Yom HaShoah | Jewish Historical Society

April 27 is Yom HaShoah, the "Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day", which commemorates the approximately six million Jews and five million others who perished in the Holocaust at the hands of Nazi Germany and their collaborators. Below are photos from our archives depicting past local Holocaust programs and ceremonies.

Yom HaShoah candle lighting — Holocaust survivors Herman Goldman on the left with Joe Buckweitz lighting the memorial candles in honor of the 6,000,000 Jews that perished. 1989

Yom HaShoah, Pnina Kaplan, 1989 Holocaust Commemoration Committee — Pnina Kaplan, Chairman of the 1989 Holocaust Commemoration Committee.

Holocaust, Fair Lawn (NJ) High School, Ellie Weiner teacher, April 1989 — Ellie Weiner teaching a class about the Holocaust at Fair Lawn High School. April 1989. Can you identify any of the students?

Cantor David Schwarzmer, Pnina Kaplan, Reverend Timothy Mulder, Joanne Sprechman, Rabbi Richard Eisenberg, Paula Cantor, Harry Rappaport, Steven Tencer — JCRC (Jewish Community Relations Council) Holocaust Commemoration Committee. 1990. L-r are: Cantor David Schwarzmer, Pnina Kaplan (chairperson), Reverend Timothy Mulder, Joanne Sprechman (President of the Jewish Federation of North Jersey), Rabbi Richard Eisenberg, Paula Cantor (President of United Jewish Community of Bergen County, Harry Rappaport, Steven Tencer (Vice-chairman of JCRC Holocaust Committee

Toby Rolnick Smulewitz, Ms. Kleenex, Mr. Kleenex, Barbara Shupack Tencer, Pnina Kaplan, Ralph Weiss, Sig Sliber, Ralph Migdale, Northern NJ 1985 — Holocaust Survivors Committee with JWV members in the Wayne “Y” Library, 1985. Front Row L-r: ?, Toby Rolnick Smulewitz, Ms. Kleenex, Mr. Kleenex, Barbara Shupack Tencer, Pnina Kaplan, ?, ?, ?, ?. Second row L-r: Ralph Weiss, ?, ?, ?, ?, Sig Sliber, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?. Third row L-r: ?, ?, Ralph Migdale