Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island launch #iStandByYou in solidarity with Holocaust Survivors in honor of Yom HaShoah on April 23-24

Second-generation Holocaust survivors: Fear of history repeating

Yom HaShoah is a sacred day of mourning, memory, and resistance, but it is also a call to remain alert.

Letters for April 23: Take time to remember Holocaust victims, causes

Yom HaShoah Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day will be observed this year from sundown Wednesday to sundown Thursday. The Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater will honor Yom HaShoah from 6:45-8:45 p.m. Wednesday at Ohef Sholom Temple in Norfolk. In addressing remembrance, we acknowledge Nazi crimes against humanity. Nazi collaborators also participated in the genocide. In 1940, the French parliament voted to co…

Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island launch #iStandByYou in solidarity with Holocaust Survivors in honor of Yom HaShoah on April 23-24

Inspired by "Stand By You," an Original Song and Music Video Commissioned by JCCGCI and Performed by Hasidic Artist Shulem Lemmer will Raise Awareness about the Critical Care Services JCCGCI Provides to Holocaust Survivors

Once the most beautiful city in Europe, it was then turned into a fiery hell by the bombing that sealed the story of Nazi Germany. A visit to Dresden on Holocaust Day teaches us that memory is not measured only in numbers, that reconciliation is not an escape from pain but the only way to live with it. And also: We must not forget those who were not called innocent.

MS - Salvaged Pages

April 24, 2025 In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, we replay a portion of a memorable 2002 conversation with Alexandra Zapruder, author and editor of an extraordinary book titled "Salvaged Pages:  Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust."   The book presents 15 diaries written by young people engulfed in the tragedy of the Holocaust.   These diaries would be comparable to the much more famous diary of Anne Frank.   Your browser does not supp…

Yom HaShoah: Remembering the Holocaust, redefining Jewish heroism

You all know I love to start these episodes with a story. Usually something comical, or self-deprecating, or slightly absurd. Something that reveals some facet of my personality: my love of carbs, my hatred of slash discomfort with board games, my family’s totally normal and healthy obsession with sports. Tiny reminders that I have an identity beyond my job. But the story I’m about to tell you bucks all of that. It’s absurd, but it isn’t comical…