Brooklyn Holocaust survivors celebrate end of isolation at concert
Dozens of Holocaust survivors clapped, sang and danced Monday at a concert held in their honor in Midwood in the first large gathering for New York-area survivors after months of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.
The concert by popular Orthodox Jewish singer Yaakov Shwekey was organized by the Nachas Health and Family Network and other groups that help the more than 35,000 Holocaust survivors estimated to live in the New York City metropolitan area.
“It’s extremely good for the soul, for the heart, to see people coming out once again and socializing,” said Dolly Rabinowitz, who sat in the front row of the Yeshivah of Flatbush auditorium joined by other Holocaust survivors and students at the Modern Orthodox Jewish school.