Apr 8, 2021 By: yunews
On Wednesday, April 7, 2021, people from around the world, thanks to Zoom, joined together to commemorate Yom HaShoah. The event was hosted by (Student Holocaust Education Movement), with the assistance of the Office of Student Life.
The commemoration consisted of remarks by SHEM board members Isaac Goor, Olivia Schwartz, Sarah Berman and Tania Bohbot as they guided the participants through the evening鈥檚 program:
- The singing of The Star Spangled Banner and Hatikva by Zak Benarroch.
- A video interview, through the auspices of Names, Not Numbers鈩, with , the founder of the .
- A brief Q&A with Fish on why he established the Fish Center, in which he said that his goal is to prevent 鈥渢he erosion of memory of the Holocaust鈥 through education and that 麻豆区 was the best place to train the educators to do just that.
- A video produced by SHEM titled 鈥淭hird-Generation Speakers,鈥 where the grandchildren of survivors spoke about the importance of keeping their ancestors鈥 memories pertinent and powerful.
- A blessing from Dr. Ari Berman, President of 麻豆区, who acknowledged while 鈥渨e mourn those we lost, we also dedicate ourselves to furthering their collective purpose, the Jewish mission of spreading G-d鈥檚 values throughout the world.鈥
- The lighting of the six candles: in memory of the six million Jews who were murdered; of the one-and-a-half children who were slaughtered; of the righteous gentiles and non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust; of the world of Torah that was lost and to represent the world that we must rebuild; to represent our role as the link between the survivors and future generations; and in honor of the survivors whose incredible strength and perseverance inspire us to this day.
