Project Witness and the Museum of Jewish Heritage announce their jointly produced event, a groundbreaking symposium, The Untold Story: Religious Faith and Practice during the Holocaust.

Sunday, May 29th, 2011, 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place New York, New York.

Highlights include:

• Women in the Holocaust: Faith and Courage in the War Years.

—Mrs. Ruth Lichtenstein, director, Project Witness.

• “Thirsty, but not for Water”: the Battle for the Jewish Book during the Holocaust.

—Mrs. Esther Farbstein, director, Holocaust Education Center, Michlala College, Israel, and author,Hidden in Thunder.

• “Wild Men”: Underground Hasidim in the Nazi Ghettos.

—Ms. Matty Lichtenstein, executive editor, Witness to History.

• Special exhibition tour: Artifacts of Spiritual Resistance.

For more information on this unique and transformational event, please contact: Project Witness at (718) WITNESS or via e-mail at info@projectwitness.org

Or

The Museum of Jewish Heritage at (646) 437-4202 or via e-mail at info@mjhnyc.org

You may also visit the following web sites:

• Project Witness
• The Museum of Jewish Heritage

The words of this author reflect his/her own opinions and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Orthodox Union.