Stacy Bratt Seltzer, President
Stacy is the grandchild of two Holocaust survivors, Esther and Sidney Bratt. She has always been conscious of the role the Holocaust played in her family and takes great pride in continuing the legacy that her grandparents have created. After returning from Birthright's March of the Living program in 2006, she became active with 3GNY. In 2009, after moving to Boston, she and her husband co-founded Boston 3G. Stacy and her family now reside in Pennsylvania where she recently helped create 3G Philly. She also sits on the board of 3GNY. Stacy graduated from Muhlenberg College and received her JD from Suffolk University Law School. She hopes that by sharing their stories, she can educate and inspire future generations to learn from her family's history.
Sophie Don, Vice President
Sophie Don is the Senior Manager of Programs & Operations for the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation (PHRF) and the Program Committee Chair of 3G Philly.
Sophie received her MA from Brown University in the Public Humanities, which built on her BA in History at Skidmore College where she focused her research on Holocaust education and memorialization across the United States and in Berlin.
Along with her former studies, Sophie has a personal passion for her positions with PHRF and for 3G Philly, as her grandparents and several other family members are survivors and were involved in the effort to create Philadelphia’s Holocaust Memorial. Sophie’s paternal grandparents met as teenagers in a displaced persons camp near Stuttgart after their respective liberations. They came to Northeast Philadelphia to join Bubbie’s two surviving siblings. There they opened a bakery on Bustleton Avenue.
Sarah Magen, Treasurer
Sarah is the granddaughter of Helen and Joseph Kopman, who survived the Warsaw ghetto uprising, imprisonment at Auschwitz and the loss of their entire respective families. Despite this legacy of pain, they were able to come to America and build a new and incredible life -- something for which Sarah hopes she never loses her awe and appreciation. Sarah is excited to help 3G Philly further its mission in the role of Treasurer. She lives in Jenkintown with her husband, Jonathan and her daughter, Bea. Sarah has a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. from the University of Connecticut, and currently works as a lawyer at AstraZeneca.
Cindy Chronister, Secretary
Cindy is the granddaughter of two Holocaust refugees, Carl and Matilde Reiser who both escaped Nazi occupied Vienna. Her grandparents never wanted to share their story with others despite repeated requests. After the death of her grandparents’, Cindy's family discovered a box in her grandparents’ apartment with documentation about their life in Vienna before and during the occupation as well as documentation of their rescue. In May 2019, Cindy and her family went to Vienna to not only learn about her grandparents' lives but to have memorial stones placed at her great-grandparents’ former residences. After participating in WEDU in May 2020 (thank you Covid), Cindy wanted to get more involved in the 3G community and found 3G Philly. Cindy and her family reside in the Reading area. She is a school psychologist working with children with learning needs and mental health challenges. Cindy continues to scan, preserve, and translate dozens of letters between her grandparents and great-grandparents from during the war.
Jennifer Anolik, Board Member
Jennifer Anolik is a writer, educator, and 3rd generation holocaust survivor who lives in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia. Along with the 3G board, she also serves on the volunteer steering committee for the Raab/Goodwin Holocaust Museum and Education Center, the organization that helped her grandmother, Erna Anolik share her holocaust experience in schools throughout New Jersey. Jennifer is the Director of Moving Traditions’ Kol Koleinu fellowship, a year-long program that gives teens across the country the skills to take part in Jewish, feminist social-changemaking. When she isn’t leading fellowships, designing curriculum, or writing poetry, you can find her playing multi-hour long strategy board games and working through the menus of all the bubble tea shops in Philly’s Chinatown.
Rachel Howe, Board Member
Rachel Howe is the grandchild of two Holocaust survivors, her grandfather Karl on her mother's side and her grandmother Charlotte on her father's side. Rachel has dedicated her personal and professional life to teaching tolerance and advocating for equity. She is Vice President of 3G Philly and sits on the board of and is on the steering committee of the Raab Goodwin Center for Holocaust Education in Cherry Hill, NJ. She taught Holocaust history and writing for two summers with Philadelphia Futures.
Rachel works as a grant writer for Temple University, where she has taught first year writing and creative writing. She has published several short stories, poems, and essays. In her free time, she enjoys yoga, hiking, biking and other adventures. She lives in South Philadelphia with her 4 very adorable and nearly perfect children and their cute but needy black lab.
Sarah Forti, Board Member
Sarah is the granddaughter of four Holocaust survivors. She grew up knowing the story of one of her grandmothers because her great uncle wrote a book called, “Growing Up in the Holocaust” by Ben Edelbaum. She used this book in 2008, during her visit to Lodz, Poland, where her grandparents grew up because it included detailed descriptions and addresses of important locations. She was able to walk the same streets and see some of the same buildings from her grandmother’s childhood. She also visited Auschwitz during this trip, which is where many of her grandfather’s family perished. Her grandfather survived and shared some of his stories with Sarah before he passed away. Sarah is proud to share her family’s story of survival after completing the WEDU (We Educate) speaker training program in October 2021. Sarah graduated from Northwestern University and earned her MBA from Kellogg School of Management. She and her family currently reside in Ambler where she runs a marketing consulting business for healthcare tech, pharma and pharmacy clients.
Allison Lindemann, Board Member
Speaking "Yiddish to Chickens" was the theme that Ali grew up with. Her father's parents, Beniek and Lea, survived the war, separately, in Poland and came together to the United States with the help of HIAS. Her grandparents bought a farm in Vineland, NJ with their two daughters and shortly after, their son Aaron (Allison’s father) was born. Growing up in Cherry Hill, Aaron would take Ali on drives to Vineland to visit her Bubby. There was always a warm meal and a welcoming conversation which helped Ali develop an understanding and appreciation of being present. Her grandmother taught her how resiliency and empathy can define one's character.
Today Ali lives in Philadelphia with her husband Jeremy and two sons, Mason and Kyle. Ali has her BSBA from the University of Florida and MBA from Temple University. She spent the last 23 years in Banking and is embarking on a new career in the Food Business. She recently joined the Board to honor her family's memories and continue to tell the stories and lessons of the Shoah so they are not lost. Ali’s focus is on helping 3G Philly engage and connect with the South Jersey community.
Shana Weiner, Board Member
Growing up as a 3G, Shana was always conscious of bad things that people do in the world. From a young age, Shana was interested in helping the underdog. In 2015 Shana combined this with her desire to serve the Jewish community when she launched Dinah, a comprehensive legal services center providing resources to survivors of abuse in Greater Philadelphia through a Jewish lens. This work led to Shana being featured as one of Drexel University's “40 Under 40” list in 2020. Since 2022, Shana has continued to operate and oversee her team at Dinah while simultaneously working as an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shana received a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2010 a Juris Doctorate from Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law in 2013, and a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management from Gratz College in 2024.
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