Yom HaShoah
Payadora Silent Tears (from left): Joseph Phillips, Lenka Lichtenberg, Robert Horvath, Rebekah Wolkstein and Drew Jurecka (Photo courtesy of Peter Yuan)
April 19, 2024, 12:53 pm
‘The Last Yiddish Tango’ blends music with testimonies of Holocaust survivors
Performed May 5 at Rodef Shalom Congregation
By Justin Vellucci
(Image by Markus Spiske via Pexels)
April 17, 2023, 5:13 pm
On Yom HaShoah especially we must challenge eliminationist speech
"Moral panic around LGBT people historically has been a way for fascists to galvanize support for authoritarian policies."
By Sara Chandler and Caedyn Krahling
Book jacket provided by Seton Hill University.
April 10, 2023, 11:34 am
Seton Hill University marks Yom HaShoah with two events
"It is vital that Catholics join with our Jewish brothers and sisters to educate the community about the dangers of intolerance and injustice.”
By David Rullo
Gabriela Berger, left, Holocaust survivor Shulamit Bastacky, Gabriella Naveh and teddy bears at Community Day School in 2019. Photo courtesy of Community Day School
April 10, 2023, 11:19 am
Holocaust Center hosts intergenerational Yom HaShoah commemoration
After three years of virtual gatherings, community invited to remember together in person
By Adam Reinherz
Members of the Pittsburgh Girls Choir will perform at Beth Shalom on April 16 as part of the synagogue's Yom HaShoah commemoration. Photo provided by the Pittsburgh Girls Choir.
April 10, 2023, 11:17 am
Beth Shalom, Pittsburgh Girls Choir partner for Yom HaShoah concert
“I cry every single time I sing it,” Meyer said. “The selected texts give you insight into some of the most beautiful and insightful things in her mind.”
By David Rullo
Holocaust survivors rescued from the war in Ukraine arrive at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, April 27, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 28, 2022, 3:58 pm
Ukraine Holocaust survivors land in Israel on eve of Holocaust remembrance day
An estimated 300 to 500 Holocaust survivors have now taken refuge in Israel since the start of the war in Ukraine.
By Gabe Friedman
Dan Grunfeld describes basketball's ability to help his family after the Holocaust. Screenshot by Adam Reinherz
April 28, 2022, 8:17 am
Basketball player says ‘the grace of the game’ saved his family post-Holocaust
Dan Grunfeld discusses book, the importance of Yom Hashoah and the dichotomy of 'darkness and light'
By Adam Reinherz
A rose is placed on the Holocaust Memorial on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images via JTA)
April 7, 2021, 10:12 am
New Yom Hashoah ritual bridges Holocaust remembrance to a post-survivor world
Called Hitkansut, which means gathering in Hebrew, the program is modeled in part on the Passover seder, with a modified Haggadah guiding the ritual.
By Shira Hanau
The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh commemorated Yom HaShoah virtually last year due to COVID-19. They'll do the same this year. Photo provided by the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh.
March 30, 2021, 10:49 am
Pittsburgh’s Holocaust Center marks Yom HaShoah, Genocide Awareness Month
Virtual event begins a month long recognition of worldwide genocides.
By David Rullo
Guy Prestia as a soldier in the 45th Infantry Division and today Photos provided by Patty Partington
April 22, 2020, 10:41 am
Local veteran remembers liberating Dachau on 75th Anniversary
Ellwood City resident among first troops to reach concentration camp
By David Rullo
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