1. Esther Jungreis was a Jewish, Hungarian-born, American author, and public speaker.
16 Facts About Esther Jungreis
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Esther Jungreis was the founder of the international Hineni organization in the United States.
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Esther Jungreis's father was an Orthodox rabbi and operated a shtiebel in the city, in the Neolog community.
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Avraham Esther Jungreis was deported with other Jews from Szeged in a cattle car bound for Auschwitz.
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However, a relative who worked for Rudolph Kastner's office arranged for the cattle car to be opened while passing through Budapest and the entire Esther Jungreis family was transferred onto the so-called Kastner train, which after a journey of several weeks and a diversion to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, delivered its 1,670 passengers to Switzerland.
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In 1947, the family moved to Brooklyn, New York, where Esther Jungreis reconnected with distant cousin Theodore Esther Jungreis, a rabbi, and they married.
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Esther Jungreis founded the Hineni organization on November 18,1973, in Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum.
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Esther Jungreis was critical of secularization, which she viewed as a form of assimilation.
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Esther Jungreis addressed audiences throughout the 1970s and 80s, including an early program titled "You Are a Jew" at Madison Square Garden on November 18,1973.
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Esther Jungreis spoke against trends of secularization and assimilation that she considered to be "spiritual genocide".
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Esther Jungreis spoke in locations such as the Hollywood Palladium, the Johannesburg Coliseum, and Binyanei HaUmah in Jerusalem.
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Esther Jungreis spoke for the United States Army and Navy and the Israel Defense Forces.
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Esther Jungreis wrote four books: Jewish Soul on Fire, The Committed Life: Principles of Good Living from Our Timeless Past and The Committed Marriage.
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Esther Jungreis's last book, published in 2006, was titled Life Is a Test.
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Esther Jungreis was named "Woman of the Year" by Hadassah, Jewish War Veterans, B'nai B'rith, Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, the Knights of Pythias, and the Christian Amita Society.
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US President George W Bush appointed Jungreis to serve on the honorary delegation that accompanied him to Jerusalem for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel in May 2008.