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 In the News


Jewish Federation of Greater Portland | April 13, 2020

4/13/2020

 
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Remembrance During a Pandemic

Article by Deborah Moon
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Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, was observed virtually this year. The David Labkovski Project held a writing contest for students to ponder the meaning behind David Labkovski's art. Winners of the contest were included in the grand opening ceremony of our online exhibit "Documenting History through Art" and were featured in the virtual remembrance. Read about it on the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland's website or visit our Reflect and Respond page to view the winning entries!

The Daily News | May 8, 2019

5/8/2019

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These San Fernando Valley Students are Understanding the Holocaust through the Eyes of an Artist

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The David Labkovski Project brought art to Daniel Pearl Magnet High School to educate the students there on the importance of remembering the Holocaust and the people who lived through it. It's important for the next generation to begin and continue the conversation about life, survival, tolerance, and the importance of bearing witness to history. You can view photos from the visit and read more about the visit on The Daily News website. 
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The Acorn | February 16, 2018

2/16/2018

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Local Students Awarded Legacy of Hope

Josh Shane, an Eagle Scout majoring in automotive systems engineering at Arizona State University, and Gabrielle Vanderlaan, a senior at de Toledo High School, have been awarded the Legacy of Hope Award for their contributions to the David Labkovski Project.

At the age of 14, Wollschlaeger discovered his father’s role as a Nazi in World War 11. From that time, Wollshlaeger began his journey to learn more about the Jewish people and reach beyond the hatred around him.

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The Daily News Photos | November 7, 2017

11/7/2017

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The World that Was, an Exhibit of David Labkovski’s Illustrations

​This exhibit, which opened to the public on November 8th for a limited time, was curated by 6th grade students at Adat Ari El Labowe Day School. This multi-discipilinary and project-based curriculum put stories and art into historical context and explored Labkovski's purpose and intention in his art. You can see more photos and read about this exhibit on the Daily News page.
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David Labkovski's Artwork Creating a Foundation for Learning

10/9/2017

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The life of Jewish artist David Labkovski was filled with tragedy. Born in Lithuania in 1906, he survived three years of imprisonment in a brutal Siberian gulag during World War II. He then returned to a devastated Lithuania, where over 95% of the Jewish population perished in the Holocaust. Throughout Labkovski’s life (He died in Israel at the age of 85.), he painted the story of his struggles and those of his community—the vanished, as well as the people and places that survived. “If it was a choice between a cup of coffee and paints, it was always paints and paintbrushes,” his great-niece Leora Raikin says of David and his wife, Rivka. “Their entire life’s focus was securing paint supplies in whatever form, to be able to document what had happened.” 

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LA Magazine: Where History Meets Art

9/14/2017

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The LAUSD is piloting a program here in the Valley - The David Labkovski Project - aimed at teaching students about the Holocaust. 

The life of a Jewish artist David Labkovski was filled with tragedy. Born in Lithuania in 1906, he survived three years of imprisonment in a brutal Siberian gulag during World War II. He then returned to a devastated Lithuania, where over 95% of the Jewish population perished in the Holocaust. Throughout Labkovski's life (He died in Israel at the age of 85), he painted the story of his struggles and those of his community - the vanished, as well as the people and places that survived. 

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The Art of Remembering

8/31/2017

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​The exhibition, called “From Prisoner in Siberia to Artist in Safed, Israel. The story of Jewish destruction, survival and renewal as seen through the images of artist, David Labkovski (1906-1991)” has travelled the world. In South Africa, it went to Durban and will be exhibiting in Johannesburg on September 3.

Now living in Los Angeles, Raikin is in South Africa to talk about Labkovski’s art, as well as the David Labkovski Project, an educational programme she helped develop, that teaches students about Eastern European life before, during and after the Holocaust, through his art.

​To read the full article, please click here.
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Overport Rising Sun | August 29, 2017

8/29/2017

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Durban Holocaust Centre Documents History Through Art

Project manager of DHC, Maureen Caminsky, Leora Raikin and director of DHC, Mary Kluk display one of David Labkovski’s paintings.
Project manager of DHC, Maureen Caminsky, Leora Raikin and director of DHC, Mary Kluk display one of David Labkovski’s paintings.
​The project was held for the first time in South Africa in an effort to educate all guests about totalitarianism in the 20th century though David Labkovski’s amazing artwork.

