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Rescuer Support
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) provides monthly financial assistance to aged and needy Righteous Gentiles, non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. The majority of the rescuers receiving financial support live in Eastern Europe, with Poland having the largest number of rescuers. The JFR provides a special award at Christmas for the purchase of food, medicine, and home heating fuel.
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The Gianopoulou and Axiopoulos Families
Mentes and Miriam Mordechai and their five children lived in Veria, Greece. Melpomeni's sister worked for the Mordechai family. When the persecution of Jews began in 1942, Melpomeni and her sisters agreed to help the family. The youngest child died while in hiding. Everyone else survived the war.
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Holocaust Education
Holocaust Education
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) is committed to teaching the history of the Holocaust and to preserving the legacy of Righteous Gentiles, non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. We do this through our Holocaust teacher education program.
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The JFR education program educates middle and high school teachers from across the United States as well as U.S. Holocaust center personnel about the history of the Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, rescue, and the context in which these heroic rescuers acted.
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About the JFR
About the JFR
During the Holocaust there were thousands on non-Jews who refused to be passive in the face of the evil they witnessed, rescuing Jews, often at risk to their own lives and the lives of their families. In 1986, Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis z"l established The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) to fulfill the traditional Jewish commitment to
hakarat hatov
, the searching out and recognition of goodness.
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The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous
80 Main Street, Suite 380
West Orange, NJ 07052
(973) 736–1800
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Stay informed with our Updates section, where we share the latest news, important announcements, and key insights related to our work and mission. Whether it's upcoming events, educational programs, or timely reflections, these updates keep you connected and engaged with our ongoing efforts to honor and remember the Holocaust.
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How Was it Possible? A Holocaust Curriculum For and By Teachers™
The program provides middle and high school teachers and their students with a Holocaust unit of study.
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Legacy of Impact - April 27, 2025
Jr. Thespian Troupe 88690 from Don Estridge High Tech Middle School performing I Never Saw Another Butterfly
Kelly Warsaw, Kimberly Coombs, and Carly Beno
Stanlee Stahl and Julie Gates
Betsy Joseph, Kelly Warsaw, and Carole Newman from inSIGHT
Holocaust Survivor with Carmello Mancuso
Sophia Lieberman, Spanish River High School Student Poem Reading
Stanlee Stahl, Kelly Warsaw, and Karen M. Brill - Board Chair of the Palm Beach County School District
Legacy of Impact
Jonathan Yi with his family
Kimberly Coombs and Carly Beno
Holocaust Survivor Zelda Fuksman
Kelly Warsaw presenting inSIGHT's Salton Spirit of Service Award to Randi Posner
Legacy of Impact
Kelly Warsaw presenting the Naftaly Award of Excellence to Julie Gates
Legacy of Impact
Stanlee Stahl with Goldsmith Student Scholars Chelsey Sahara Joseph, Bettina Vasconcelos, and Jayson Rosenbluth Boca Raton Community High School
Stanlee Stahl with Goldsmith Student Scholars Rebecca Agatstein, Abbie Towbis, Lily Victoria Montero, and Mason Beelitz from Boca Raton Community Middle School
Stanlee Stahl with Goldsmith Student Scholars Tamirah Bonhome, Eud Marcelin, and Mario Joseph from Carver Middle School
Stanlee Stahl and a Goldsmith Student Scholar Analise Gonzalez Amaro from Wellington High School
Stanlee Stahl with a Goldsmith Student Scholar Estephany Marquez-Castaneda
Stanlee Stahl with Goldsmith Student Scholars Kyla Quispe and Cadence Mina from Omni Middle School and their teacher and their teacher's children
Stanlee Stahl with Goldsmith Student Scholars from Independence Middle School and their teacher, Lerner Fellow Mary Ellen Richichi
Stanlee Stahl with the Goldsmith Student Scholars from Spanish River High School
Stanlee Stahl with Goldsmith Student Scholars Lyndsey Moses, Brooke Glassman, Sophia Lipari, and Ari Smith from West Boynton Middle School and their teacher, Susan Prieto with Karen M. Brill
Stanlee Stahl with Goldsmith Student Scholars from Polo Park Middle School and their teacher, Lerner Fellow Sherri Crowely
Yom HaShoah Candle Lighting with Holocaust Survivors
Yom HaShoah Candle Lighting with Holocaust Survivors
Yom HaShoah Candle Lighting with Holocaust Survivors
Yom HaShoah Candle Lighting with Holocaust Survivors
Yom HaShoah Candle Lighting with Holocaust Survivors
Holocaust Survivors with Kelly Warsaw, Kimberly Coombs, Carly Beno and Stanlee Stahl
Goldsmith Student Scholar Angelina Marcus with her parents
Kelly Warsaw, Zelda Fuksman, and Kimberly Coombs
Kelly Warsaw, Randi Posner, and Kimberly Coombs
Lerner Fellow Mary Ellen Richichi with two students and their moms with a Holocaust survivor
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jfr@jfr.org
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