News from the 19th Floor

Maria F., Hungary

AWARDS SENT TO RESCUERS
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, 2025, bringing each monthly award to $500.

The rescuers are so appreciative that we have remembered them and are taking care of them during this time. They send 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.

2025 HAGGADAH SUPPLEMENT
The JFR’s 2025 Haggadah Supplement recounts the story of Magdalena Maria Ana Stroe, a Righteous Gentile from Romania. Click here to print or download the Haggadah Supplement. We hope you find this year’s Haggadah Supplement a welcome addition to your Seder.

Magdalena Maria Ana Stroe

YOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION PROGRAMS
Yom HaShoah is Wednesday night, April 23, 2025. Consider attending a local commemoration in your community. The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous is partnering with the Museum of Jewish Heritage A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. The New York City program will be held on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York, 1 East 65th Street, New York, NY. The commemoration starts at 2:00 p.m. The commemoration will also be live-streamed for those who are unable to attend in-person. Advance registration is available by clicking here.

2025 JFR SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS
We are looking forward to greeting our 2025 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 Summer Institute for Teachers
2023 European Study Program

2025 EUROPEAN STUDY PROGRAM
The JFR’s 2025 European Study Program to the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark is full. Professor Robert Jan van Pelt will lead the Study Program as our scholar-in-residence. Professor van Pelt has planned the itinerary, which is exceptional.

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