Yom HaShoah Holocaust Commemoration, Sunday, May 8 at 1:00 PM

Join the Jewish Community Relations Council of Boston for
the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Commemoration on
Sunday, May 8 at 1:00 PM

More than 500 community members are expected to gather at Boston ’s Faneuil Hall on Sunday, May 8 at 1:00 PM for the annual Yom HaShoah Holocaust Commemoration. Sponsored by JCRC and a host of community organizations, this year’s event will commemorate the 60th anniversary of liberation and the 10th anniversary of the New England Holocaust Memorial.

The commemoration will feature, local and international speakers and an original cantata with six aspects of the Holocaust: Liberation, Memory, Mothers, Community, Faith and Courage. To bring each aspect to life, survivors, liberators and community leaders will offer brief remarks followed by musical performances from local school children. An intergeneration chorus composed of children and Holocaust survivors will also participate.

Following the commemoration, B'nai Brith Youth Organization students will create a "Path of Voices" between Faneuil Hall and the New England Holocaust Memorial as attendees prepare to recite Mourner’s Kaddish.

To learn more about this year’s commemoration, go to http://www.jcrcboston.org/index.html or please contact Matt Lebovic at (617)457-8672 or mlebovic@jcrcboston.org.