Not to be confused with International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which we commemorated in January, Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day is observed as a national holiday today in Israel. (In fact, it began at sundown yesterday.) Known in Hebrew as Yom HaShoah, the solemn day memorializes the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. Many …
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Hi friends! Regretfully, I didn't attend live, but I caught a local news report of Holocaust survivor, George Kalman. The city of Chandler (AZ) displayed a railcar used to transport Jews to concentration and death camps during World War II. The Nazi regime, dead set on eliminating the Jews, succeeded in murdering at least 6 …
"If we wish to live and to bequeath life to our offspring, if we believe that we are to pave the way to the future, then we must first of all not forget." ~Professor Ben Zion Dinur, Yad Vashem, 1956 Happy Lord's Day, my friends! I'm glad you're here and I hope you are …
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) begins at sundown today. (It is actually already after sundown in Israel, so Yom HaShoah has already begun there.) The official name of this Jewish observance is Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah, meaning Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust and Heroism, and this is a most solemn day in Israel. Mid-morning on …
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