Fanya is the recipient of the Louis E. Yavner Citizen Award from the New York Board of Regents in recognition of outstanding contributions to teaching about the Holocaust and other violations of human rights. She is the Chair of YIVO's Women's Committee and a member of YIVO's Board of Directors. Sima Blofarb Katz is an active member and support of the Israeli and Jewish community and is a member of YIVO's Women's Committee. Esther Ancoli-Barbasch, a retired microbiologist, and Esther Mishkin, a retired social worker, are members of YIVO's Women's Committee and have been volunteers at YIVO for several years. A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok.
Men are welcome.
The program will consist of a panel discussion by three of the leading experts on the fate of Romanian Jewry during the Holocaust, highlighting research in newly available records. Panelists will shed light on the Holocaust in Romania and in territories under Romanian administration. The Romanian Solution to the Jewish Problem - Dr. Dennis Deletant, Professor of Romanian Studies, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, who served as a consultant to the BBC during the Romanian Revolution. Dr. Carl J. Rheins, Executive Director, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Tickets to films may be purchased through the Center for Jewish History box office after January 15.