Cyla (Lala) Tusk Radzyner z"l

The BA Law Honors Program is supported by Alex Radzyner and named after his mother Cyla (Lala) Tusk-Radzyner z"L. A survivor of the Shoa, Lala lived with her husband Jakob and their sons Mark and Alex in Salzburg, Austria Their home was traditional, modern- orthodox Jewish and Zionist

Lala was a firm believer in the value of education for everyone, including young Israelis of all backgrounds. She was especially clear in her belief that girls should aspire to an academic and professional education as well as financial independence, inside and outside of marriage

Unusually for a married women of her time and place, and encouraged by her husband and his cousin Harry Radzyner, Lala trained as a paralegal in the late 1950's and early 1960s. She went on to work part of the year at a law firm in Paris, France on reparation cases for other Shoah survivors. Her employers valued her for her excellent language skills and for being able to put together detailed evidence on behalf of claimants in a sensitive and empathic manner. Moreover, Lala knew how to make strong cases for reparations to the bureaucrats in post-war West-German government offices

Jakob and Lala were lifelong active supporters of Israel. Lala was a firm believer in the value of education continuing throughout one's life. She would be delighted to know that her granddaughter Natalie, the daughter of her son Mark, made Aliah. Natalie and Alex Radzyner both also completed Postgraduate Programs at Reichman University strengthening the connection of the Radzyner family to Reichman University IDC