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ADENA BERNSTEIN ASTROWSKY
Author
Adena BERNSTEIN astrowsky
Author & Speaker
Adena Bernstein Astrowsky has worked as a government attorney for over twenty years. She is a facilitator with the What You Do Matters - Lessons from the Holocaust program for Law Enforcement. Additionally, Adena serves on the Board of Directors for the AZ Jewish Historical Society. She taught Sunday School at her temple for eight years, and in her last two years she co-taught a class on Holocaust studies. As a writer, Adena regularly contributes articles to MASK Magazine. She was recognized for her professional and philanthropic work with an Amazing Woman Award from the Phoenix Suns and National Bank of Arizona. Adena is the mother of three - two children in college and one in her final year of high school.
REcent Events
2025
FEB
14
Speaking Engagement: Chandler High School, Chandler, AZ
My Grandmother's Survival Story
FEB
08
Book Signing: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
Living among the Dead: My Grandmother's Holocaust Survival Story of Love and Strength
2024
NOV
21
Book Overview: Green Gables Neighborhood, Phoenix, AZ
Living among the Dead: My Grandmother's Holocaust Survival Story of Love and Strength
Oct
25
Book Discussion: Chaparral High School, Scottsdale, AZ
Living among the Dead: My Grandmother's Holocaust Survival Story of Love and Strength
SEPT
12
Speaking Engagement: Chandler High School, Chandler, AZ
My Grandmother's Survival Story
SEPT
5
Speaking Engagement: Saguaro High School, Scottsdale, AZ
My Grandmother's Survival Story
June
26
June
22
Adena was honored with a formal invitation by the Embassy and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland as a representative of the American Jewish Institutions and communities on a study visit June 22-30, 2024.
EDUCATOR'S GUIDE: AVAILABLE NOW
Our Educator’s Guide will assist those teaching about the Holocaust by using the book, Living among the Dead. The Guide can be used chapter by chapter to enhance the student’s understanding of the narrative. There are multiple suggestions and lessons to take us deeper into the history of the Holocaust and this story of strength, family love, community solidarity, and Jewish history. Link to order the Educator's Guide: getbook.at/EdGuideLAD
Adena Bernstein Astrowsky
Amsterdam Publishers | March 2020
This is the story of one remarkable young woman's unimaginable journey through the rise of the Nazi regime, the Second World War, and the aftermath. Mania Lichtenstein’s dramatic story of survival is narrated by her granddaughter and her memories are interwoven with beautiful passages of poetry and personal reflection. Holocaust survivor Mania Lichtenstein used writing as a medium to deal with the traumatic effects of the war.
IAN Book of the Year, Outstanding Non-Fiction
Readers' Favorite, Gold Medal Winner
Royal Dragonfly Book Award, First Place Winner
Amazon Bestseller in the following categories:
Jewish Holocaust History
Jewish History
Historical Biographies
High School Books
Now available in Polish & Spanish