The
Kedoshim
Tears on Yom Hashoah
May 10, 2019 6 Iyar, 5779 Vol 18, No 17
JEWISH
STAR
Serving LI’s Orthodox communities
Students from the HAFTR high school in Cedarhurst hung Holocaust-related art in the lobby of Congregation Beth Shalom for the Five Towns Community-Wide Holocaust Commemoration on May 1. This work is by Lindsay Kalish.
6 candles for 6 million From left: Phyllis Margulies, Frank Berger, Natalie Gomberg. At far right, event co-chair Dana Frenkel reads a biography of each survivor as they light a candle.
From left: Luba Schulsinger, Mel (Mendel) Klapper, Gloria Grossman, lighting yahrzeit candles at the Five Towns Community-Wide Holocaust Commemoration. The Jewish Star photos by Ed Weintrob
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By Ed Weintrob A packed audience at the Five Towns Holocaust Commemoration was told that “however many times we proclaim ‘never again,’ it is happening again and again and again.” Attorney Ben Brafman, introducing a moment of silence in memory of Chabad of Poway victim Lori GilbertKaye, worried that “new kedoshim are being slaughtered in the United States, in Eretz Yisroel, and throughout Europe — where anti-Semitism is open and notorious and flourishing in countries where the land is still soaked by Jewish blood.” Dana Frenkel, co-chair of the annual event at Congregation Beth Shalom, said its purpose was to “remember and remind”: “At a time when anti-Semitism and intollerance are prevelant, where World War II-like propaganda is being published by the New York Times, we must speak out,” she said. “As aging survivors express anxiety about whether the world will remember the Shoah in the future, we must proclaim our guarantee that the world will not forget.” The May 1 event culminated as six survivors lit yahrzeit candles in memory of the six million Jews lost. Children from the HAFTR choir performed, with several noting that they were named in honor of relatives who perished in the Shoah. (They will not forget.) The keynote speaker was Judith Alter Kallman, a child survivor who authored “A Candle in the Heart.” with Hamin Health Urgent Care Centers, Achiezer, Hatzalah, Mt. Sinai, SNCH and others. Blood tests will offered to determine one’s level of immunity. No appointment is needed and no one will be turned away, organizers say. (Bring valid ID and insurance card.)