Yom HaShoah was officially on Thursday this week. The Atlanta observance will be held at 11 a.m. at the Memorial to the Six Million at Greenwood Cemetery — with this year marking 60 years since ...

As Yom Hashoah begins, my wife, Chana, finds herself in Prague, Czech Republic. She and her sister, Liz, are spending a week there, encountering and engaging with the place of their father’s youth.

Miami Beach, FL, April 27, 2025 - Holocaust survivor David Schaecter, center, listens to speakers during a ceremony to Commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day at Temple Emanu-El in ...

Apr. 25—"He believed he was saved for a reason," Ariele Klausner said Wednesday evening, describing how her father, Felix Zandman, survived the Holocaust as a teenager by hiding under ...

Yom HaShoah ensures that memories of those who were killed in the Holocaust live on and that they didn’t die in vain, ... “And we recite the Kaddish for those whom we remember with affection.

Hundreds of Montrealers, as well as the diplomatic corps and federal, provincial and municipal leaders, turned out Wednesday night at the Gelber Centre for the Montreal Holocaust Museum's annual ...

Yom HaShoah, literally meaning ‘Day of Catastrophe’, is a Hebrew word, ... Kaddish (the blessing over wine) for the dead, and the El Maleh Rahamim, a memorial prayer.

A fascinating footnote to Israeli History: Prime Minister Menachem Begin would seek to move Yom HaShoah to Tisha B'Av following his meeting with Rav Soloveitchik in 1977.

This Yom HaShoah, let us transform the sacred mantra of “Never Again” into a resounding call to action—not just to mourn our past, but to build our future.

The 2025 theme for Yom HaShoah is 'Standing Up Against Injustice: Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue' On Yom HaShoah, sponsors distribute copies of the U.S. Constitution 'to remind ourselves and ...

JCC observes Yom HaShoah. By. Mary Biebel - April 24, 2025. Facebook. Twitter. ... and prayers including a Mourner’s Kaddish in honor of the 6 million Jewish people who were murdered by the ...