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Aug 31, 2025, 3:20 PM

Translating Trauma into Hope

Psalm 27 that we read in Elul is a study in trauma and hope. The Psalm ends with a message of optimism. “I am confident that I should see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the...

Aug 30, 2025, 10:08 PM

Thank you, Udi Kagan

Thank you Udi Kagan for shining a light on trauma. My mother, a survivor of Auschwitz, has suffered trauma. My father, abandoned by his family as a child, has suffered trauma. And I inherited this trauma, intergenerationally. Thank you,...

Sep 20, 2018, 7:48 AM

The Road to Change

Sorry for not writing earlier. I went to see my mom in LA in between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. She no longer recognizes me and once out of her sight, she has forgotten I was even there. But...

Sep 11, 2018, 11:36 PM

Marriage- Biblical times and now

After my last blog my wife said to me “Don’t you ever dare write about me or our marriage.” Big Mistake.Talk about waving a red cape in front of a bull The part of my brain still dominated by a...

Sep 8, 2018, 11:26 PM

How the Holocaust has Shaped My Philanthropy

I am a child of a Holocaust Survivor, Second Generation, 2g for short. The Holocaust has shaped who I am. If the Survivors were promised, in the sign at the entrance of the Auschwitz that “Arbeit Macht Frei- Work...

Sep 6, 2018, 4:02 PM

Lesson of a Novice Philanthropist

For some reason Hashem decided to rain some money on my head. The money, I felt, was never really mine so on August 1, 2018 I set up a Donor Advised fund and went about finding causes to give...

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About Me

Martin Herskovitz, a Second Generation and a poet was born in the United States in 1955 and made aliyah with his family in 1986. He has published 2 books of poetry and has developed the Creating Memory program for Holocaust remembrance and education.