The Jewish Community Relations Council will hold its annual Holocaust commemoration programs for Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance) April 28 and May 1.
The 29th Annual Community Holocaust Commemoration event will be at noon, Thursday, April 28 in the Rotunda of the Mahoning County Courthouse, 120 Market St., Youngstown.
The annual Shoah Memorial Ceremony will be at 4 p.m., Sunday, May 1 at the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown, 505 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown.
Both programs are free and open to the public.
Yom Hashoah is an internationally recognized day set aside for remembering all victims of the Holocaust and for reminding society of what can happen to civilized people when bigotry, hatred and indifference reign. This year’s local theme is “Eternal Lessons for Every Generation.”
Winners of the Jewish Community Relations Council’s student Holocaust writing and multimedia contest will be recognized at the Community Holocaust Commemoration at the Courthouse. The presentation of a proclamation by Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown, as well as a memorial candle lighting ceremony to honor the 6 million who perished, will be part of the event.
The Memorial Ceremony at the Jewish Community Center will include a keynote presentation by Aryah Barnea, an author of books on the Holocaust and education, a Hebrew University Holocaust lecturer, and chairman of amcha.org…, The Israeli Center for Psychological and Social Support for Holocaust Survivors and the Second Generation. In addition, the program will include a candle lighting ceremony and participation by children and grandchildren of Survivors.
The Holocaust Commemoration and Education Task Force, a committee of the Jewish Community Relations Council, is chaired by Rabbi Joseph Schonberger and Rochelle Miller, children of Holocaust survivors, and is comprised of numerous survivors, children of survivors, and other interested volunteers from the community. For more information, call 330-746-3251.
The Jewish Community Relations Council, the public affairs department of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation, represents the Jewish communities of Mahoning and Trumbull counties and the Shenango Valley. Its mandate is to protect, preserve and promote a just, democratic and pluralistic American society, and to safeguard the rights of Jews here, in Israel, and around the world. Visit jewishyoungstown.org… for more information.
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