News from the 19th Floor

April 2024

AWARDS SENT TO RESCUERS

Richard V., Hungary

In March, awards were sent to all JFR supported Righteous. The JFR Board of Trustees approved a $100 increase in our monthly awards. This increase was effective January 1, 2024, bringing each monthly award to $400. The rescuers are so appreciative that we have remembered them and are taking care of them during this time. They are sending emails, through their children and grandchildren thanking the JFR and each of you for the funds that they receive. They send their good wishes! On behalf of the rescuers, we at the JFR thank you as well for making their lives so much better and brighter. Please click here to read the notes from the rescuers.

Join Us in Celebrating Rescuer Birthdays

Click here to see our April birthdays!

Danuta J., Australia with the girl she saved, Bella S.

SUE KENNEY, 2020 LERNER FELLOW – GENOCIDE AWARENESS MONTH PROJECT

Sue Kenney, who teaches at Immaculate Heart Academy in the Township of Washington, NJ, shares with us her innovative project she designed for Genocide Awareness Month. Click here to learn more about this project.

Sue Kenney with Gianna

2024 HAGGADAH SUPPLEMENT

The JFR’s 2024 Haggadah Supplement recounts the story of the Ruzgys family from Lithuania.  Click here to print or download the Haggadah Supplement. We hope you find this year’s Haggadah supplement a welcome addition to your Seder.

Click here to read the Ruzgys family story.

Click here to watch the JFR-produced documentary about the Ruzgys family.

Meile, Leokadija, Egle, and Aurimas Ruzgys

2024 JFR SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS

We are looking forward to meeting our 2024 Alfred Lerner Fellows in person this June at the Hilton Newark Airport!  We will be meeting our new Lerner Fellows via zoom later this month.

2024 Advanced Seminar

JFR MOURNS THE PASSING OF LESZEK MIKOLAJKOW

Leszek Mikolajkow, a Righteous Gentile from Poland, passed away on March 19, 2024, at the age of 91. Stanlee would often see Leszek when she would be in Warsaw. To read Leszek’s rescue story please click here.

Leszek Mikolajkow

Contact Us

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