by Karen Wilterding | Feb 16, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
LIAJ News of the Week 2/15/23 Irena Sendler was born 113 years ago, on February 15th. We remember this incredible woman with great admiration. We were with her about a week before her passing in 2008. She continued to speak about the brave Jewish people of the Warsaw...
by Karen Wilterding | Jan 30, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
LIAJ News of the Week 1-27-23 January 27th is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. As we commemorate the end of the Holocaust during World War II and the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, we honor the victims and the survivors of the Holocaust. We also...
by Karen Wilterding | Dec 5, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
! We wish a Merry Christmas, a joyous Hanukkah, and a fantastic Festival of Lights to our many friends around the world! May your heart and home be blessed with joy and peace during this season. Have you considered gifting a loved one with the “Life in a Jar:...
by Karen Wilterding | Apr 15, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
It was 80 years ago, in the spring of 1942, when Irena and her network of 25 helpers began the heroic rescue of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto. Risking their own lives, Irena and the other volunteers worked tirelessly and courageously to smuggle the...
by Karen Wilterding | Apr 15, 2022 | News
The events in Ukraine look similar to 80 years ago. In 1942 the great deportation of the Warsaw Ghetto began, plus the many rescues by the Sendler network. We remember the words of Irena Sendler. She once told us the events of WWII would occur again and again in...
