Holocaust survivor Rita Lurie and her daughter, Leslie Gilbert-Lurie, offer a firsthand account of survival and healing in the memoir Bending Toward the Sun. The book explores how the trauma of the Holocaust extends into the lives of second and third generations. Rita and Leslie shared their story today on the Today Show.
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Leslie Gilbert-Lurie, a writer, lawyer, teacher, and child advocate, is a board member and Immediate Past President of the Los Angeles County Board of Education. She is a founding member and past president of the Alliance for Children’s Rights, a non-profit legal rights organization for indigent children, co-chair of the education committee for the Los Angeles Music Center, and a board member of Sierra Canyon School and New Visions Foundation. She recently served on the mayor’s task force charged with developing a new cultural plan for the City of Los Angeles.
