Sponsored by the
Office of Community Relations and
St. John's University Jewish Students Association
in cooperation with the
Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and
Archives of Queensborough Community College, CUNY
Queens Jewish Community Council
Queens Jewish Historical Society
Friday, April 20, 2007
8:45 - 9:30 a.m.
Registration and Refreshments
9:30 - 11 a.m.
Welcome
Joseph Sciame
Vice President for Community Relations, St. John's University
Candlelight Ceremony Commemorating the Holocaust
Cantor Moti Fuchs
Hillcrest Jewish Center
Invocation
Rabbi Manes Kogan
Hillcrest Jewish Center
Benediction
Rev. Patrick Flanagan, C.M.
Department of Theology, St. John's University
"Visions of the Holocaust - Moments in History"
Bernard Gotfryd
Holocaust Survivor
Relections in Jewish Music
Yuri Beliavsky, violin and Daniel Beliavsky, piano
Introduction of Speaker
Jan Fenster
President, Queens Jewish Community Center
"The Second Generations Speaks"
Cynthia Zalisky
Executive Director, Queens Jewish Community Center
Dr. Arthur Flug
Executive Director, Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and
Archives of Queensborough Community College, CUNY
Salutations and Greetings
"Living in a Multicultural Society in One's Backyard"
Hon. Helen Marshall
President, Borough of Queens
11 - 11:45 a.m.
Lessons Learned and the Future: Questions and Answers
Moderated by Mark Kandkhorov
President, Jewish Students Association, St. John's University
11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Reception