The JCC of the Greater Five Towns will sponsor a new support group for the economically challenged as a result of the economic downturn.  Key themes will include unemployment, financial issues, empowerment and support.  Please join us on Thursday mornings at 10:15 a.m. at Temple Israel, 140 Central Ave, Lawrence until January 20th. This group is part of Connect to Care, an initiative funded by UJA-Federation of NY. For further information and to pre-register, please contact Talia Rapps, L.M.S.W. at 516-569-6733 x213.

Holocaust Center Exhibit

“Displaced Persons Camps: Rebuilding Culture and Community in the Aftermath of World War II,” written and curated by survivor and historian Lillian Gewirtzman, is on display at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County. The exhibit highlights the renaissance of Jewish cultural life and community, which took place among the more than one million survivors who were left essentially homeless after World War Two. The Center has opened its long-awaited permanent exhibit, which uses photographs, artifacts and video to relate the events of the Holocaust and relate them to more recent genocides and acts of intolerance. The Center, at 100 Crescent Beach Road in Glen Cove, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. Suggested donation: $10 for adults, $5 for students to age 18 and seniors (65+). For more information: (516) 571-8040 ext. 100 or visit www.holocaust-nassau.org.