Temple Emanu-El, Haverhill, to Host Yom HaSho’ah Service
When:
Friday, May 03, 2024 7:00p -
8:30p
Friday, May 03, 2024 7:00p -
8:30p
Where:
Temple Emanu-El, Haverhill
514 Main Street
Haverhill, Massachusetts 01830
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
History, Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
https://www.templeemanu-el.org/
Temple Emanu-El in Haverhill will hold its annual service commemorating Yom HaSho’ah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) on Friday, May 3, at 7:00 p.m., at 514 Main Street, Haverhill, Mass. Those wishing to attend via Zoom can click through from the temple’s website, www.TempleEmanu-El.org.
The service will feature traditional Sabbath liturgy, songs, and readings, and will include the participation of members of the Greater Haverhill Clergy Association. We will be joined by special guest speaker Sally Kaitz, who will share about her parents, Sam and Ruth Goldstein, who survived the Holocaust. Each found their way to the United States where they met and married. Ms. Kaitz, a licensed social worker and geriatric care manager, will discuss the ways the Holocaust affected her and her siblings, including imbuing them with a tremendous capacity for forgiveness.
Yom HaSho’ah, an annual day of remembrance of the victims of the Sho’ah, or Holocaust, was established by the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) in 1951 and is observed by Jewish communities worldwide. Sho’ah, which means “catastrophe” or “utter destruction” in Hebrew, refers to the atrocities committed against the Jewish people during World War II.
“As we witness a resurgence of all forms of baseless hatred in our society, the lessons of the Holocaust take on renewed urgency,” said Rabbi Ashira Stevens, spiritual leader of Temple Emanu-El. “Sally Kaitz both honors her parents and teaches the power of forgiveness and importance of acceptance and tolerance when she shares her family’s story.”
