"If I ever get liberated, I will speak to people, I will tell them"

December 29, 2022 4:09 PM

Every Friday, photographer Mayan Toledano drives her silver Volvo convertible—decorated with a dancing Elvis hanging from the rearview mirror and a pink cowboy propped on the dashboard—to deep corners of Brooklyn like Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach to deliver food to food-insecure Holocaust survivors. These survivors are members of Connect2, a program created by the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island. “I now have a lot of grandparents in the city,” says Toledano, who moved to New York more than 10 years ago. “Otherwise, I don’t have family here at all.”
posted by minervous (5 comments total)

These stories and photos both break and make my heart again. Thank you for sharing.
posted by rrrrrrrrrt at 4:35 PM on December 29, 2022 [6 favorites]

.... I'm a Brooklynite myself and I've never heard of this group. Definitely going to read further.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 7:13 PM on December 29, 2022 [1 favorite]

Thanks for sharing this. I’ve never heard of this group either - will definitely look for more. I’m glad these accounts are still being told.
posted by Mchelly at 7:58 PM on December 29, 2022 [1 favorite]

Beautiful, thank you!
posted by mareli at 8:55 PM on December 29, 2022 [1 favorite]

Mensch.
posted by srboisvert at 7:31 AM on December 30, 2022