On the evening of February 13, 2023, Holocaust survivor and acclaimed author Lillian Boraks-Nemetz shared her experience of surviving the Holocaust with members of the Ben Gurion Society at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. The Ben Gurion Society is the Jewish Federation’s national leadership and donor recognition program for young professionals who support the Jewish …
Lillian will speak about Mouth of Truth at the Tolerance Education Center, 35147 Landy Lane, Rancho Mirage, California on January 29 at 1 pm. Admission is free, donations are welcome. “The mission of the Tolerance Education Center is to promote tolerance, civility, respect and understanding by the elimination of atrocities, hatred and bigotry.”
The World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust and Descendants (WFJCSH&D) is holding its 31st Annual Conference in Vancouver, BC, November 1 – 4, 2019, at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel. Lillian will be facilitating a panel on Creative Literary Response to the Holocaust Experience. There will be five panelists, including Vancouver …
Lillian will be speaking at a A joint international conference hosted by the School of Education at Seattle Pacific University and the Janusz Korczak Association of the USA. Lillian will be speaking at Seattle Pacific University. https://www.holocaustcenterseattle.org/programs-events/362-more-from-our-partners Session 19: Literary Salon 2, Otto Miller 119, 4:35 – 5:35 PM on August 23. Seattle Pacific University …
Lillian is one of 40 survivors of the Shoah in British Columbia to feature in a new exhibit at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. Faces of Survival, by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Marissa Roth, will be shown at the VHEC (50 – 950 W 41st Ave, Vancouver) from now until June 2019.
Lillian was the keynote speaker in Abbotsford before to 700 students on May 15 as part of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre’s 6th Annual Symposium on the Holocaust. She was also on a panel following the talk with historian Sebastian Huebel. The audience of young people was very engaged and asked intelligent questions. Special thanks to Cathy …
From The Jewish Independent, December 1, 2017: The event was moderated by Kit Krieger of the UBC faculty of education, who is also an Honorary Life Fellow of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. It featured a moving presentation by local author, JKAC board member and child survivor Lillian Boraks-Nemetz, who described Korczak as “my father’s …
A sizable crowd showed up on October 23 to hear Lillian discuss and answer questions about Mouth of Truth at the Barbara Frum Toronto Public Library. Below is a flyer for the event.
The Cherie Smith Jewish Book Festival is taking place November 25-30 at the Vancouver JCC, 950 W. 41st. Lillian will appear at 2 pm on November 26th. For more information, please follow this link.