Transwestern Real Estate Services (TRS) represented Selfhelp Community Services in its 14,889-square-foot lease at 626 Sheepshead Bay Rd. in Brooklyn. The nonprofit will consolidate two facilities into the new Sheepshead Bay location, which will house two programs offering services to Holocaust survivors and the elderly.
Eva Konrad Hawkins, 90, Holocaust survivor who designed underwater museum exhibits
Against daunting odds, both historical and political, Eva Konrad Hawkins fulfilled her dream of becoming a scientist.
They Survived the Holocaust. Now They’re Confronting the Virus.
Program Offers Free Medical Care To Vulnerable New York Seniors
A new pilot program is offering free medical care to some of New York City’s most vulnerable community members: home-bound seniors.
Program Offers Free Medical Care To Vulnerable New York Seniors
The program is a joint effort between ZiphyCare, YM&YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood, and Selfhelp Community Services.
Yom Hashoah Online Ceremonies and Resources
Yom Hashoah is an annual day of remembrance for victims of the Holocaust observed by Jewish communities around the world.
Women Holocaust survivors find joy in fighting poverty
Frumie Cisner remembers the first time she witnessed a Holocaust survivor picking through trash — how the woman scavenged a box of baked goods from a dumpster in front of a Brooklyn synagogue.
Virtual gallery helps keep stories of the Holocaust alive
Selfhelp is an organization that provides services to Holocaust survivors, and now they’re having survivors share their stories through art for all to see.
Holocaust Survivors in New York: “Talk to the Children”
Auschwitz was liberated 75 years ago today; one survivor tells his harrowing tale for posterity
On a sunny, winter day in Queens, New York, Sherman sits at his dining room table, with a blurred, blue tattoo still visible on his thinning inner arm: B2593.
