April 24, 2009 - Shabbat Dinner

Shabbat Dinner - April 24, 2009 * Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 7:30pm * 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street * $30 in advance; $35 at the door * Space is limited. Sign up today: http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?category=92Tri+92Tribeca+Jewish+Life888&productid=T-MM5SH12 Join other members and supporters of 3GNY for an enjoyable Shabbat dinner featuring special guest speaker Claire Boren. Claire was born in a small Polish town that is now part of Ukraine. She was only five years of age when the Germans came and forced Jewish families in to a ghetto. News of the Nazis' liquidation of the Jews quickly spread and Boren's father arranged for his wife and daughter to hide with a Christian family nearby. When the family they were staying with began fearing for their own lives, Boren and her mother retreated in to the forest with several other Jews. From there, they found a farm family that was willing to hide them in a hole they had dug beneath the ground. Boren describes this time as a living in a grave and it was there that she retreated in to a silent fantasy world. Eventually they relocated once again in to the attic of another home until they were finally liberated by the Russian Army in 1944. Boren was just a child when the Holocaust began and had repressed most of her memories of the war. It wasn't until well into her adult life that memories began emerging. They were channeled through her art. Boren today is an accomplished artist, with some of her works' themes evoking images and memories from the war. We hope you can join us. If you have any questions, please e-mail info@3gnewyork.org or message the 3GNY facebook page.