Kean University Holocaust Commemoration

The annual Yom HaShoah Holocaust Commemoration at Kean University will take place on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 6:45 p.m. at the Wilkins Theatre for the Performing Arts, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey.
This year’s featured speaker will be Robert Bielsky, the youngest son of the legendary partisan commander Tuvia Bielski, portrayed by Daniel Craig in the 2009 film “Defiance.” He lectures throughout the world about the heroics of his father and uncles, and about their successful mission that saved over 1200 Jewish lives during the Holocaust, whose descendants today number in the tens of thousands.
Robert Bielsky is active in many Jewish organizations. He is a member of the Associates Board of the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City, and is past president of the Holocaust Memorial Committee of Brooklyn.
This event is free and open to the public; and is sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ and Kean University’s Holocaust Resource Center. Educators who attend will receive professional development credits, and sign language interpretation will be provided. For more information and to register, visit jfedgmw.org/kean.