APRIL 20 • 2023 | 29

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he Zekelman Holocaust 
Center (The HC) will 
host its annual com-
munity-wide Yom HaShoah 
commemoration on Sunday, 
April 23, at 2:30 p.m. The event 
will take place in-person and 
will be livestreamed at www.
Holocaustcenter.org.
This year’s program will 
be led by local clergy Rabbi 
Aaron Bergman and Hazzan 
Daniel Gross of Adat Shalom 
Synagogue. Survivors and 
children of survivors will light 
memorial candles, and commu-
nity members will read selected 
poems that express communal 
grief for the 6 million Jewish 
victims of the Holocaust. 
Pianist Marty Liebman will 
provide musical accompani-
ment. Following the event, all 
who wish to light a memorial 
candle are invited to do so at 
the Center’s Eternal Flame. Free 
admission and valet parking will 
be provided.
This year’s event is pre-
sented in cooperation with 
C.H.A.I.M. (Children of 
Holocaust Survivors Association 
In Michigan); Hidden Children 
and Child Survivors Association 
of Michigan; Michigan Jewish 
Conference; Program for 
Holocaust Survivors and 
Families, a Service of Jewish 
Senior Life; The Shaarit 
Haplaytah Organization; and 
The Voice/Vision Holocaust 
Survivor Oral History Archive.
This year, Yom HaShoah, 
also known as Holocaust 

Remembrance Day, is April 18. 
The day is dedicated to remem-
bering the millions of lives lost 
to Nazi persecution as well as 
reflecting on the courageous 
acts of those who resisted. 
As part of Yom HaShoah, The 
HC is inviting the community 
to participate in “Unto Every 
Person There is a Name,
” an 
international Holocaust memo-
rial project that gives partici-
pants the opportunity read the 
names of the 6 million Jews who 
died, among them 1.5 million 
children. 
From now through April 
30, all are invited to record a 
video of themselves reading the 
names of Holocaust victims and 
uploading their video to social 
media. Tag @HolocaustCenter 
on Facebook and Instagram, 
and @HolocaustMI on 
Twitter, using the hashtag 
#TheHCRemembers. 
In addition, participants are 
encouraged to tag friends and 
nominate them to take part in 
the project as well. To receive a 
list of names and instructions 
on how to participate in this 
meaningful initiative, visit www.
holocaustcenter.org. 

Unto every person there is a name.

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