Ed Wiater, a World War II Vet, who is also a reporter, interviews a cast member at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.
Students talking to the Rabbi of Poland after a presentation of ‘Life in a Jar’ at the Makor Club in New York City. Rabbi Schudrich is a good friend of Irena and Life in a Jar.
The Life in a Jar group in Zakopane, Poland to present the play to 200 child survivors. We are with Rabbi Schudrich, the Rabbi of Poland, Polish student helper, Zuzia, and coordinator-child survivor and good friend, Elzbieta Ficowska.
Five of the ‘Life in a Jar’ students at Treblinka, reflecting on the terrible events.
Cast members of Life in a Jar (Megan, Jessica, and Ellie) relax with three of our favorite girls in Florida, Tamar, Liora, and Yael Lilienthal.
Noah is a high school student who plays two different roles in the performance. He portrays a rescuer and a Gestapo officer.
Our cast in Los Angeles in February of 2007, with Dr. Jane Foley and President of the World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust, Stefanie Seltzer.
Travis Stewart, brother of project founder, Megan Stewart Felt, plays Polish rescuer, Dr. Wos.
Cast members Jaime Walker, Theresa Schafer, Megan Felt, and Patricia Schafer at breakfast before the performance in Bloomsburg, PA
Members of Life in a Jar were approached in Amsterdam by a group from Panama going to Poland for the March of the Living. They had previously heard Irena’s courageous story and were overjoyed to see us and hear more about this beautiful woman!
Liz, Nick, and Travis wait behind the stage for a performance.
While in Florida, Sandra and Stephanie pose with Life in a Jar cast members for a photo between presentations. Sandra and Stephanie arranged the presentations for Life in a Jar.
A friend of the project for many years has been Renata Zajdman. She was rescued as a child from the Warsaw Ghetto and is a good friend of Irena. Renata shared in our Toronto presentations.
Mary, a senior in high school, plays the role of the orphan in the Life in a Jar performance.
Life in a Jar cast travels by train to the South of Poland.
Students talking to the Rabbi of Poland after a presentation of ‘Life in a Jar’ at the Makor Club in New York City. Rabbi Schudrich is a good friend of Irena and Life in a Jar.
Five of the ‘Life in a Jar’ students at Treblinka, reflecting on the terrible events.
Audrey and Sheldon Durst, and Dorothy Goldberg, host the group.
The Tikkun Olam banquet in 2002- honoring Life in a Jar.