UNR speaker looks at life and hope after the Holocaust


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The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Nevada, Reno presents on April 24 Day of Remembrance 2025: Life and Hope in the Aftermath of the Holocaust.

This event will focus on survivors’ journeys to rebuild their lives after the trauma of the Holocaust and how the trauma impacted their descendants.

The event will begin from 7-9 p.m. with a welcome on Holocaust Day of Remembrance Life and Hope in the Aftermath of the Holocaust. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia St., Reno.

The event is free but there’s limited seating. For tickets, go to tinyurl.com/DofR2025.

The featured speaker will be Dr. Harold Koplewicz, a child and adolescent psychiatrist. He is the founder and president of the nonprofit Child Mind Institute and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology.

Koplewicz has written several books and has edited or authored more than 65 peer-reviewed articles and chapters on child and adolescent psychiatry. The son of Holocaust survivors, he is an expert on survivors’ experiences and the intergenerational transmission of Holocaust trauma.

The event is sponsored by the Nevada Governor’s Advisory Council on Education Relating to the Holocaust, Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, Jewish Nevada and OLLI at the Sanford