Yom Hashoah

Given the current health crisis and the cancellation of the traditional in-person commemoration of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), the Museum will hold a virtual event on its Facebook page on Monday, April 20, 2020 at 5:00 pm. Montrealers are invited to honour the memory of Holocaust victims from their homes and participate in this virtual ceremony.

Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Commemoration

This year’s commemoration was originally planned to highlight the 75th anniversary of liberation and the end of the Holocaust. It now serves the additional purpose of demonstrating the entire Jewish community’s solidarity with Holocaust survivors, who are in our thoughts during these difficult and isolating times. The commemoration will feature traditional readings, poems, messages of hope, songs, and survivor testimonies. Among the confirmed speakers are the following individuals:

• David Levy, Consul General of Israel in Montreal
• Gail Adelson-Marcovitz, President of Federation CJA
• Fishel Goldig, Holocaust survivor and Montreal Holocaust Museum speaker
• Tommy Strasser, Holocaust survivor, Montreal Holocaust Museum speaker, and volunteer at the Cummings Centre
• Rabbi Lisa Grushcow, Senior Rabbi at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom
• Naomi Azrieli, President of the Azrieli Foundation
• The Honorable Jacques Saada, President of Communauté sépharade unifiée du Québec and Montreal Holocaust Museum board member
• Avraham Elarar, President of the Canadian Sephardi Federation
• Brenda Gewurz, Co-President of CIJA Quebec
• Bobby Titleman, Co-Chair of March of the Living 2020
• Jason Rosenblatt, JPPS Choir Director

Stay tuned to the Museum’s social media pages on Tuesday, April 21 to see full length survivor testimony videos from Eva Kuper (in English) and the late Jean Kutscher (in French).