Congressman Daniel Goldman Joins JCCGCI in Visits to Holocaust Survivors
Congressman Daniel Goldman Joins JCCGCI in Visits to Holocaust Survivors Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney (JCCGCI) was honored to be joined by Congressman Daniel Goldman to deliver hot meals to some of our Holocaust Survivor clients. Joined by JCCGCI's Director of Holocaust Survivors Support Systems Division Hudi Falik, Congressman Goldman visited the homes of two Survivors who reside in the Borough [...]
JCCGCI Commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day (published January 27th, 2023)
JCCGCI Commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2,300 Hot Meals Home-Delivered to 2,300 Holocaust Survivors Today, January 27th, the world pauses to observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a date to reflect upon the most well-known and meticulously documented genocide in history and to re-dedicate our efforts to support the last surviving survivors. At Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island [...]
JCCGCI Celebrates Legacy of Jona Goldrich, Holocaust survivor and entrepreneur
JCCGCI Celebrates Legacy of Jona Goldrich, Holocaust survivor and entrepreneur When Lindsay Cayton decided to devote her limited free time to volunteering to visit and deliver hot meals to Holocaust survivors, she was thinking about her grandfather's experiences. Jona Goldrich was born in 1927 in Lvov, Poland. He fled his home at the age of 14, managing to escape the Nazis with his [...]
Holocaust Survivors Welcome German Consul General to Brooklyn Gathering
Brooklyn, NY – On Tuesday, June 7, hundreds of Holocaust survivors in Brooklyn welcomed Hon. David Gill, Germany’s Consul General in New York at a socialization event hosted by the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island (JCCGCI), under funding provided by the German government and administered by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (“Claims Conference”). The event, a monthly gathering known [...]
Coronavirus Erases Our Living Memory of the Holocaust
And gives fresh life to old traumas By Armin Rosen The coronavirus has jeopardized what little remains of an already fraying living connection to the Jewish past. Rabbi Romi Cohn, who succumbed to the disease in late March at the age of 91, helped rescue 56 Jewish families from Czechoslovakia as a 15-year-old partisan during World War II. Gedalya [...]
Holocaust Survivor Services Video
Please watch this brief documentary video regarding some of JCCGCI's services for Holocaust survivors, commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany - "Claims Conference" - and shown at their annual Board meeting on July 14th.
Holocaust Survivor Support Systems Video
Please watch this video about our Holocaust Survivor Support Systems.
