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InMontreal, an online visual tapestry of the Montreal Jewish community, posted a photo on February 14, 2014 of Myra at the Cummings Centre with  some of the Drop-in members. InMontreal is an initiative of Federation CJA. Here is the link: Drop-in Centre Members with the Author The University of Toronto Press featured Myra on January 30, 2014 in its online blog Behind the Book... Read More

Malcolm Clarke’s film, “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved my Life,” is short-listed in the documentary short subject category at the upcoming Academy Awards this March. It’s based on the life of 109-year-old Holocaust survivor Alice Herz-Sommer who performed in over 100 concerts at the Theresienstadt concentration camp. This camp was established near the Czech city of Prague by the... Read More

  Wonderful News! Just received an email from the bookstore. The book is on the shelf! Checked with the publisher. Yes! They released it earlier than expected. The prodigy of my life’s work has left home and ventured out into the world… Read More

Resilience based research tells us that how we deal with adversity is more important than the actual traumatic event. We must keep in mind that in general, people are resilient. I’ve seen this in my work with thousands of Holocaust survivors in my thirty years of working with them in the community.  My most significant lessons about resilience have come from my personal and... Read More