Community Service

For over a quarter century Dr. Loew has championed the needs and issues of children of the Holocaust, including Hidden Children — those who concealed their Jewish identity to survive the Nazi era. He helped develop and organize the World Federation of Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors and Descendants in 1988, and he has been active in the National Association of Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors (NAHOS). He has continued his active participation in these organizations, including conducting workshops and serving as group facilitator.

In recognition of Dr. Loew’s extensive work with Holocaust causes throughout his career, in 2007 the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly presented him with a certificate honoring his achievements.

Through the National Institute of the Psychotherapies, Dr. Loew counseled relatives of those who perished in the collapse of the World Trade Center in 2001.

Signature activities include:

Workshop developer and group facilitator, World Federation of Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors, 1992—present, Washington, DC, Montreal, New York City, California, Ohio.

Keynote Speaker to the Jewish community of Charleston, South Carolina “The Effects of the Holocaust and the Survivors’ Mission.” Holocaust Memorial, April, 1995.

Member, Commission for Inter-Religious Affairs, American Jewish Committee, 1989-1999.

Panelist; Education of teachers of NY and NJ regarding the Holocaust and multi-cultural programs. Moriah School, Englewood, NJ, January 25, 1995.

Conducted workshops on the Holocaust and its impact on survivors and their children:

• Hidden Children Conference, NYC, 1991;
• Child Survivors of the Holocaust, Lancaster, PA, 1989;
• Child Holocaust Survivors Conference, Montreal, Canada, 1994.

Conducted workshop entitled “Bridging the Intergenerational Gap Between Child Survivors and the Second Generation.” Second Intergenerational Conference, The Hidden Children, March 1994.

Mentor program, Fort Lee (New Jersey) High School, 1992.

Conducted workshops entitled, “How the Holocaust Experience Affected the Sense of Time” (June 1994), “The Will to Survive” (February 1994) and others, 1988-Present.

Presentations about the Holocaust to public and private junior high school and high school children in the Metropolitan area, 1992-Present.

Conducted workshop on relationship between survivors and their children. International Hidden Children Conference, Anti-Defamation League, New York City, May 1991.