Your Guide to Holocaust Commemoration Events
Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, is on Sunday, May 1, 2011. With about twenty events happening around the Greater Boston area, from movie screenings and discussions to survivors speaking, there are many options for each of us to recognize Yom HaShoah, remember the tragic events of our past, and look forward to a more hopeful future.
Featured events:
May 1
- 15th anniversary of the New England Holocaust Memorial. Featuring children and grandchildren of survivors at the Memorial
- Frozen Memorial by Boston 3G: the third generation of Holocaust survivors. Putting a twist on a moment of silence by freezing in place for 5 minutes across from the Holocaust Memorial
All events:
April 27
Terezin: The Land of Deception at Temple Shir Tikva, Wayland
Screening of The Pianist in West Newton
April 29
Special Shabbat/Yom Hashoah Service at Kerem Shalom, Concord
April 30
Yom Hashoah Havdalah with Boston 3G and Riverway Project at Temple Israel, Boston
A Film Unfinished at Temple Beth David, Westwood
May 1
A Personal Documentary by an Austrian Refugee at Shir Tikva, Wayland
Commemoration with Dr. Abraham Peck at Temple Emeth, Chestnut Hill
New England Holocaust Memorial's 15th anniversary Commemoration
Moment of Silence: Frozen Memorial with Boston 3G at the New England Holocaust Memorial
Documentary and Interfaith Learn-In on Genocide at Temple Emanuel of the Merrimack Valley, Lowell
Yom Hashoah Service, Film, and Concert at Temple Israel, Boston with the Terezin Music Foundation
Candlelighting, Survivor Stories, and Readings at Congregation Beth Israel, Andover
Refused to Die: Film and Discussion with filmmaker Susie Davidson at Temple Shalom, Medford
Frauenstimmen: Womens Voices from Ravensbruck by Hebrew College at The Fenway Center, Boston
Multimedia Presentation: Why Do We Need to Remember? with Ma'yan Tikvah in Wayland
Jewish Ghetto Cabaret at Temple Emunah, Lexington
May 2
Exhibit: Portraits of Zinkov at Hebrew College, Newton
Artists Confront the Holocaust - Survivor and Artist Discussion at Temple Ohabei Shalom, Brookline
Two Who Dared screening and discussion at Harvard University Hillel, Cambridge
Judy Faust on her Mother's Experience healing from the Holocaust at Beth Elohim, Acton
Panel discussion of five members in film Tikkun at Temple Emanuel, Newton
Anti-Semitism: What's New About It? at Temple Israel, Sharon
May 4
Cambridge's Annual Holocaust Commemoration
May 5
War Through a Child's Eye- A Survivor Story at JCC of the North Shore, Marblehead
May 7
Movie Night: Viewing and Discussion of Defiance at Congregation B'nai Torah, Sudbury
