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August 14, 7:00 PM: Legacy of Resilience, with historical author, Nuchie Schapiro
Shabbat Day Bonus: Interview with Nuchie Schapiro by Devorah Leah Levertov:
August 15, 9:30 AM - Kabbalah Class, 10:00 AM - Services, followed by Kiddush Lunch and talk
About the Author:
Nuchie Schapiro is the founder and CEO of Centered Health, a behavioral healthcare organization serving Southern California, and is actively involved in Jewish communal life.
Drawing on years of research, archival discoveries, and firsthand testimony, Legacy of Resilience reflects his passion for preserving Jewish history with accuracy, warmth, and authenticity.
Legacy of Resilience
In the face of upheaval, displacement, and war, the Schapiro family’s journey stands as a testament to resilience and steadfast devotion to family and ritual.
Drawing on richly detailed narratives and over 550 archival documents and photographs, this book chronicles not only the Schapiro family's extraordinary path, but also the broader saga of the Jewish Chassidic community as it endured Soviet repression, crossed a devastated Europe, and helped rebuild Jewish life in postwar America.
Years of meticulous research and firsthand testimony have shaped this deeply immersive work, bringing to life a family’s steadfast commitment to Jewish life in the most trying of circumstances. From underground Jewish schools to displaced persons camps and the rebirth of Jewish communities in the United States, their story is woven into the broader fabric of twentieth-century Jewish history.
More than a historical record, this book is a portrait of perseverance and purpose, an intimate window into how fierce conviction, enduring strength, and sacred tradition shaped not only one family’s destiny, but the soul of the international Chabad-Lubavitch movement in the modern era.
The books helps us reflect on questions like How to instill Jewish pride in our children while being persecuted?
How to educate children with loving-kindness when they are surrounded with hate and bigotry?
How to overcome antisemitism?
On a more personal level Nuchie will show attendees how to record family history, how to research a family tree and what ideals are everlasting.
Nuchie is fun and engaging!
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