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| Holocaust Remembrance Month MAY 2016 |
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Holocaust Remembrance Day or Yom HaShoah (in Hebrew) is commemorated annually on the 27th day of Nisan on the Jewish calendar marking the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. The date was selected by the Israeli Parliament, Knesset, on April 12, 1951. Yom HaShoah became formalized into law on August 19, 1953. Although the date was established by the Israeli government, it has become a day commemorated by Jewish communities and individuals worldwide.
In Israel, Yom HaShoah is commemorated by a one minute blare of sirens throughout the country; it is observed in silence. Wherever Israelis are, they stop what they are doing - if they are driving, they pull their cars over to the side of the road and stand next to their vehicles, if they are at home or in their business, often they will go outside or stand where they are. It is a unifying moment, cutting across religious barriers, generation gaps and economic status.
The United States Congress passed legislation in 1980 establishing the national Days of Remembrance as our nation's annual commemoration for the victims of the Holocaust. The Tennessee Holocaust Commission has organized and planned the Tennessee State Commemoration for 32 years. This year's Tennessee State Day of Remembrance was held on March 8th prior to the end of the legislative session.
This year the National Holocaust Day of Remembrance is May 5, 2016. Many communities will be hosting commemorations across the country throughout the month of May.
Click Here for Warsaw Ghetto link
Click Here for Yom HaShoah Link
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| Living On: Tennesseans Remembering the Holocaust |
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The documentary
Living On: Tennesseans Remembering the Holocaust
is available for sale through the Tennessee Holocaust Commission. The
Living On documentary follows the Tennessee Holocaust Commission in its efforts to interview and photograph all survivors and liberators of the Holocaust currently living in Tennessee. The one-hour documentary by NPT Producer Will Pedigo presents the powerful testimony of Tennessee's survivors and liberators as they remember the tragedy, loss and shock of the Holocaust.
http://video.wnpt.org/video/2242164491/
For more information on utilizing Living On in the classroom or additional resources please contact Danielle Kahane-Kaminsky at 615-343-1171 or e-mail at:[email protected].
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| Living On Traveling Photo Exhibit |
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 The Living On traveling exhibit will be displayed on:
Thursday, May 5, 2016
At the Memphis Jewish Community Center as part of the Community-wide Yom HaShoah commemoration
Jewish Community Center|6560 Poplar Avenue|Memphis, TN 38138
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Commemorations Across Tennessee
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The Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee will host the Community-Wide commemoration of Yom HaShoah at the Gordon Jewish Community Center on
Sunday, May 1st at 10:00 a.m.
The program, If We Had Been There: A Day in the Ghetto, will feature Dr. Rachel Korazim, a freelance consultant specializing in Israel and Holocaust studies. After the program, there will be a brief service led by community rabbis, including candle lighting by survivors and their families. For more information contact Abbie Wolf, the Federation's director of community relations, at (615) 354-1647 or [email protected].
Click here to read more about the program.
Gordon Jewish Community Center | 801 Percy Warner Boulevard | Nashville, TN 37205
The Gordon JCC's Prime Time group will host Naomi Limor Sedek who will tell her grandparents' story of survival to commemorate Yom HaShoah. Ms. Sedek will speak at the
Gordon Jewish Community Center on Thursday, May 5th at noon. For more information contact Alex Leff at [email protected].
Gordon Jewish Community Center | 801 Percy Warner Boulevard | Nashville, TN 37205
The Nashville Chapter of B'nai Brith Girls will host Emily May who will tell her mother's story to commemorate Yom HaShoah. Emily May will speak at the
Nashville Holocaust Memorial located on the grounds of the Gordon Jewish Community Center on Thursday, May 5th at 5
p
.m. For more information contact Shoshana Kelner at [email protected].
Gordon Jewish Community Center | 801 Percy Warner Boulevard | Nashville, TN 37205
The Memphis Jewish Federation will host the Memphis Community-wide Yom HaShoah commemoration on
Thursday, May 5th at 6:30-8:00 p.m. The ceremony will be held at the Memphis Jewish Community Center.
