The trip comes at a time when antisemitic attacks in New York City are on the rise — and vulnerable survivors are even more on edge about the Israel-Hamas war, Pearl said. Many Holocaust survivors live below the federal poverty level for a “number” of reasons, the nonprofit said, from arriving as refugees after the war with nothing to having lost education, families and assets during the Holocaust and spending early adulthood trying to survive by working low-paying jobs. For many of the 14,700 Holocaust survivors living in the New York metro area — a cohort expected to shrink by 70% over the next decade — the summer retreat is the closest thing they’ve had to a vacation, Pearl said.
Author: Nicole Rosenthal
Published at: 2025-08-20 22:04:03
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