Synagogue Reflects On Holocaust Remembrance Day

Long Beach NY

13 April, 2022

11:11 AM

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LONG BEACH, NY — Following the eight days of Passover, Temple Emanu-el of Long Beach is commemorating Yom HaShoah-- Holocaust Remembrance Day -- on April 28. Rabbi Jack Zanerhaft will lead the synagogue's special ceremony. Guests will light six candles, each memorializing a million deaths. Cantor Lisa Kantor will perform a musical selection. The synagogue is expecting to have a guest speaker to address the atrocities. This year, the war in Ukraine will weigh heavily on the minds of everyone in attendance. It is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.