Michael Korenblit is co-author of UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, the true story of love and survival in the Holocaust. In his presentation, Mike takes his audiences on a journey through time to Hrubieszow, Poland, during the late 1930s and 1940s. He relates the stories of two families and the impact of World War II on their lives.
Michael’s main characters are Manya and Meyer, his mother and father. Although only 17, Manya and Meyer’s courage, faith, and love for each other sustained them through the loss of their parents and siblings, the constant fear and harsh conditions, hiding from German soldiers, a two-year separation from each other, and 13 concentration and death camps between them. Their survival was one miracle; finding each other after liberation was a second. Then there was a third.
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Mike leads discussions on diversity and tolerance with a range of participants from fifth graders to high school students to community groups. For those trying to comprehend the impact of the Holocaust, Mike puts a human face on the numbers. He tells of the bravery and courage and sacrifice of Jews and non-Jews, and he does so with the gratitude and respect and humility of a loving son. Other topics center on school shootings and bullying, and a comparison of the genocides in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Nigeria to more recent ones in the Congo and the Sudan.
Mike is President and Co-Founder of the Respect Diversity Foundation, in Edmond, OK. Previously he worked for 19 years with the Close Up Foundation, an educational organization in Washington, D. C. He held a number of positions, including Program Instructor, where he led students and teachers in examining the government process and domestic and foreign policy issues. He also directed Close Up’s television and video department, where he produced programs which aired on the Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network. Mike is a former producer of an Ace Award-winning public affairs series, as well as numerous award-winning documentaries.
Mike was graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1973 with a B.S. in education and a teaching certificate in social studies.
