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Holocaust survivor to speak at Scott's National Prayer Breakfast

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  • By Airman 1st Class Kristina Lynch
  • 375th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. --  The 375th Air Mobility Wing Chapel will host the National Prayer Breakfast, featuring Esther Jungreis, Feb. 14. at 7 a.m. at the Scott Club.

Jungreis is a Holocaust survivor who now dedicates her life to promoting spiritual resiliency and moral and ethical values. To coincide with Comprehensive Airmen Fitness, the theme of this year's breakfast is "Spiritual Resiliency Amidst Life's Turmoil."
Chaplain (Capt.) Andrew Cohen, 375th Air Mobility Wing Chapel, said, "I have no doubt that anyone who attends will walk out of there touched by a great historical figure and feeling that they have truly seen greatness and holiness in person."

After experiencing the Holocaust, Jungreis devoted her life to educational and humanitarian causes as an author and educator. She has published several best-selling books on these themes, entitled: "The Committed Life," "The Committed Marriage," "Life is a Test," and "Jewish Soul on Fire."

"This is a tremendous opportunity to hear a brilliant, sage woman who has accomplished more goodness in her lifetime," said Cohen. "This is a woman who emerged from the depths of hell in Bergen-Belsen, who lost much of her family, yet who has devoted her life to rebuilding the Jewish people and uplifting Western civilization."

In 1973, she founded Hineni, an international educational outreach movement whose mission is to inspire the Jewish people to return to their faith. Hineni gatherings have been held throughout the world.

For more than 40 years, Jungreis has written a weekly column for The Jewish Press.

In addition, her articles have appeared in Newsweek, Time, New York Magazine and People, as well as other major newspapers throughout the world. She has also been invited to address U.S. military gatherings at Fort Hood, Texas, and Great Lakes Naval Station. In 2006, President George W. Bush appointed her to the Board of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council in Washington, D.C.

Cost is $8 for Scott Club members and $10 for non-members.

To register, contact Chaplain Cohen at 256-3303.