The Council proclaims Wednesday, April 11, 2018 as Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Ha’Shoah) in Montgomery County. Special thanks to Holocaust survivor Manny Mandel and Jewish Community Relations Council Holocaust Program Coordinator Debra Linick who received this proclamation from the Council. On Sunday, April 15, 2018, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington (JCRC) will host a community-wide Holocaust Commemoration – Yom Ha’Shoah – at Temple Beth Ami, with this year’s theme of “Hate Speech and the Holocaust.” JCRC continues to make sure the memories of victims, and lessons of the Holocaust, are never forgotten through the JCRC Holocaust Survivor’s Speakers Bureau, as well as many other programs.
Dena Hirsch, Sonia Beekman,(children of survivors), Manny Mandel, (survivor), Debbie Linick, (JCRC), Sidney Katz Lisa Mandel-Trupp, (child of survivor), Zac Trupp, (grandchild of survivor), Netani Shields, Meshulam Ungar, Israel Ovadia, (Melvin J. Berman Academy students), Norma Johnson (teacher, MJB Academy) Avital Fink, Leora Kelsey, Eliana Elikan (students MJB Academy)
Proclamation recognizing Yom Hashoah Holocaust Commemoration