Fern Ruth Levy: About Ms. Levy

Fern R. Levy is a Cleveland-area Jewish educator who specializes in Holocaust history. Her expertise as a Jewish educator has developed out of rich professional and personal experience and education:

A Journey of Jewish Heritage, sponsored by Siegal College of Jewish Studies to Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, and Hungary

Christian-Jewish Holocaust Journey, sponsored by Ursuline College to Poland, Italy, and Israel

Interviewer of Miep Gies, Hannah Pick-Goslar, and twenty Cleveland-area Holocaust survivors for Steven Spielberg's “Shoah Foundation Institute” at the University of Southern California

Master of Judaic Studies in Jewish Education, Siegal College of Jewish Studies

Master of Organization Development and Analysis, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Mather College for Women, Case Western Reserve University

Ms. Levy is also adjunct faculty at John Carroll University (JCU) and Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C). At JCU she teaches in the Tim Russert Department of Communication and Theatre Arts, and at Tri-C she consults with students in the Writing Center on two of the main campuses.

Upcoming Events

"The Life of Anne Frank" is a forum that will take place on Thursday, April 24, 2014, at Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio. The forum will start at 7:oopm and feature Buddy Elias, Anne Frank's cousin and childhood playmate and president of the Anne Frank-Fonds (foundation)in Basel, Switzerland. Mr. Elias's wife Gerti will also be present. Introductory remarks will be made by made by Rev. Dr. Otis J. Moss, Jr. The forum will serve to commemorate the 85th birthdays this year of both Anne Frank and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Featured Presentation

Miep Gies referred to herself as "an ordinary woman" while Yad Vashem the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem recognized Miep and her husband Jan as "Righteous Rescuers Among the Nations." Indeed she was much more than ordinary, and there is much to admire about Miep Gies as we realize the true nature of her extraordinary moral courage for hiding the Frank family. In her presentation "Miep Gies and Anne Frank: Friendship and Moral Courage," Ms. Levy will engage her audience in a meaningful dialogue about the Holocaust, an appreciation of the friendship Miep and Jan had with Anne Frank and her family, and the little known similarities between Miep and Anne's early lives. For more information or to request a presentation, please contact Ms. Levy.

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