Join Holocaust Survivor Michael Bornstein as we honor local survivors, incorporate community connections through Jewish peoplehood, and explore generational wisdom for Holocaust Survivor Day on Wednesday, June 4 at 5pm in the Katz JCC Auditorium, 501 North Jerome Avenue in Margate.
As co-author of the New York Times best-selling book, Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz, Bornstein was four-years-old when he was liberated from a concentration camp and made his way to the United States six years later.
For 70 years, Bornstein opted not to speak of his Holocaust experience, despite his image being one of the most recognizable where he is seen showing his tattoo in the iconic WWII footage. However, his second-generation Holocaust Survivor children, Debbie Bornstein Holinstat and Scott Bornstein, encouraged their father to share his powerful story of survival and resilience.
Also speaking at the event is Holinstat, a veteran television news producer and co-author of her father’s book, and Scott Bornstein, Executive Vice President of Greenberg Traurig, who dedicates his expertise combatting antisemitism on behalf of Israeli and American victims of the October 7th terrorist attacks.
The program is co-sponsored by Seed the Dream Foundation, Jewish Federation of Atlantic & Cape May Counties, Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties, KAVOD, Marjorie & Lewis Katz JCC, and Stockton University Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center.
This presentation is free to attend, open to the entire community, and designed for audiences ages 10 – 110. The first 50 households that RSVP and attend the program will receive a complimentary, signed copy of the book. You must RSVP at info@jewishbytheshore.org.
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Holocaust Survivor Michael Bornstein will share his life journey during Holocaust Survivor Day on Wednesday, June 4 at 5pm in the Katz JCC Auditorium, 501 North Jerome Avenue in Margate. Bornstein was liberated from a concentration camp and subsequently made his way to the United States six years later. (Photograph courtesy of Michael Bornstein)
