Gift of Time
Reading books aloud to her 95-year-old Holocaust survivor father, David Prince, led Frances to write one of her own.
This multi-layered book defies easy categorisation. It embraces the topics of memoir and oral history, the Holocaust, resilience and determination, intergenerational conversations and the power of reading.
Frances Prince is an educator with lifelong expertise in Jewish Studies, Holocaust education and leadership in Victoria’s interfaith community. She worked at Mount Scopus Memorial College for nearly three decades, teaching Jewish Studies, writing curriculum and developing interfaith programs. In 2011 she received the National Council of Jewish Women’s Sylvia Gelman Award for 'Outstanding Woman Educator in the Area of Jewish Studies’. Frances was one of the founders of March of the Living, Australia, a student Holocaust educational experiential journey to Poland.
She is an executive member of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) where she holds the multicultural and interfaith portfolio. Frances is also vice president of the Australian Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) Victoria and serves on the committee of the annual Lodz ghetto commemoration.
