September 14, 2026

Good morning 2 great segments planned from 1pm until 2pm, on Viewpoint With Seeta and Friends AM 1510 WWBC , Seeta Media, Inc. We are heard on AM1510, FM94.7, FM99.9 , FM100.7 as well as online everywhere on WWBC https://1510wwbc.com/ . My guests today are Sheryl Needle Cohn , Dr. Cohn holds degrees in Psychology and Education. She is a published non-fiction author and has written two Holocaust historical fiction screenplays. She will chat about care giving, dementia and alheizmers.

Also joining us Vote Aldon Bookhardt , a good friend of my friend Sonya Mallard ! He is a candidate for Brevard County Commission ~ Aldon Bookhardt For District 1 voteabookhardt.com

Aldon Bookhardt: Candidate for Brevard County Commissioner District 1

I’m Not Running For A Title.
I’m Running For Our Community.

My campaign is built on three simple principles: the three R’s—Rights, Resources, and Responsibility. I believe that if you pay taxes, you have a right to see those resources at work in your neighborhood. And you deserve someone who will hold department heads accountable for getting the job done—whether that means fixing potholes, cleaning drainage ditches, or maintaining easements across District One. I could go on, but you get the idea—there’s a lot of work to be done. If elected, I’ll be responsible for making sure the needs of this district are not just heard, but addressed.

Let me be clear—I am not a politician. I never have been. But I’ve been around politics my entire life.

I grew up in a house with 7 sisters and 3 brothers—I’m number 10 out of 11 with parents who were married for 65 years and more nieces and nephews than I can count. In a family that big, you learn politics real fast. You learn how to negotiate, how to compromise, and most importantly, how to fight for what’s fair.

Now, after knocking on doors and talking to so many of you, I’ve learned something. The politics are all the same. But the issues are different.

I’m not here to play politics. I’m here to help get the needs of the community addressed.

As a contractor and developer with years of experience dealing with county government, I’ve seen firsthand how inefficient, cumbersome, and sometimes unresponsive our departments can be. Red tape slows down progress, frustrates our community, and drives up costs for everyone.

That’s why I’ll work directly with the County Manager and department heads to cut through the bureaucracy, streamline processes, and ensure our government actually responds to the needs of our community. No more excuses. No more delays. Just results.

About – Aldon Bookhardt for Brevard County Commission – Seat 1

Sheryl Needle Cohn — Author, Playwright, and Holocaust Scholar

Sheryl Needle Cohn, Ed.D., is an author, playwright, educator, and Holocaust scholar whose work centers on preserving and sharing the stories of Holocaust survivors and their families cohnsherylneedle.com+1.

Background and Education

Cohn studied at the International School for Holocaust Education at Yad Vashem in Israel, where she developed a deep commitment to Holocaust education and genocide studies cohnsherylneedle.com. She began her journey into Holocaust history after sorting through her grandmother’s old black-and-white photographs, which revealed that many of the people in them were family members who perished in the Holocaust sltablet.com.

Career and Work

Cohn has worked as a teacher in Lake County Public Schools, earning the “Employee of the Year” award in 2022–2023 cohnsherylneedle.com. She is also a junior tennis instructor and has traveled extensively — including to Israel, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic, Belarus, France, Belgium, Germany, and more — to research and share survivor stories cohnsherylneedle.com.

Notable Works

Her most recognized book is The Boy in the Suitcase: Holocaust Family Stories of Survival, which compiles firsthand accounts of families who survived the Holocaust. Each chapter honors the courage and resilience of survivors, resistors, and rescuers cohnsherylneedle.com+1. One chapter, “A Baker’s Loaf of Life: A Generation Saved by the Resistance Quaregnon, Belgium,” has inspired a screenplay for a potential film sltablet.com.

Cohn is also an author and playwright, with works such as Baker of Quaregnon and Hope of a Nation cohnsherylneedle.com. She has created original musicals like Annie, A Tomorrow Wish and West Side Story the Next Generation cohnsherylneedle.com.

Research and Advocacy

Her research interests include Holocaust education, global genocide, and bullying cohnsherylneedle.com. She has given numerous speeches across the U.S. and internationally, often meeting survivors who share their own stories, which she then documented sltablet.com.

Personal Life

Cohn is a single mother of two sons and grandmother to a granddaughter cohnsherylneedle.com. She enjoys tennis, golf, swimming, walking, travel, and karaoke, and is actively seeking producers to adapt her books and screenplays into films and television series cohnsherylneedle.com.

Contact

Her official website is cohnsherylneedle.com, where she shares her books, plays, and ongoing projects cohnsherylneedle.com.

In summary, Sheryl Needle Cohn is a dedicated educator, storyteller, and advocate whose life’s work is to ensure that the voices of Holocaust survivors are remembered and honored for generations to come.