Source: New York Post
Some of New York’s last living Holocaust survivors escaped the city — temporarily leaving economic burdens, lonely apartments and surging antisemitism fears behind — for a weeklong summer respite in the mountains to partake in “simple joys. ” More than 40 survivors ranging in age from 80 to 105 — mostly Brooklynites living below the federal poverty level — gathered for an all-expenses paid, five-day trip to the Catskill mountains this week to bake kugel, make bracelets for former Israeli hostages and bond with others who share their harrowing childhood experiences. “It’s a lifeline for them,” said Masha Pearl, executive director of Holocaust survivor fund The Blue Card, which has organized the $30,000 getaway since 2008.
