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Nancy's
Workshop:
"Remembering The Six Million - One Story At A Time"
This
session is offered as a follow-up to Nancy's storytelling
performance "A Window of Beauty." The
workshop is designed to personalize the enormity of the loss, by
focusing not on numbers, but on individual stories, names and faces.
Workshop
participants will begin to uncover the story behind photographs and
images of artifacts, through
writing exercises, hands-on art activities and Holocaust
literature. We will be guided by
the words of a man who perished in the Holocaust. He expressed
a simple request in his last letter in Vilna in 1941: "I
should like someone to remember that there once lived a person named
David Berger." Together we will begin that work.
Program
Options:
Performance
of "A Window of Beauty": 1 hour
Performance
& Workshop: 2 hours
Fees: Affordable rates are determined
by type of venue, audience size and travel time. (Additional
travel expenses for out-of-town performances.) Reduced rates for
multiple performances and workshops on same day.
Call
847-674-5705 or
email
Nancy for details.
Audiences: Middle and High
School students – adults
Nancy
offers this in-depth storytelling
performance and workshop for adult groups, youth groups, libraries, schools, community and
religious groups throughout the year and at Holocaust commemoration
events.
These
storytelling performances and workshops
enrich and support Social
Studies, Language Arts and Holocaust Education. It explores
prejudice, racism, tolerance and resistance
through art.
“Poignant, moving, haunting,
hopeful. These are just
some of the words that my students used to describe Nancy
Shapiro-Pikelny’s presentation of A Window of Beauty.
Rutie and Friedl’s story brings the Holocaust to a
generation so far removed, as to almost view it as a tale from
Grimm’s Fairy Tales.
Nancy
artfully presents the reality of the Shoah by personalizing this
story in a unique and touching way.
My 6th and 7th graders were completely
mesmerized.”
- Lori B. Sagarin, Director of Congregational Learning
at Temple Beth Israel - Skokie, IL “Thank
you for opening A Window of Beauty at our library. Your gentle
presentation was ever so powerful in the selection of words and the
drawings that together brought everything to life."
- A. Denise Farrugia,
Librarian St. Charles Public Library - St. Charles, IL
"I
appreciate your passion for Holocaust Education and for keeping the memory
alive for all of us. Thank you for being a 'witness' for our
students. The portrayal of research, stories, and artwork was
certainly a revealing and compassionate view of these two heroes. .
. and it was such an important aspect to our children's education
and personal history." -
Dr. Gerri Spinella, Assistant Principal
Caruso Middle School - Deerfield, IL
“A
Window of Beauty was
the most meaningful Holocaust Remembrance Day
program I have ever been a part of. We were spellbound. It was an extraordinary
experience!”
- Judith S. Grossbard, Director of Education,
Congregation Beth Shalom - Northbrook, IL
"You
really worked your magic! I have NEVER seen my
students so attentive. Your love of people and your generous
heart shined through your story. My students were enriched by
the experience. I think that hour of your story will be what
they remember this year about their study of the Holocaust. I
couldn't ask for a better memory."
- Barbara Minkus, Teacher, Solomon Schechter Day School, Skokie, IL
Nancy
Shapiro-Pikelny
9314 Tripp Avenue Skokie, IL 60076
(847) 674-5705

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