Holocaust Legacy Foundation
To preserve and perpetuate the memory and lessons of the Holocaust for future generations

Teen Fellowship Opportunity
Holocaust Legacy Fellows is designed to create an empowered community of critical thinkers who will illuminate the world with hope, respect and responsibility. The Fellowship accepts twenty high school juniors who demonstrate leadership and want to make the biggest difference in their community. This program prepares teens to be the conduit for the memory and lessons of the Holocaust for future generations. Highlights of the program include: Fellows hearing first-hand testimony from survivors before their trip; monthly classes about the Holocaust; a memorial trip to death camps and other Holocaust sites; and a post-trip project. Fellows are prepared to serve as Holocaust peer educators at their schools and a resource for communities when they need to address anti-semitism. Teens from all Jewish backgrounds are encourage to apply.
Holocaust Legacy Fellows is not just about remembering the Holocaust but learning from it and becoming self aware. Learning through discovery can promote a positive impact. The Holocaust Legacy Fellows give us great hope that not only do they understand the horrors of the past, but the experiential education through travel means they will be the ones who will step up in the future and challenge prejudice and hatred which paved the way to those railway lines at Auschwitz.
Reflections
Daniel Groysman
Daniel Groysman Middleton, MA Masconomet Regional High School The Holocaust was the darkest time in modern history. Over six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators through...
Zoe Hano
Zoe Hano Beverly, MA Beverly High School Going into this trip, I thought I understood the Holocaust. I had seen so many movies and even took a course in school to try and learn about what happened, but...
Catherine Hubbard
Catherine Hubbard Arlington, MA Arlington High School “It felt like this is the most important thing I’ve ever done” That is my response whenever someone asks me the infamous question, “How was your...
News & Events
Defining anti-Semitism is the first step toward defeating it
by Michael Wittner January 30, 2020 Deborah Lipstadt will address the North Shore via video conference later this year. “It is hard, if not impossible, to explain something that is essentially irrational, delusional, and absurd. That is the nature...
Honorable Menschion: Jody Kipnis
by Steven A. RosenbergDecember 5, 2019 Jody Kipnis (right) started the Holocaust Legacy Foundation with Todd Ruderman (left) last year. Jody Kipnis grew up in Malden, attended Temple Ezrath Israel and eventually became a dental hygienist. She lives...
Teens return from Holocaust sites with vow: ‘Never Again’
by Shelley A. SackettAugust 30, 2019 Holocaust Legacy Fellows visited concentration camps in Europe Jillian Lederman was not at the beach on Aug.12, enjoying the North Shore summer with her friends. Instead, the incoming Marblehead High School...
Meet the Founders

Todd Ruderman & Jody Kipnis
During their participation in March of the Living in April 2018, Jody Kipnis and Todd Ruderman knew they had an obligation to remember and honor the victims of the Holocaust long after their visit to Poland was over. While on the grounds of Auschwitz, they made a promise to themselves and to their beloved friend David Schaechter, a Holocaust survivor, to preserve and perpetuate the memory and lessons of the Holocaust for future generations. They believed this could be best accomplished with ongoing Holocaust education for teens, including a first-hand visit to death camps and other Holocaust sites. The sense of urgency took hold and Holocaust Legacy Fellows was created in September 2018.
Motivated by passion for Holocaust education and a sense of obligation to fight anti-semitism and prevent a Holocaust from happening again, Jody Kipnis and Todd Ruderman are personally involved in the mission of Holocaust Legacy Fellows as funders and co-directors. They believe that investing in teens today will create future Jewish leaders for generations to come. The success of Holocaust Legacy Fellows pilot year inspired them to establish the Holocaust Legacy Foundation, with plans to expand Holocaust educational programming, including plans for a Holocaust and Human Dignity Museum in Boston.
Support Holocaust Legacy Foundation
Your generous tax-deductible gift directly supports our community engagements and Holocaust education programs. Whether you wish to honor a family member or a friend, or simply to support this important cause, your donation directly impacts our ability to do the work of our mission: preserving and perpetuating the memory and lessons of the Holocaust for future generations.