Rachel Miller - Woman of Achievement 2021
Rachel Goldman Miller, who is receiving the award for lifetime service. Miller is the founder of local nonprofit Shaving Israel, which raises funds and awareness to purchase personal hygiene items for soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces. A Holocaust survivor, Miller regularly speaks about her experiences at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. The 10 honorees will be recognized during an hourlong awards celebration that will be broadcast onSt. Louis PBS affiliate KETC-TV (Channel 9) September 13, at 7 PM
Quote from St. Louis Jewish Light
Rachel Miller at home, in front of paintings of three of her family members lost during the Holocaust— her mother, father and sister. A German prisoner of war created the portraits, working from photographs of the family. (Lisa Mandel)