{"id":7724,"date":"2025-01-17T10:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/?p=7724"},"modified":"2025-01-17T10:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:49:17","slug":"remembering-luna-kaufman-a-legacy-of-strength-and-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/2025\/01\/remembering-luna-kaufman-a-legacy-of-strength-and-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Luna Kaufman: A Legacy of Strength and Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luna Kaufman with David Bossman, Executive Director Emerita of the Sister Rose Thering Fund<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is with a heavy heart that we acknowledge the passing of Luna Kaufman, a cherished figure in the Seton Hall University community, beloved Trustee of the Sister Rose Thering Fund, and a remarkable contributor to the university\u2019s archives. Known for her unwavering commitment to Holocaust education and interfaith dialogue, Kaufman leaves behind a legacy that will inspire generations to come.<\/p>\n

Luna Kaufman, who was born in Krakow, first lived through the German occupation of Krakow and was later held as a prisoner in the concentration camps of Plaszow and Leipzig. She was able to survive the Holocaust, and eventually emigrated to America. She and her husband settled in New Jersey, where Kaufman was an active part of the Jewish community and became the first woman president of her Temple. It was later in life that she began to work and advocate for Holocaust education, picked by former Governor Kean to work on the Advisory Council for Holocaust Education when it was first formed in 1982. Kaufman spoke at Nancy Forsberg\u2019s Interfaith Committee, and would eventually find her way to speaking at Seton Hall, where she met and then worked with Sister Rose Thering on Holocaust education through the Sister Rose Thering Fund.<\/p>\n

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Luna Kaufman leading a trip to Yad Vashem, 2008.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just last year, the archives completed a\u00a0project<\/a>\u00a0funded by the New Jersey Historical Commission that processed Kaufman\u2019s archive, together with the papers of Sister Rose Thering and Nancy Forsberg. That project resulted in an exhibit and\u00a0conference presentation<\/a>\u00a0celebrating the legacy of interfaith dialogue left by these three powerful and inspiring women, whose friendship arose from their shared commitment to fighting intolerance and increasing understanding.<\/p>\n

The archives is proud to steward Luna Kaufman\u2019s legacy into the future. Her\u00a0collection<\/a>\u00a0contains drafts of her memoir, teaching materials, notes on speeches, and recordings of events and talks that she gave. As we remember Luna Kaufman, let us carry forward her legacy of love, compassion, and advocacy, ensuring that her work continues to resonate within our community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is with a heavy heart that we acknowledge the passing of Luna Kaufman, a cherished figure in the Seton Hall University community, beloved Trustee of the Sister Rose Thering Fund, and a remarkable contributor to the university\u2019s archives. Known for her unwavering commitment to Holocaust education and interfaith dialogue, Kaufman leaves behind a legacy … Continue reading “Remembering Luna Kaufman: A Legacy of Strength and Faith”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7724"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7728,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7724\/revisions\/7728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}