JCC hosts the oldest and largest book fair in the nation. The panel will include; child survivor - Rene Lichtman, author - Jack Mayer, Life in a Jar Foundation Director - Norm Conard and child survivor saved by Irena Sender - Renata Zajdman. We are looking forward to a powerful evening.
The 299th presentation of Life in a Jar will be presented in La Jolla, CA this Sunday afternoon, November 13th. Life in a Jar will present at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla. Presentation time is 3:30PM. Contact person is: Marcia Wollner, marcia@ajesd.org, at 858.268.9200-ext.123. The Life in a Jar performers are directed by founders, Megan Felt and Jessica Ripper. These young people are still committed to making a difference in the world. |
Performances, Irena & Kristallnacht - 11/2/2011
Norm Conard will present in Orange, CT this Sunday at the Kristallnacht commemoration.
The Life in a Jar/Irena Sendler Project book will be featured at the Detroit Jewish Book Fair on Wednesday, November 9th.
Life in a Jar's 299th performance will be in La Jolla on Sunday, November 13th.
The 300th performance of Life in a Jar will be in Lebanon, MO on Sunday, December 4th.
Note: In November of 1938, Irena Sendler was very saddened to hear about Kristallnacht. She was already working in the social welfare department of Warsaw and saw many of her Jewish clients go without basic needs. She also was back in the University of Warsaw, finishing her degree. She had been expelled several years earlier for comments made in support of her Jewish friends.
**This information and information on our website: www.irenasendler.org, comes from interviews with Irena (over ten) and hundreds of primary interviews, many set up by Irena.
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Governor-Book-Otwock,Poland - 10/7/2011
Kansas book festival and Governor's reception
Last Saturday was the 2011 Kansas Book Festival at the Kansas State Historical Society in Topeka. Attendees of the event could meet with authors, participate in panel discussions, go to book signings, and participate in projects for children. Author Jack Mayer was present, his writing of Life in a Jar/the Irena Sendler Project was recognized with a Kansas medal. “I’m very pleased,” Kansas First Lady Mary Brownback said. “It’s a beautiful day, it’s gone very smoothly.” Joanne Budler, state librarian, and Roy Bird, director of the Kansas Center for the Book, honored 15 fiction, nonfiction, and children’s book authors with a medal for the literary contributions.
Barnes and Noble autograph signing on Saturday, October 8th, from 2-4PM
There will be a Life in a Jar/Irena Sendler Project book signing at Barnes and Noble, Oak Park Mall, on Saturday, October 8th. Several of the cast and original members of the project will be present. The book will be featured at the national Jewish Book Fair in Detroit during the first week of November.
Otwock, Poland
We thought you might want to see the town where Irena Sendler grew up. Also, where her father had his children's hospital. There were also orphanages in the town which were used during the World War II time period. This website is about the Otwock Children's Home where child survivor Mel Goldberg was as a child. We had the privilege to go with him on his return to Warsaw and this site.
Look forward for more specific information on Irena's childhood. |
Barnes & Noble, Toronto, the Governor and Author Jack - 9/22/2011
Barnes and Noble at the Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, Kansas will hold a book signing for Life in a Jar/the Irena Sendler Project. The signing will be on Saturday, October 8, from 2-4PM.
Here's a big thank you for the wonderful hospitality shown to Norm in Toronto. Rabbi and Goldie Plotkin, you have a marvelous congregation. Paul and Chips Klein, thanks for the opening of your home. Also, what a surprise and thrill to see some great friends; Michael Zajdman (son of child survivor and long-time friend of the project, Renata), Mel (child survivor) and Marilyn Goldberg, plus Lawrence and Lynn (longtime friends of Michael and Renata). What a beautiful evening of sharing in Canada!
Friday night, at the Governor's Mansion in Topeka, Kansas, the Life in a Jar book will be recognized. Also, on Saturday at the Museum of History in Topeka, the book and author Jack Mayer (see below) will be recognized with the Notable Book of Kansas award.
TOMORROW, September 23rd, is the 12th anniversary of the Life in a Jar project starting. We are starting our 13th year of sharing Irena's inspirational story. 40 students have been involved in the project, with the oldest now being 28.
Our 2007 U.S. Irena Sendler Award recipient sends more news on his Genocide conference in Rwanda, Africa.
JACK MAYER RECEIVES Public Citizen of the Year Award from the Vermont Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.
He will be giving the keynote address at their annual conference on Friday September 23rd at Sugarbush, Vermont. The title of the address is "Irena Sendler: Profile in Courage"
Here is the criteria for the award.
Public Citizen of the Year
A community member who lives and works in Vermont and does not hold a social work degree.
Addresses social issues that support equal rights regardless of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation or physical challenge.
Advocates and/or works with vulnerable and at risk populations.
Has made significant contributions to the lives of individuals, families, communities and the human services.
Advocates and contributes to the public’s awareness of social problems.
Demonstrates outstanding leadership and initiative through political and social action.
