Met Council & Haym Salomon Pre-Chanukah Event December, 2017

Haym Salomon Nursing Home and Met Council
Collaborate on Magnificent Holocaust Survivor
Pre-Chanukah Socialization Event
The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty Holocaust Survivor Program
teamed up with the Lipschitz family of the Haym Salomon Home
for Nursing and Rehabilitation to host a
Pre-Chanukah Event for Holocaust Survivors
on December 3rd, 2017. Over 550 Survivors
from all across New York City attended the
lavish event which was held in the beautiful
Haym Salomon ballroom featuring panoramic
views of the New York City skyline.
The collaboration between the Haym Salomon
Nursing Home and the Met Council Holocaust
Survivor Program works so well since
both programs provide services in a person-centered
manner, which allows survivors
to receive help in a dignified and sensitive manner, individualized to each
person’s experience. These social events aid in alleviating
symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic
stress. The survivors in attendance are
often isolated with little opportunity or ability
to leave their homes and engage in distraction
from painful memories. This event created an
opportunity for survivors to join together to
celebrate not only the miracles of Chanukah,
but their own miraculous survival as well. Chaim,
an 89 year old Survivor proudly dressed for the event,
declared: “I haven’t left my apartment in three weeks, but today’s the
day!’”