BRIEFLY INTERFAITH SERVICE TO MARK HOLOCAUST.LANCASTER - A community interfaith Holocaust remembrance service at 7:30 p.m. today at Beth Knesset Bamidbar will honor the millions who died. The featured speaker will be the Rev. Alexei Smith, director of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Latin: Archidioecesis Angelorum in California) is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the western region of the United States. . The service will include prayers, candle lighting, and readings presented by various religious leaders of the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . Fran Beckerman and D.C. Snyder will be presenting songs from Europe and Israel. The date of April 18 was chosen because it falls on the evening of Yom HaShoah Yom HaShoah (Yom HaZikaron laShoah Ve'laGvura) (יום השואה , יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה), translated , the day on the Jewish calendar Jewish calendar n. The lunisolar calendar used to mark the events of the Jewish year, dating the creation of the world at 3761 b.c. See Table at calendar. Noun 1. for remembering the Holocaust. - Daily News |
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