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Kindertransport: Success and Failure for Jewish Deaf Children Before the Holocaust

January 8 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST
Virtual Event

Thursday, January 8th, 2026 at 7:00pm EST

Registration required: Yachad.org/kindertransport

Zoom link to join: Yachad.org/zoom

Guest Presenters:

Rabbi Yitzchok Rudomin: Director of Jewish Professionals Institute.

Child of Holocaust survivors.

“The challenges of Kindertransport”

James Gilmore: Oral History Curator.

“Documenting the experiences of Deaf people during the Holocaust at the

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”.

Mark Zaurov: Deaf Scholar in the history of Deaf Holocaust and Deaf Jews.

“Successes and Failures of the Kindertransport for Jewish Deaf Children:

Causes, Contexts and Consequences.

Followed by Q&A. Full program in ASL and spoken English.

For more information, contact: [email protected] or 212-613-8234