With summer in full swing, we hope you are enjoying yours and that you will consider adding some of the events listed in this newsletter to your calendar. Gen After is already in the process of planning fall and winter activities, including our in-person membership party and annual meeting, which will be held in November. This year’s meeting will feature Board elections. In order to vote, you must be a paid member. If you are interested in becoming a Board member or if you would like to nominate someone, please email us by August 15.

We know you enjoy receiving our newsletter, but if you have not already become a paid member, please consider doing so. In addition to voting in Board elections, only as a paid member will you be able to:

• join our Book Group, Writing Groups, and Speakers' Bureau
• enable Gen After to give tzedakah to Blue Card to support survivors
• help plan special programs for 2Gs and other descendants.

Check your membership status at genafterdc.org

See you soon!

Shelli Klein

President

Olimpia Nowicka-Sulla

Vice President

UPCOMING: 2G Author Presentation, July 27, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT

Gen After Board member and author Pauline Steinhorn will speak about her book, Dreaming of the River: A Mother and Daughter's Fight for Survival During the Holocaust, at the Politics & Prose bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC. Details.

UPCOMING: Book Group, August 23, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT

Our next book will be The Nine: How a Band of Daring Resistance Women Escaped from Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss, the niece of the leader of the group. It is a true story of nine female resistance fighters who escaped a German forced labor camp.

Gen After members can RSVP to receive the Zoom link. New members are welcome! Join or renew today.

UPCOMING: Speakers' Bureau, August 30, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT

At our next Speakers' Bureau meeting, we will have a special guest. Marina Artukovic recently completed Teach the Shoah's Lesaper program, which pairs college students and recent graduates with Holocaust survivors to learn to tell their stories. Marina, a senior history student at UCLA, was in TTS's most recent LA cohort. She will share her memorable experience with us. Marina is in DC for the summer doing an internship at American University.

We also plan to continue to share feedback on talks our members have given.

RSVP to receive the Zoom link. A reminder that Generations After Speakers' Bureau members must be paid-up members of the organization. Join or renew today.

IN MEMORIUM: Col. Frank Cohn, U.S. Army (Ret.), z"l

With heavy hearts, the Board of Directors of The Generations After mourns the loss of our dear friend and survivor, Frank Cohn. Frank was a member of our organization and Speakers' Bureau. On April 14 he spoke to members of the Israeli Embassy staff, a moving experience for both him and his audience. Then again, all of the talks given by this almost 101-year-old survivor were memorable. May his family be comforted among the mourners of Zion. His name will surely be for a blessing. Learn more about Frank and read his obituary.

Join or Renew Your Gen After Membership

Individual member dues are $36, and family memberships are $54. Your generous support will help us keep you and the 2G community engaged and informed and ensure that the legacy of the Shoah is never forgotten.

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P. O. Box 2121

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Send your Gen After Newsletter Items by the 23rd of Each Month

Do you know of an event or news item that the Generations After community needs to learn about? Please email it by the 23rd of the month along with a very short description to genafter@genafterdc.org. Our Communication Committee will review it and, if possible, publish it in the upcoming issue.

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UPCOMING: The Spy Behind Home Plate, July 13, 2026, 7:30 PM EDT

July 9–13: Watch the documentary online.

JULY 13: Join the online conversation and Q&A with 2G filmmaker Aviva Kempner,

hosted by the Haberman Institute for Jewish Studies

Following her Peabody award-winning The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, Aviva Kempner once again turns to the fascinating (in this case double) life of a Jewish baseball player: Moe Berg. A rarefied intellectual from Newark, NJ, Berg played catcher for five major league teams… and was also a spy for the OSS during WWII as part of the effort to undermine the German atomic bomb program. Rare archival footage and interviews with historians, sportswriters, and espionage experts unravel this stranger-than-fiction story. Register.

UPCOMING: WFJHS&D Conference, October 23–26, 2026

Please join us! This conference is a unique opportunity not only to meet other 3Gs, 2Gs, survivors, and allies, but also to make deep and meaningful connections with individuals who relate to you in ways that you might not expect. 

We are trying to bring as many multigenerational families to this year’s conference as we can. We have heard from past attendees in our community how much these days have meant to them on a variety of levels, and this year we hope to bring the largest 3G contingent yet!

Register to attend the fall 2026 WFHS&D conference.

ONGOING: 2026–2027 JCRC Student to Student Program

Do you know a rising high school junior or senior in the 2026-27 school year who would be a good candidate for the Jewish Community Relations Council's Student to Student leadership program?

Nominate a Jewish teen leader! Students can nominate themselves or can be recommended by a parent, teacher, or friend. Student to Student brings together Jewish students from different backgrounds and denominations, trains them to talk about Judaism, Jewish culture, and their lives as Jewish teens to middle school and high school audiences across the DMV. The program aims to foster understanding among peers and reduce antisemitism through direct conversations between Jewish and non-Jewish teens. In the 2025-26 school year, students gave 114 presentations to audiences throughout the DMV, reaching almost 6,000 students.

- Ongoing Activities -

Jewish Soldiers Project

The Jewish Soldiers Project serves the needs of Jews in the military serving our nation in the U.S. and around the world. Please send names of service members in need of assistance to the Jewish Soldiers Project. You can also make donations there. Follow this nonprofit organization on Facebook to learn more.

Gen After Remember a Child Program

Are there b'nai mitzvah coming up in the family? Your synagogue?

The Remember A Child (RAC) program pairs adult and young b'nai mitzvah students with children murdered during the Shoah before they were able to have a bar or bat mitzvah. Participants receive a scroll of remembrance, biography, and links for additional information about their child. More than 800 b'nai mitzvah students have enriched their milestone simcha by participating in this meaningful program. Contact RAC Coordinator Barbara Brandys at genafter@genafterdc.org for information or visit the RAC website page.

Holocaust Survivors–The Last Generation

Child survivors meet the third Sunday of each month. Join the Zoom call or contact Ayana Touval for more information.

3GDC

Learn about DC, Maryland, and Virginia 3rd Generation activities on the 3G Facebook page.

Resources to Address Antisemitism

Listing of several organizations that can assist in addressing antisemitic incidents.

Campus4All.org offers tools for Jewish students to navigate antisemitism on U.S. college campuses.

Arolsen Archive Project "Every Name Counts"

“Every Name Counts” aspires to make available every name contained in the online archive. Help digitize names into the massive and vital Arolsen Archive. Learn more at the Arolsen Archive website or #everynamecounts.

Generations of the Shoah, International (GSI)

GSI newsletters list hundreds of Holocaust-related events, conferences, lectures, books, and resources from around the world at www.genshoah.org.

Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR)

JFR supports those who rescued Jewish victims during the Shoah. Learn more and sign up for newsletters.

CESJDS Fellowship to Combat Antisemitism

The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School has announced a fellowship to mobilize local teens to combat antisemitism. More details can be found on the JDS website and in this Washington Jewish Week article.

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