Yom HaShoah - Tikkun

Tikkun - Film Trailer

Last year's event took place on April 12, 2010 and included the showing of a new documentary film produced by award winning cinematographer, Naomi Raiselle.  This film features a number of members of our Temple Emanuel community that were directly affected by the Shoah. 

A multi-generational candle lighting ceremony concluded the Holocaust Memorial Service.

The following 20 minute video provides a glimpse of the evening's commemoration and shows highlights of the evening.  It does not however include the full Tikkun film. Copies of the full DVD are available in the Rabbi Marshall R. Lifson Library for checkout.

Yom HaShoah Commemoration at Temple Emanuel

These links provide written copies of the remarks given during the evening. In addition, a slideshow of the evening and an electronic version of the survivors stories is provided.

Opening Remarks made by Dennis Buchenholz

The Shema : David Greenfield's introduction to the reading from the Survivor Torah by Channah Berkovits

Concluding Remarks made by Danny Mandeau

Passing the Legacy of Shoah Remembrance L'dor Va'dor is a collection of stories from the children and grandchildren of the survivors telling how their experiences growing up in the shadow of the Holocaust has affected their lives.

Photo Gallery - Slide show of the Commemoration