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Date(s) - November 24, 2024
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Speaker
Bonnie Vorspan
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JGSLA’s next meeting – Live & Zoom link click here
Temple Ramat Zion Synagogue
17655 Devonshire St., Northridge, CA 91325
There is ample free parking in a large parking lot.
The synagogue will be open at 1:00 P.M.
My Mom, Sime Meshul, Holocaust Survivor and My Hero
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Zoom will start at 1:30 P.M.
Synagogue opens at 1:00 P.M.
Program Description:
After taking a trip to Poland in 2010, Bonnie became obsessed with genealogy and traced her mother’s path through the Pruzany Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Feldafing, DP Camp. Bonnie’s most recent journey to Poland was as a delegate to the March of the Living. Bonnie’s mother, Sime Kamieniecki (Kaminsky), was born in Poland, the oldest of 5 children, and survived two years in the Pruzany Ghetto, Poland, with her family. After being imprisoned from 1943-1945 in Auschwitz Concentration Camp and surviving the war she came to America. Bonnie researched her family genealogy including her mother’s path through the Pruzany Ghetto, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and Feldafing, DP Camp. This presentation will share Sime Meshul’s story of family life beginning in Sheroshevo, Poland (now Belarus), and ending with liberation. It is a moving story of one woman’s ability to survive.
Biography:
Bonnie Rae Meshul Vorspan is a long-time member of JGSLA. She was raised in Oxnard, California, and is a first-generation American. Having graduated from UCLA with a BA in English and from the University of Cincinnati with an MA in Early Childhood Education, she became a preschool teacher and then ECEC Director. Now retired, she volunteers at Kadima Day School, and teaches Israeli dancing to children in the Early Childhood Education Center (where her daughter, Alisha, is the director). She is a past National President of The Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework, as well as a past president of the San Fernando Valley Chapter of the Pomegranate Guild. Her husband is Rabbi David Vorspan. Bonnie volunteers as a presenter for the Holocaust Museum of Los Angeles, sharing and preserving her mother’s journey through life.
JGSLA MEMBERS FREE – $5 FOR GUESTS, ALL ARE WELCOME, please share the ZOOM link with folks you know.
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AND for the year to come, here are dates to keep in mind:
Jan. 26, 2025 Ester Shifren, South African Jewish Genealogy at Temple Ramat Zion.
Feb. 23, 2025 Jewish LA series – Joyce Linden, “My Family, Los Angeles Deaf Education and the Founding of a Synagogue for the Deaf.” at Temple Ramat Zion.
March 30, 2025 Jewish LA series – The Jews of Uzbekistan and the Uzbek LA Jewish Connection.
A panel discussion at Temple Ramat Zion.
April 27, 2025 Jewish LA series – Diane Berley, “The Early Jews of LA, my family starting with Joseph Newark and the Hellman family.” at Temple Ramat Zion.