Demonstrates the highest standards of personal conduct and integrity and exhibits social work values and ethics. |
September 12, 2001 - 9/12/2011
Has it been ten years since we called Rabbi Taub at B'nai Jehudah in Overland Park, Kansas? We expected our performance on September 12, 2001 to be canceled because of the events the preceding day. The Rabbi said over the phone that the Life in a Jar play was needed now, more than ever. He had no idea how many would attend. 250 chairs were set up, but over 500 people arrived to standing room only. The applause after the play was sustained and emotional. A highlight of the evening was the comment/question and answer session, which was inspirational. This was the evening a number of people came into our lives, including Howard & Ro Jacobson, Bruce & Gayle Krigel, John & Jenny Isenberg, and Irv Robinson. |
Irena Sendler Award & Child Survivors Conference - 8/30/2011
The World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust 23rd annual conference was held in Warsaw, Poland this past week. Our good friend, Stephanie Seltzer, President of the Conference, and Rene Lichtman from Detroit (who has been a part of several projects with Life in a Jar) helped organize this powerful time. Norm Conard presented a panel and joined in activities. Also present at the conference was Renata Zajdman of Montreal, who earlier in the week received the Bene Merito award from the Government of Poland for 'good in the world.'
Also attending the conference was the Israeli Ambassador to Poland, Zvi Rav-Ner, the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Lee Feinstein, the Mayor of Warsaw, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, and the assistant to the President of Poland. The President, Bronislaw Komorowski, sponsored a dinner on the first night. Long time friend of the program, Rabbi of Poland, Michael Schudrich, was involved in the conference and the Irena Sendler Award. Pitor Zettinger, of Sweden, was saved by Irena and also attended the conference.
Renata Zajdman and Elzbieta Ficowska, both saved by Irena, were involved in many events. Both are great friends of Life in a Jar & Irena Sendler Project.
The 5th recipient of the Irena Sendler Award was awarded on Thursday, August 18th, in the Palace of the Foreign Ministry. Grazyna Ferenc, was the winner of this years award. She is a history teacher in Katowice and extremely active in Holocaust education. The ceremony was organized by Elzbieta Ficowska and Iga Kazimierczyk, of the Center For Citizenship Education. The Children of the Holocaust Association also participated. Here is a photo of the winner and finalists.
Last, but not least, Elizabeth Cambers Hutton and her husband Graham had a baby girl on August 22nd. Lydia Michael Hutton weighed 8lbs 14oz and is the first child of Elizabeth and Graham. Elizabeth is the last of the four 'Sendlerowa girls' to be blessed with a child.
Attention: be watching for new information on the childhood of Irena Sendler. Research was done and is being done in Poland on her childhood family hometown of Otwock, Poland. |
Warsaw Conference and more - 8/15/2011
Norm will be speaking at the World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust, the 23rd International Conference in Warsaw, Poland this week. On Sunday he will present on a panel dealing with Teaching the Holocaust in the classroom. He also will be sharing the stories of unsung heroes and the powerful Life in a Jar/the Irena Sendler Project.
A highlight of the week in Warsaw will be an afternoon tour on August 18th to the town of Otwock. Otwock was the town where Irena Sendler grew up and it has an orphanage where she hid children during the Holocaust. Norm will be visiting the town and orphanage with Renata Zajdman, Elzbieta Ficowska (both saved by Irena) and Dr. Mel Goldberg, who is a child survivor. We believe this is the first visit back for Dr. Goldberg. Powerful!!
The latest issue of Visions magazine has a great story on Irena Sendler and the kids from Kansas.
Our 2011 Irena Sendler Award winner from the U.S., Lee Holder of North Carolina, recently traveled to Poland and met Anna Kloza, the 2008 Irena Sendler Award winner from Poland. Lee is active in writing lesson plans on the Holocaust.
The Life in a Jar family spent Sunday afternoon at the home of our wonderful friends, Bruce and Gayle Krigel of Kansas City. The Krigels host the students and families each year and everyone has a beautiful time. Good friends, Howard and Ro Jacobson, John and Jenny Isenberg, Merilyn Berenbom and others were present to experience a time of relaxation and the sharing of projects, including the latest on the Irena Sendler project. The names listed above have been with the project for a decade. |
Life in a Jar book receives honor - 6/23/2011
Life in a Jar:The Irena Sendler Project has been selected as a 2011 Kansas Notable Book. This award, presented by the Kansas Center for the Book, honors 15 outstanding titles by Kansas authors or about Kansas. The book will be honored by the Governor and others in Topeka, Kansas this September. |
Presentations, Survivors Conference and National History Day - 6/16/2011
Norm enjoyed sharing the Irena Sendler story, Life in a Jar and the Lowell Milken Center unsung heroes in history, to a wonderful audience in West Long Branch, New Jersey. The emails from the audience were most appreciate and echoed our belief that one person can change the world. Thanks Angela Natenzon and the great group of volunteers who made the stay so enjoyable.
We have a big announcement coming, more later!!!!!
We are looking forward to the World Federation of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants conference in Warsaw this August. Stefanie Seltzer, Rene Lichtman and many others are working to make this conference present a powerful statement.
Congratulations to the five Fort Scott projects which competed at the National History Day national competition this week. Three of the projects came in 4th, 7th and 10th in the nation. Life in a Jar was originally a National History Day project. Cathy Gorn and the NHD staff continue to offer learning opportunities in this great program to close to a million students each year. The 4th place winner was based on the story of Hiram Bingham IV and his work using visas to save Jews during the Holocaust. |
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