New Life Club was started in the 1950s as a way for Holocaust survivors to be together, share their experiences, and celebrate the lives they made in San Diego after the Holocaust. They met at various synagogues such as Congregation Beth Tifilah and Tifereth Israel Synagogue. At meetings there were guest speakers on the Holocaust and other Jewish themes, such as Jewish music and culture. There were dinner dances and picnics. They celebrated members' life-cycle events and each year they had a community-wide Holocaust memorial service. Some members wrote about their Holocaust experiences and spoke about them in the community and around the country. As the children of the survivors became adults, they formed the Second Generation group which seeks to educate people on the Holocaust. Since many Holocaust survivors originally lived and worked in the North Park neighborhood of San Diego, the Second Generation is working to teach about the history of the Jewish presence in North Park and through their Butterfly Project, teach about the Holocaust.