Tova Beck-Friedman is an American artist, sculptor, writer and filmmaker [1] [2] based in New York City. [3] Her work has been exhibited in the United States, Australia, Israel, Europe, and Japan.

Tova Beck-Friedman/ Director Bio Tova Beck-Friedman is a multi media artist, curator and writer, working in video, photography and sculpture. After earning a B.A from Purdue University, and an MFA from Goddard College, she completed graduate student research studies at Tama University of Art, Tokyo, Japan.

Through dance movements PASSAGES is set to investigate the psychology of memory, the personal autobiographical versus public remembrance, and examine the power it holds on contemporary culture.

Tova Beck-Friedman’s work is rooted in fine arts. After years of working in sculpture and sculptural installations, she has embraced films and poetry, fusing poetry and moving images to create cine poems.

Tova Friedman (née Tola Grossman; born September 7, 1938) is a Jewish American therapist, social worker, author, and academic born in Poland. She is a Holocaust survivor who was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp.Friedman taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and later served as the director of the Jewish Family Service of Somerset and Warren Counties.

Jan 27, 2025 · Tova Friedman, who we heard from a little earlier, was one of the youngest survivors when Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago – she was only six and a half, and yet saw horrors that no child ...

In this powerful and moving memoir Highland Park, NJ resident Tova Friedman tells the story of her life. She was one of the youngest people to emerge from Auschwitz. After surviving the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto in Central Poland Tova and her mother were sent to Auschwitz and her father to Dachau., After being liberated by the Russians ...

She has participated in the Boleslawiec International Ceramic Symposium, Poland (2004 and 1996); the Geumgang International Nature Art Biennale, Korea (2003); International Biennal, Be’er-Sheva, Israel (1997); and is the recipient of various awards.

As Nazi killing squads roamed Birkenau before abandoning the camp in January 1945, Tova and her mother hid among corpses. After being liberated by the Russians they made their way back to their hometown in Poland. Eventually Tova’s father …