New York City is home to nearly 45,000 holocaust survivors, almost half of whom live at or below the poverty line.

A group of high school students in NYC re-enact moments from the lives of Holocaust Survivors. It’s just one of more than a dozen performances from the Witness Theater Program, which brings Survivors and students together. They work for months to craft a stage production that will keep the survivors’ memories alive for future generations.

Assemblywoman Nily Rozic joined state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky in Flushing on Tuesday to present Selfhelp Community Services with a $50,000 check in state funding she recently secured to benefit Holocaust survivors.

Zikaron BaSalon events have spread worldwide since first being held in Israel in 2010. These intimate talks allow millennials to reflect on the Shoah while the world continues noisily outside their apartments

On Sunday, March 25, 2018 longtime Brooklyn resident, and a client of Selfhelp Community Services’ Holocaust Survivor Program, Mr. Szjya “Steve” Pulwers passed away at 108 years old. He made his wish known to be buried in Israel, and Selfhelp Community Services is providing a grant to assist Mr. Pulwers’s family honor this request.

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (2014), “individual trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being.” By definition, then, all Holocaust survivors have endured trauma.

New York City has more Holocaust survivors than any city in the world. The youngest Holocaust survivor is 71 years old, the oldest more than a hundred, and the average being 86. Their numbers are shrinking, but their needs are growing. Our Michael Herzenberg explains how social service organizations are stepping up to assist.