This year's community-wide Yom HaShoah Commemoration presents the premiere of a new film made in Memphis and featuring local Holocaust survivors, LIVES RESTARTED, From the Holocaust to Memphis: Stories of Courage and Resilience. Commissioned by Jewish Community Partners, Lives Restarted is a documentary that traces the lives of several of our local survivors being released from the camps and their individual journeys to find freedom in America. Through interviews with living survivors or adult children of those who have passed away, the film explores the challenges of restarting their lives, and the courage and resilience they embodied in creating a new community in Memphis, Tennessee. Contact Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein for more information at 901-767-7100 or email at : [email protected]
Jewish Community Center | 6560 Poplar Avenue | Memphis, TN 38138
The joint greater Knoxville-Oak Ridge community Yom HaShoah Remembrance Day Observance will be held
Tuesday, May 17th at 7 pm at Temple Beth El, 3037 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. The featured speaker will be Rev. Chris Edmonds. Contact Deborah Oleshansky for more information at
865-690-6343
or email her at
Temple Beth El| 3037 Kingston Pike| Knoxville, TN 37919
The Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge will gather together on May 8th at 4p.m. to honor those who were liberated, and to remember and pay our respects to those who did not survive. There will be a candle lighting ceremony and readings by children. The Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge is located at 101 W Madison Ln, Oak Ridge, TN 37830.
Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge| 101 W Madison Ln |Oak Ridge, TN 37830
The Chattanooga Jewish Federation will host the community Yom HaShoah observance on
Thursday, May, 5th at 6:30p.m. at The Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga. The Chattanooga Boys Choir will join the Jewish Federation of Greater
Chattanooga to commemorate Yom HaShoah, the official
observance of those who perished in the Holocaust. The theme for the commemoration will be When I Am Silent. Selections
of healing and hope will be featured, as well as sung
prayers and poetic settings associated with this tragic event.
The observance is free and open to the public. For more information about this event or the Cultural Center, contact Ann Treadwell at (423) 493-0270, ext. 13 or visit the Center's website: website:
jewishchattanooga.com
The Jewish Federation of Chattanooga|5461 N.Terrace Rd.|Chattanooga, TN 37411
The Giles County Rotary and Interact Rotary Clubs will host Frances Cutler-Hahn to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Month, at the Giles Heritage Theater in the First National Bank on Monday, April 25, 2016, at Noon. For more information contact Mike at [email protected]
First National Bank-Giles Heritage Theatre|
Pulaski, TN. 38478
The Spring Hill library will host Frances Cutler-Hahn to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day,
at the Spring Hill Library on
Thursday, May 5th, 2016, at 5p.m.
For more information contact Shelley Stedman at [email protected]
Spring Hill Library| 144 Kedron Parkway| Spring Hill, TN 37174
Fort Campbell will host Rev. Chris Edmonds for their annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony scheduled for Monday, May 2nd at 11:30a.m. For more information contact William E. Szczepanski, SFC at [email protected]
Fort Campbell| Fort Campbell, KY
The Missile Defense Agency will host Chris Edmonds for their annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony scheduled for Thursday, May 5th.
Redstone Arsenal|Huntsville, AL
Fort Knox will host survivor, Fred Gross, for their annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony scheduled for Thursday, May 5th at 11:30a.m. For more information contact
Trivia M. Ellis SFC USARMY USAREC (US) at [email protected]
Fort Knox| Fort Knox, KY
Vine Street Christian Church, located at 4101 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37205, will host Dr. Rachel Korazim for an evening of learning on
Tuesday, May 3rd. The program is titled,
From Bystanders to Upstanders.
Click here to view the flyer.
Vine Street Christian Church| 4101 Harding Pike| Nashville, TN 37205
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University School of Nashville To Host Book Discussion on Concentration Camp Diary
From Day to Day
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University School of Nashville will host a discussion and Q&A with Timothy Boyce,
editor of the concentration camp diary
From Day to Day, on Monday,May 2, 2016, at 6:30 p.m.
Boyce will discuss the story of Norwegian architect and
humanitarian Odd Nansen, who was arrested in 1942 by the Nazis. Nansen spent the remaining years of World War II in concentration camps-Grini in Oslo, Veidal above the Arctic Circle, and Sachsenhausen in Germany. During that time he kept a secret, real-time diary on tissue-paper-thin pages which he later smuggled out of the camps.
The University School of Nashville is located at 2000 Edgehill Avenue in Nashville. Admission to the May 2nd in-store event with Timothy Boyce is free.
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| You Can Make a Difference |
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Become a friend of the Tennessee Holocaust Commission and help us fulfill our mission to provide education and promote remembrance of the Holocaust. Your tax-deductible donation helps the THC provide teachers, students and individuals with seminars, resources, workshops, traveling exhibits and commemorations to create awareness of the Holocaust; to fight prejudice and to encourage tolerance and understanding among all people.
For more information please contact us at 615-343-1171.
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| Danielle Kahane-Kaminsky
Tennessee Holocaust Commission Let all generations remember...so that it never happens again. |
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