Students Bake Challah with Holocaust Survivors at L’Dough V’Dough
At the recent L’Dough V’Dough meeting, students had the opportunity to connect with Holocaust survivors and make challah bread. A survivor sat at each of the three tables in the Community Room at the Middle School and students sat around them. As they prepared and braided the challah, students listened attentively as the survivors, Betty, Eva, and Mary, shared their personal stories, life experiences, and even photos and mementos.
It is not lost on the students that they are the last generation that will be able to hear the survivors firsthand accounts of the Holocaust. Students walked away with some important lessons from the survivors, knowing that it will be up to them to make sure the stories are passed onto the next generation.
Mira Berenbaum ’18 is one of the four club leaders of the Milken chapter of L’Dough V’Dough, a program of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (LAMOTH) that connects students to Holocaust survivors through an intergenerational dialogue, storytelling, and personal narratives. The name is derived from the Hebrew phrase L’Dor V’Dor, which means “from generation to generation.” A member of the club since her freshman year, Berenbaum explained, “I love the L’Dough V’Dough club because it combines my passion for baking with my passion for Jewish and Holocaust education. I have learned stories of several survivors that I will be able to pass on to the next generation because we are the last generation to be able to listen to survivors firsthand. This club has also helped me prepare for March of the Living in April, where I will see the stories I’ve heard come to life.”
“I have learned that it is our generation's duty to learn the history and make these connections so we can share them with friends and family. Something that stood out to me when Eva spoke is how she wanted to spread love to the entire community of Holocaust survivors and beyond,” stated Sydney Schroeder ’19.
Nikki Hagigat ’19 remarked, “I have gained so many important life lessons from the different Holocaust survivors that bravely share their stories with me and my peers. One piece of advice shared with me from the most recent Holocaust survivor I met, Betty, was the importance of valuing our time with our loved ones because we never know when we will have to say goodbye.”
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