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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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