Jewish Federation, Kol Israel Foundation remember Holocaust with Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah

(Jewish Federation of Cleveland) An estimated 1,100 Holocaust survivors call Cleveland home. Join our community as we honor these survivors and remember those who perished in the Holocaust at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland and the Kol Israel Foundation’s Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah on Wednesday, May 4 at 7:00 at Green Road Synagogue, 2437 S. Green Road in Beachwood. This annual event is free and open to the community.

Keynote Speaker Sean Martin, Ph.D., assistant curator for Jewish history at the Western Reserve Historical Society, will discuss “Community Reflections on an International Tragedy.” Martin’s topic takes an in-depth look into how the stories of those affected by the events of the Holocaust helped our community learn more about what had happened and how we began to examine the ties that bind us to our neighbors, both here and abroad.

 

Guests will witness a moving ceremony where Cleveland Holocaust survivors and their families will light memorial candles to remember those who perished. Children will also participate in a “March of the Generations,” to signify that Jewish life after the Holocaust continues.

 

Additionally, as part of Holocaust education curriculum, local schools entered the Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah Creative Arts Contest, where students were invited to create original written and visual arts pieces to incorporate this year’s theme, “Out of the Darkness: Into a New Life.” The 2016 Creative Arts Contest winners are:

 

Visual Arts – Middle School

1^st Place – Mirel Matitia, 8^th grade (Hebrew Academy of Cleveland)
2^nd Place – Esther Matitia, 7^th grade (Hebrew Academy of Cleveland)
3^rd Place – Adam Kahn, 8^th grade (Gross Schechter Day School)

 

Visual Arts – High School
1^st Place – Mollie Goldman, 11^th grade (Beachwood High School)
2^nd Place – Hannah Levitin, 11^th grade (Fuchs Mizrachi School)
3^rd Place – Bar Sarig, 12^th grade (Hawken)

 

Creative Writing Winners – Middle School
1^st Place – Shira Rosenberg, 6^th grade (Mandel Jewish Day School)

2^nd Place – Nora Igelnik, 6^th grade (Gross Schechter Day School)

3^rd Place – Joshua Murdakhaev, 7^th grade (Gross Schechter Day School)

3^rd Place – Matthew Kirstein, 6^th grade (Mandel Jewish Day School)

 

Creative Writing Winners – High School
1^st Place – Jane Rader, 11^th grade (James A. Garfield High School)

2^nd Place – Makayla Gough, 10^th grade (James A. Garfield High School)

3^rd Place – Lydia Knauer, 11^th grade (James A. Garfield High School)

 

For more information, please visit www.jewishcleveland.org, email yomhashoah@jcfcleve.org or call 216-593-2834.