The COVID-19 pandemic may have changed the form, but not the spirit of events commemorating Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, this year.
On April 19, the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust continued its tradition of Yom HaShoah programming by presenting its first virtual Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration, entitled “75 Years After Liberation: Turning Memory Into Action.” The Yom HaShoah ceremony included speakers, music and the opportunity to join in remembrance as a community. The event remembered those who perished, honored those who survived, and marked the 75th anniversary of liberation and the end of the Holocaust. Speakers included David Estrin, founder and CEO of Together We Remember; Hillel Newman, Consul General of Israel; Rabbi Jocee Hudson, Temple Israel of Hollywood; Michele Gold, Board Chair, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust; survivor Edith Frankie and others. Acclaimed guitarist Alberto Lombardi performed from Italy. Special messages from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and other notables were also featured.
