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Raised by Survivors: “Rabbi Anchelle Perl”

How do you turn a family’s trauma into a lifetime of light? In this moving conversation, host Bernie Furshpan sits down with Rabbi Anchelle Perl, whose father survived Auschwitz and slave-labor camps before rebuilding his life—and his faith—in freedom. Rabbi Perl recounts that journey, the quiet heroism of keeping kosher in a death camp, and the steadfast refusal to hate that defined his childhood home.

Now the spiritual leader of Chabad of Mineola, founder of Long Island’s Good Deed Awards for teens, and a newly appointed Nassau County Human Rights Commissioner, Rabbi Perl explains how those early lessons fuel his mission to spotlight kindness, confront antisemitism through education, and help every person recognize the spark of holiness within.

Listen in for a testament to resilience, a blueprint for community leadership, and a reminder that the most powerful answer to darkness is a life devoted to bringing others hope.