Our students were privileged to hear the story of Holocaust survivor, Bluma Goldberg, who is also the grandmother of Jason Goldberg and the great-grandmother of Harry and Felix Goldberg. We thank Henry and Gloria Goldberg, Jason's parents, who came all the way from Columbia to share the details of her survival with us, as a way for us to commemorate Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day).
Mrs. Goldberg placed a lot of emphasis on the gratitude she feels to the American soldier who liberated her from Bergen-Belsen. It was very special when Ms. Cheatham shared with us that her father had also liberated Jewish prisoners from the concentration camps during World War II.
As meaningful as it was for our students to hear Mrs. Goldberg's story, the Goldbergs were equally moved to share their story with Jewish children at a Jewish Day School, as living proof that Hitler's plan failed. Am Yisrael Chai, the Jewish people live on.
