Masha Pearl

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Oct 18, 2023, 12:46 AM

Never Again Is Now!

Due to the recent devastating attacks on Israel, a country that I called home for several years during my childhood, I can’t stay silent. Over 1,400 people have died, 3,400 others have been injured, with nearly 200 hostages taken –...

Apr 29, 2022, 12:36 AM

Yom HaShoah: Remembrance and Transmittance

In November 2021, I joined a trip with NY legislators to San Juan Puerto Rico as part of the Somos conference. During the trip, The Blue Card led a remembrance service at a Holocaust memorial titled “In the Shadows...

Mar 24, 2022, 9:17 PM

As the world rides the recovery tailwinds from the COVID-19 pandemic and grapples with the current crisis in Ukraine, The Blue Card has been hard at work to ensure that needs of Holocaust survivors are met with dignity. The Blue...

Jun 20, 2018, 3:33 PM

Why the trauma lives on for Holocaust survivors

No one likes going to the doctor. But for Holocaust survivors, even routine healthcare can trigger feelings of extreme anxiety and fear. For survivors, the trauma they experienced in childhood is relived in the dentist chair or the doctor’s...

Apr 11, 2018, 3:11 PM

Don’t just pity Holocaust survivors, help them. Here’s how.

Illustrative. Elder care. (Pablo K, iStock)

Of the 100,000 Holocaust survivors living in the US today, around a third of them live in poverty

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About Me

Masha Pearl was named Executive Director of The Blue Card, a national non-profit that has been aiding needy Holocaust survivors since 1934, in January 2013 at the age of 28. As Executive Director, she is responsible for a staff of 28 full/part-time and volunteers and oversees an annual budget of $2.2 million.