Description:
Born in the shadow of the Holocaust, 12 writers show how creativity, love, and hope can emerge from a traumatic legacy. Their strength shines through in these moving stories - woven with heartbreak, triumph, and unexpected flashes of humor.
Brief description: Deborah grew up in Berkeley, California. Throughout her life, she has demonstrated a natural proclivity for facilitating and working with individuals and groups in diverse settings. After university, she worked as a real estate agent, obtained her broker's license, and co-founded a real estate company with eight other women. Deborah served as president and managing broker, while obtaining her master's degree in clinical psychology, and becoming vitally engaged as a family, child, and play therapist. She emigrated to Vancouver, Canada in 1993.Fifteen years ago, Deborah perceived a need for activities designed to provide emotional and creative support for children of Holocaust survivors like herself. She continues to co-facilitate Vancouver's Second-Generation Group and assisted in touring the Gesher exhibit of artwork produced by the combined creative efforts of Holocaust survivors, child survivors, and the second-generation. Motivated to honour those who saved lives through acts of civil courage, Deborah co-founded the Wallenberg-Sugihara Civil Courage Society (WSCCS) in Vancouver.Deborah is a mixed-media artist, with works appearing in private and public collections. Currently, she has turned her creative focus towards writing - facilitating a Second-Generation writing group, and working on a memoir. Organizing this anthology has been profoundly meaningful for her.Stepchildren and their families are a blessing in Deborah's life. She and her husband, Henry Ross-Grayman, are active participants in Jewish meditation and members of Or Shalom. Along with their two dogs, they split their time between Vancouver and Salt Spring Island.