JEWS TO LIGHT THE YAHRZEIT FOR 6 MILLION HOLOCAUST VICTIMS.Byline: Holly Andres Staff Writer AGOURA HILLS - Yom ha-Shoah, Holocaust Holocaust (hŏl`əkôst', hō`lə–), name given to the period of persecution and extermination of European Jews by Nazi Germany. Remembrance Day, will be observed Monday at a special service at Temple Beth Haverim in Agoura Hills. In 1951, the Israeli Knesset established the 27th day of the Jewish month of Nisan as the day to remember the estimated 6 million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust. It is also a day to remember the heroes who were able to save lives during the Nazi era. ``It's important to remind people today of the past,'' said Bill Spector, chairman of the temple's committee planning the service. ``The people who experienced the atrocities are aging rapidly. We need to find them now and invite them to speak. It's important that we get their perspective. It's important for our children to learn what has taken place and that people are capable of creating this kind of an environment. ``Yom ha-Shoah is becoming an extremely important observance,'' he said. ``It's a deeply emotional service.'' Holocaust survivor Joseph Rebhun will be the guest speaker at the service. He is expected to talk about his personal experiences in Poland under Nazi rule and his thoughts on surviving and moving on to a new life in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The Conservative temple's annual program will include prayers, readings, personal testimony, choir music and a children's presentation. Temple members have been asked to light a yellow yahrzeit, a memorial candle, in their homes Monday as a personal ritual of remembrance. Yahrzeit, a Yiddish word meaning ``a year's time,'' marks an anniversary of a death. It is customary for yahrzeit candles to be lighted every year in honor of a loved one who has died. ``Our Men's Club sent the candles to our members. We're using yellow candles because it recalls the yellow stars that Jews were ordered to wear on their clothing in order to identify themselves as Jews,'' said Rabbi Gershon Johnson. The temple is encouraging others in the community, who may not be able to attend a Yom ha-Shoah service, to light their own yahrzeit candles at home. Johnson said the observance is particularly important because there are still some people who deny the Holocaust ever happened. He referred to the recent libel libel 1) n. to publish in print (including pictures), writing or broadcast through radio, television or film, an untruth about another which will do harm to that person or his/her reputation, by tending to bring the target into ridicule, hatred, scorn or contempt of case in England that David Irving For other persons of the same name, see David Irving (footballer) and David Irving (politician). David John Cawdell Irving (born March 24, 1938) is an English writer specializing in the military history of World War II. lost against Deborah Lipstadt, author of the 1993 book, ``Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory.'' In her book, Lipstadt called Irving ``one of the most dangerous spokespeople for Holocaust denial This article is about the history, development, and methods of Holocaust denial. For Criticism of Holocaust denial, see Criticism of Holocaust denial. .'' Irving claimed he had made only true statements and was libeled by Lipstadt, but he lost the case after scholars testified. ``It's strange and crazy to have to defend ourselves after this terrible time in our history,'' Johnson said. Johnson said listening to firsthand first·hand adj. Received from the original source: firsthand information. first accounts of suffering in the Holocaust prompts some to ask where God was during the systematic killing of Jews, but most realize the question should be a different one. ``(Rabbi) Abraham Heschel said the question shouldn't be where was God,'' said Johnson, referring to a professor of Jewish ethics Jewish ethics stands at the intersection of Judaism and the Western philosophical tradition of ethics. Like other types of religious ethics, the diverse literature of Jewish ethics primarily aims to answer a broad range of moral questions and, hence, may be classified as a who died in 1972, ``but where was man? We have compassion. We know how to stop evil in its tracks. I'm talking I'm Talking was a 1980s Australian funk-pop rock band, noted for launching vocalist Kate Ceberano. History After the break-up of the Melbourne-based experimental funk band Essendon Airport in 1983, members Robert Goodge (guitar), Ian Cox (saxophone) and Barbara Hogarth about the collective we. We have the capacity to end the destruction of people. The importance of observing Yom ha-Shoah is that we, who diligently dil·i·gent adj. Marked by persevering, painstaking effort. See Synonyms at busy. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin d remember the past, will ensure that this evil will never recur.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Holocaust survivors There are many famous Holocaust survivors who survived the Nazi genocides in Europe and went on to achievements of great fame and notability. Those listed here were, at the very least, residents of the parts of Europe occupied by the Axis powers during World War II who survived will participate in a Yom ha-Shoah service Monday in Agoura Hills. Among them are, from left, Morry Blumenstein, Ingrid Blumenstein, George Koplowitz, Henriette Shartel and Gizelle Hersh. Phil McCarten/Staff Photographer |
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