Dear Community,
In 2014, my first day as Principal of The King David School coincided with Yom HaShoah. This meant that the first time I spoke to the student body was in the context of an important sombre commemoration. I wanted to share something personal with the school community so I decided to tell my late Grandmother, Adi Lippmann’s survival story.
The story had specific pertinency for me at that moment as I had just returned from a family ‘Roots’ trip which helped further develop the life-long bond of gratitude and friendship that exists between my wider family and the descendants of the heroic Zuidema family who risked their lives and future to save Adi.
The story has a renewed relevance now, as next week two of my children and my father will return to the Netherlands where they will stay with the descendants of the Zuidema family. I cannot quite articulate the pride and joy I feel in knowing that this lega
In 2014, my first day as Principal of The King David School coincided with Yom HaShoah. This meant that the first time I spoke to the student body was in the context of an important sombre commemoration. I wanted to share something personal with the school community so I decided to tell my late Grandmother, Adi Lippmann’s survival story.
The story had specific pertinency for me at that moment as I had just returned from a family ‘Roots’ trip which helped further develop the life-long bond of gratitude and friendship that exists between my wider family and the descendants of the heroic Zuidema family who risked their lives and future to save Adi.
The story has a renewed relevance now, as next week two of my children and my father will return to the Netherlands where they will stay with the descendants of the Zuidema family. I cannot quite articulate the pride and joy I feel in knowing that this lega
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