Yom HaShoah

April 22, 2012
1:30 p.m.

Lewis and Shirley White Theater
Jewish Community Campus
5801 West 115th Street
Overland Park, Kansas

Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, is observed as Israel's day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews.

The Israeli Parliament (Knesset) established Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah), to be observed on the 27th day of Nisan of the Hebrew calendar. The Hebrew calendar is a lunar calendar so the date changes each year in the United States.

This year's service, commemorating the 69th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and the 49th anniversary of the dedication of Kansas City's Memorial to the Six Million, will take place on Sunday, April 22 (30 Nisan 5772) at 1:30 p.m. in the Lewis and Shirley White Theatre at the Jewish Community Campus in Overland Park, Kansas.

Rita Murra Sudhalter, daughter of the late Rose Zysman Murra and Nathan Murra, will chair the program. Rabbi Mark Levin of Congregation Beth Torah will give the opening remarks. Cantor Rob Menes of Congregation Beth Shalom will sing El Mole Rachamim, and Rabbi Alan Londy of The New Reform Temple will provide closing remarks and recite Kaddish.

The program will feature short readings from CollectiveVOICES - MCHE's writing workshop for children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors.

This annual community-wide event, organized by the Jewish Community Center, the Jewish  Community  Relations Bureau/American Jewish Committee and the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, is co-sponsored by local Jewish agencies and congregations.