32 | NOVEMBER 14 • 2019 

Jews in the D

Yale University’
s Fortunoff 
Video Archive for Holocaust 
Testimonies has launched 
the podcast, “Those Who 
Were There: Voices from 
the Holocaust.” The podcast 
allows listeners to hear first-
hand accounts of the trage-
dies that took place during 
the Holocaust.
The Holocaust Survivors 
Film Project donated their 
collection of interviews of 
Holocaust survivors to the 
Yale University Library in 
1981. From there, 
the Fortunoff 
Video Archive 
made it its goal to 
collect individual’
s 
stories from the 
Holocaust.
The podcast’
s 
narrator, Eleanor 
Reissa, is a Tony-
nominated direc-
tor, actress, singer and writ-
er. She is also the daughter 
of two Holocaust survivors.
The two most recent epi-
sodes feature testimonies 
from two Jewish women, 
Sally Finkelstein Horwitz 
and Heda Kovaly. Kovaly 
was a survivor of the 
Auschwitz and Gross-Rosen 

concentration camps while 
Horwitz, was a survivor of 
the Skarzysko-Kamienna 
labor camp.
Her story offers listen-
ers insight into the cruelty 
she endured and witnessed 
during the Holocaust at a 
young age, and details how 
she and her three sisters 
were able to stay together 
and survive the war.
Horwitz started her new 
life in New Haven, Conn., 
and later moved with 
her husband 
Morton to West 
Bloomfield in 
2005, where she 
lived until her 
passing in 2014. 
She was a long-
time member of 
Congregation 
B’
nai Moshe.
Co-producer 
of the podcast Nahanni 
Rous said in a press release, 
“I hope listening to their 
stories also helps attune us 
to the resurgence of bigotry 
and incitement in public dis-
course, with its violent con-
sequences — and can spur 
us to fight against the poli-
tics of hate in our time.” 

West Bloomfi
 eld Native Featured in Yale’
s 
‘
Voices from the Holocaust’
 Podcast

Sally Horwitz

JN FILE PHOTO

On Thursday, Nov. 21, from 
7-8:30 p.m., JCRC/AJC, along 
with the Hindu American 
Foundation, will host a 
Chanukah-Diwali Fireside 
Chat at Congregation Shir 
Tikvah in Troy. 
Diwali, the Hindu Festival 
of Lights, took place on 
Sunday, Oct. 27. Chanukah, 
the Jewish Festival of Lights, 
begins at sundown on Sunday, 

Dec. 22, and ends at sundown 
on Monday, Dec. 30.
During the event, State Sen. 
Jeremy Moss and State Rep. 
Padma Kuppa will discuss 
how their respective Jewish 
and Hindu identities have 
shaped their careers and lives. 
Light refreshments will follow. 
Visit diwalihanukkah2019.
eventbrite.com to RSVP. 

Chanukah-Diwali Fireside Chat

JAN 21 - FEB 2 • FISHER THEATRE

ON SALE NOW

BroadwayInDetroit.com, ticketmaster.com, 800-982-2787 & box office 313-872-1000; 

Groups (12+) Groups@BroadwayInDetroit.com (subject: A Bronx Tale) or 313-871-1132; and oc Jan 26.