The atmosphere at the historic Durban Holocaust Centre was emotionally charged as guests and art lovers alike listened intently to speakers at an exhibition held in honour of Holocaust survivor and painter, David Labkovski, last Wednesday.
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​To read the entire article, please click here.
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Sunday Times | August 22, 2017

8/22/2017

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Jewish Artist's Work Captures Human Dignity & Betrayal in WW2

Art of David Labkovski
Former South African Leora Raikin has taken on the daunting task of cataloguing, preserving and exhibiting the art of her great-uncle, David Labkovski. Most compelling, though, is that she is using the works to teach students to document history.

​To read the full article, please click here.
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Podcast: Gugu Speaks With Leora Raikin About The David Labkovski Project

8/21/2017

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During her visit to South Africa, Leora Raikin joins Gugu's podcast and discusses The David Labkovski Project.

​To listen to entire interview, please ​click here.
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David Lablovski Exhibition at the Durban Holocaust Center

8/10/2017

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eNCA | December 12, 2016

12/12/2016

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Artworks of Jewish Gulag Survivor Headed to SA

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The works of David Labkovski head to South Africa for the first time. While these works have been on display in cities around the United States, this is the first time these works will be displayed in South Africa.

​Read the article here.

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Find Yourself a Teacher: Episode 6

11/22/2016

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With no guest this week, Jody and Shara talk about the origin of the name of the podcast, discuss the value of reflective teaching, and give teaching advice to their younger selves... Listen to Leora's Interview on the Podcast Here
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The Jewish Journal: K-8 charter school studies Holocaust through an artistic lens

6/2/2016

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Three months ago, eighth-graders at Canoga Park’s Multicultural Learning Center (MLC), a dual-language charter school with a mostly Latino student body, had little more than a basic understanding of the horrors of the Holocaust... Read the Rest Here
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Los Angeles Daily News: Holocaust survivor’s art gives Canoga Park students history lesson

5/25/2016

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Eighth-grade students at a public charter school in Canoga Park recently learned about the Holocaust through the art of a late Holocaust survivor who was a Siberian exile...Read the Rest Here
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International Lithuanian Federation: 5TH EPISODE OF ILF NEWS 2016 

5/13/2016

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Jewish Home LA: The World that Was: The Life and Art of Labkovski

4/14/2016

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“My great-uncle had these intense blue eyes. He could look at you for two minutes and be able to draw you in great detail,” began Leora Raikin, who has made it her mission to tell the life story of her great uncle, artist David Labkovski. At the first of several upcoming art exhibitions in Southern California, Labkovski’s work will be on display at Temple Aliyah in Woodland Hills on Sunday, April 10.... Read the Rest Here
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Testimonials

10/1/2015

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* “I never expected I would care this much and be so excited to showcase these pictures.  When I started this project, I didn’t know anything about David Labkovski (or the Holocaust) and now we are here to tell you his life story… The beautiful paintings give us a glimpse into this time period.  They help you understand the pain and suffering of this time and how things changed with the before and after pictures (paintings of his childhood in Vilna/paintings of his return after the Holocaust.)
                                               
-Jordan, 8th grade student
 
*  “Before beginning my time doing this project, I did not really identify with the Holocaust or its effects on Jewish life as a Jew. Rather I saw it as an unhappy topic that, like the atrocities of the Japanese occupation of Korea and other such horrific happenings in history, it just was. In some cases I outright avoided learning about it when I could.” 
After participating in the program (David Labkovski Project), her outlook was transformed, “I have had to confront my own Jewish identity and apply myself to learning about the Holocaust. Through David and Rivka’s life and struggles, I learned how to see the Holocaust as less of another flat atrocity of history and more of a dynamic event that needs to be shared to the general public in order to make them understand its importance.”
 
-Sam, 10th grade student
 
* “By teaching through this window into the world that was, we are giving Jewish students a slice of their DNA.”  He goes on to say, “ the DLP is a way in for creating Jewish identity.  A way in to Jewish peoplehood, a way into history, a way to connect, a way into what was.”
 
-Dr. Bruce Powell, Head of School, deToledo High School
 
* “The resurgence of life in Eastern Europe is creating interest in the life before the Holocaust.  Looking at life before is trending (in Holocaust education).  There are few Holocaust education programs that focus on the communal life before the Holocaust.  She went on to say that only when teens can better understand the magnitude of what was lost can they finally ‘get it’.
 
- Maya Aaron, Educator at the Bureau of Jewish Education, Los Angeles, and March of the Living ​

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