WCWOct2022

lifelong learning
lifelong learning continued
flexible and based upon the availability of
tutors, learners, and tutoring sites. Training
sessions are held monthly and may be
virtual or in-person at the Council location
on Cortez Road in Bradenton.
For information, visit www.manatee-literacy.org
or call (941) 746-8197.
◆ Live in Sarasota? Tutors are needed at the
Literacy Council of Sarasota (LCS). They
offer in person tutor training workshops
every month, for volunteers who want to
help other adults improve their basic English
communication and literacy skills.
Volunteers receive 18 hours of interactive
ProLiteracy-certified instruction and
support over the course of six weekday sessions,
which includes an initial orientation.
Sessions will focus on teaching adult
learners to read, write, comprehend and/or
speak better in English.
Space is limited; preregister by calling
LCS Program Director, Susan Bergstrom,
at (941) 955-0421 or emailing sbergstrom@sarasotaliteracy.org.
◆ The Holocaust was a devastating moment
in history. And as time goes on, the
number of survivors who bore witness to
those tragedies has diminished.
Temple Sinai will share that legacy with
attendees with a Holocaust survivor speaker
series. The series — put together in partnership
with the Holocaust Speakers Bureau
of The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
— gathers
Holocaust survivors in
the Sarasota area who
will speak about their
experiences.
• November 13-Helga
Melmed: Born in
Berlin and witness to
Kristallnacht, Helga
will reveal what life
was like in the Lodz
ghetto where she lost
both her parents. She will speak about
surviving the horrors of Auschwitz and a
slave labor camp.
• December 11-Rifka Glatz: She will talk
about her father who was taken to a
slave labor camp and never returned and
will describe her imprisonment at Bergen-Belsen
and how she was saved along
with her mother and brother as part of a
rescue called Kastner’s Train
Amanda Eiffert, director of communications
and programming for Temple Sinai,
began asking Holocaust survivors if they’d
be interested in participating in a speaker
program last year. She also contacted the
Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee,
which often brings Holocaust survivors to
schools and events.
“Students (who have heard Holocaust
survivors) have said it’s a life-changing experience
for them,” Eiffert said. She notes
that many of the survivors’ stories are harrowing
and not recommended for young
children. But Eiffert notes that the value it
can have for people to understand history
through firsthand accounts in the hopes
of making sure it never happens again.
https://www.jfedsrq.org/events
OLLI
◆ Fall classes run through November 18.
Classes are available during the week and
range from two to eight-session courses.
They are taught by volunteers, many of
whom have retired from successful careers
before relocating to Sarasota. Anyone
“aged 50 and better” is invited to register
for courses or participate in any of the
workshops, special lectures, and programs
held throughout the term.
Most courses are taught in person at the
Sarasota Art Museum on the Ringling College
Museum Campus, 1001 S. Tamiami
Trail, Sarasota. Classes are also available
virtually.
Students can enjoy a myriad of classes
including “Improv Brain Games” with Will
Luera, director of Improvisation at Florida
Studio Theatre or “Women of the American
Songbook” with actress and pianist Sandra
Moulin. Plus, there’s CONNECTIONS, the
documentary film series, which features
two films this term, Lives Well Lived and
100 Days with Tata.
OLLI @ Sarasota
Art Museum
To view the course catalog and to register
for classes, visit https://olliringlingcollege.
org/course-catalog/. Register by phone at
941-309-5111 or in person at Sarasota Art
Museum, Mann Reception Area (room 105).
Temple Sinai
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