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Myra was invited to conduct a workshop with the Settlement Workers at JIAS Toronto on the topic of Trauma-Informed Practice with Genocide Survivors. This workshop provided participants with information and strategies to enhance their practice skills with Holocaust survivors and...

Participants learned how to apply the Person-Centered Trauma-Informed3 approach into their group program with Holocaust survivors.

Myra was invited to present a Zoom workshop to professional staff and managers at Jewish Family Services, Ottawa, Canada on the topic of Trauma-Informed Practice with Aging Survivors. This workshop enhanced attendees’ knowledge about the survivors of the Holocaust and Rwandan...

Myra was invited to conduct a virtual staff development workshop for Home Support Workers at Jewish Family Services, Vancouver, British Columbia on the topic of Trauma-Informed Practice with Holocaust Survivors. She custom designs her workshops to address the issues service...

Myra was a panelist on a national webinar hosted by Jewish Federations of North America’s (JFNA) aging service network and the Claims Conference. During this webinar, expert service providers shared the concerns that diverse populations of older adults with a history of trauma...

Israel is once again under attack, this time by Hamas, a terrorist organization that rules Gaza. These heinous acts are distressing for many Jews, especially Holocaust survivors. Many survivors say they feel safe in the world as long as the people of Israel are safe and Israel’s...

Here are the opening remarks I made at an interactive Second Generation (2G) session I facilitated at the Liberation75 global virtual conference on May 9, 2021.  I’d like to share with you a little of my history as the daughter of Fela Zylberstajn and Moishe Grachnik, Holocaust...

Myra was a speaker at Liberation75, a global conference – the world’s largest event to mark the 75th anniversary of liberation from the Holocaust. On May 4 she gave a presentation about her life’s work with Holocaust survivors titled, “Trauma-Informed...

#1   François Englert: Physics 2013 Belgium survivor who survived as a Christian, hiding his Jewish identity. #2   Martin Karplus: Chemistry 2013 Austrian survivor who fled to Switzerland after the Anschluss (German annexation of Austria) in 1938 and then emigrated to the...

Her topic focused on COVID-19 May Trigger Traumatic Memories for Holocaust Survivors: Empowering Strategies and Resources to Help Them Cope. She discussed ways in which the pandemic may trigger survivors’ traumatic memories of their experiences during the Holocaust and their...