Tova Friedman — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Served as the director of the Jewish Family Service of Somerset and Warren Counties for more than 20 years.
Holocaust survivor who was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Author of books.
Taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in psychology from Brooklyn College.
Holds a Masters of Arts in Black literature from the City College of New York.
Holds a Masters of Arts in social work from Rutgers University.

Biography

Tova Friedman (née Tola Grossman), born September 7, 1938, in Gdynia, Poland, is a Jewish American therapist, social worker, author, and academic. She is a Holocaust survivor who was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Friedman's family moved from Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland, and returned there at the outbreak of WWII. They were forced to live in a ghetto, and later her parents worked in an ammunition factory in Starachowice.