Roni Rosenthal, Ph.D, was born in Haifa. She is named after her grandfather Aharon, who passed away 8 months before her birth. She is an award winning author and is the Director of Judaic Studies and Professor of Language and Literature, at the University of Maryland.

At the age of 18, Friddie, born in Bucharest, married Freddy, a charismatic, charming scientist. However, in 1940, shortly after their wedding, the new husband vanished. Friddie was wrongly imprisoned for a crime she never committed and spent the next nine years in a Romanian prison and then four years in a concentration camp because of her Jewish lineage. While in prison, Friddie wrote poems, which Roni shares, along with some photos in her presentation.

Where the Lilacs Bloom Once Again: Friddie's Story