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Holocaust Memorial Center Hosts Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration Day, Apr. 19

Program Honors the Memory of the Six Million Jewish Victims of the Holocaust

FARMINGTON HILLS – The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman
Family Campus (www.holocaustcenter.org  will host its annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration Day on Sunday, April 19. The Holocaust Memorial Center is located at 28123 Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills.

Events will begin at noon with the project “Unto Every Person There Is A Name.” Volunteers from the Holocaust Memorial Center will read aloud some of the names of those whose lives were taken in the Holocaust.

The formal Yom HaShoah program starts at 1 p.m. with the Posting of the Colors by members of the Jewish War Veterans, Department of Michigan followed by a memorial commemoration led by Rabbi Aaron Bergman, Hazzan Daniel Gross of Adat Shalom Synagogue and pianist Martin Mandelbaum.

Other features from the Yom HaShoah program include:

• Erna Gorman will offer greetings on behalf of the Hidden Children and Child Survivors Association of Michigan. Charles Silow will deliver special greetings on behalf of C.H.A.I.M. (Children of Holocaust-Survivors Association of Michigan) and the Program for Holocaust Survivors and Families.

• David Karp, child of Holocaust survivors, will offer reflections on the 70th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust.

• Continuing a tradition begun more than a decade ago, Shari Ferber Kaufman will share her thoughts and her reflections.

• Anchor Bay High School R.O.T.C. will act as Honor Guard.

All who wish to kindle personal Yahrtzeit candles are invited to do so in the museum at the Eternal Flame following the formal program.

Complimentary valet parking will be available and admission will be waived for the day thanks to the generosity of MASCO Corporation Foundation.

This year’s event is presented in cooperation with The Shaarit Haplaytah Organization, C.H.A.I.M. (Children of Holocaust Survivors Association in Michigan) and Hidden Children and Child Survivors Association of Michigan, and the Program for Holocaust Survivors and Families. Generous support was received from the Marsha and Harry Eisenberg Family; the Robin and Leo Eisenberg Family; The Karp Family; Shari (Ferber) and Alon Kaufman; Lisa and Gary Shiffman; Judy and George (z”l) Vine; Lori and Steven Weisberg; and Lori and Alan Zekelman.

For more information, contact Selma Silverman at 248-553-2400, ext. 112.

About the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus
The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus opened in 1984. Local Holocaust survivors, with community support, founded the museum to teach about the senseless murder of millions, and why everyone must respect and stand up for the rights of others if the world is to prevent future discrimination, hate crime and genocide. As Michigan’s only Holocaust museum, the Holocaust Memorial Center annually touches the lives of more than 85,000 individuals, who leave the museum profoundly affected with a newly acquired sense of history, social responsibility and morality. The Holocaust Memorial Center’s exhibits create a call to action, teaching visitors through the examples of those who risked their lives to save others, and asking its guests to react to contemporary challenges such as racism, intolerance, bullying and prejudice.

The facility is wheelchair accessible and free parking is available at both the North and South entrances.

For more information on the Holocaust Memorial Center, visit www.holocaustcenter.org, or call 248-553-2400.

 

 

 

 

 
   
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