I just wanted to add a small post regarding Yom HaShoah. According to Jewish Virtual Library:
“The full name of the day commemorating the victims of the Holocaust is “Yom Hashoah Ve-Hagevurah”— literally the “Day of (remembrance of) the Holocaust and the Heroism.” It is marked on the 27th day in the month of Nisan — a week after the seventh day of Passover, and a week before Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen soldiers). It marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising…”
This day is particularly important in light of the continual and hateful statements in the world stating that not only did the Holocaust never occur, but that it was “created” for the express purpose of displacing the Palestinian people by creating the modern State of Israel. Yesterday, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again publicly made these statements at the Durban II conference.
The United States and other nations wisely boycotted this gathering and, as President Ahmadinejad made his hateful statements, representatives of several other nations walked out of this speech. The World still has a conscience and a memory, but both are fading. We have a responsibility to make sure the world never forgets, starting with ourselves. The following is a list of links about today’s observance of Yom HaShoah in different communities as well as general information:
Yom HaShoah from the Israeli Knesset (in English)
Midwest Center for Holocaust Education
Yom HaShoah 2009 Around the Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
Remembrance, Hope & Responsibility: Yom HaShoah 2009
Today is the commemoration of the Holocaust, when six million Jews died just because they were Jewish. Please remember what today is and what it means. Speak of today to your family, friends, and co-workers. Never forget. Never let the world forget. Never let it happen again.
