Yom HaShoah commemoration set for April 27
Published April 16, 2014
The communitywide Yom HaShoah Commemoration, “Bearing Witness for Those Who Cannot: Testimony From the Holocaust,” will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 27, at United Hebrew Congregation, 13788 Conway Road.
The program will feature eyewitness accounts of the Shoah by Polish child-survivor Marie Cuttler, Lithuanian survivor Miriam Poster and Auschwitz survivor Saul Rozen. The commemoration will also include a traditional candle-lighting ceremony, an opportunity for all survivors to memorialize their loved ones, liturgical readings, prayers and a procession of Torah scrolls that survived the Holocaust.
Yom HaShoah chairwoman Vera Emmons said this year’s event will also commemorate the 70th anniversary of the deportation and destruction of the Jewish community of Hungary.
Music will be performed by Mischa, Tova and Gabriel Braitberg of Elegant Ensembles, son and grandchildren of survivors Szyfra and Gregor Braitberg of blessed memory, and the United Hebrew Vocal Ensemble.
The program will be interpreted in sign language. For further information, please go to HMLC.org or call 314-442-3714.