Yom HaShoah
Save the Date! The annual community Yom HaShoah commemoration will be held at AJ on Monday, April 13, 6:30-8 p.m. More details to come.
Yom HaShoah
Filson Historical Society: My Holocaust Legacy: A Blessing, Not a Burden | Hybrid
This event is held in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day. By all accounts, Dr. Alex Kor’s life has been a miracle. The son of two Holocaust survivors who narrowly escaped death, Alex grew up in Indiana — a state with …
Students will lead when JCRC presents this year’s Yom HaShoah remembrance April 23 at The Temple
By Andrew Adler Community Editor It was a question at once inevitable and unanswerable: How could one people hate another people so virulently, so murderously, to produce what became to be called the Holocaust? “I think the main reason was … Read More
Yom HaShoah 2025
Please join us for the annual Yom HaShoah commemoration Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Shoah with a student-led program Wednesday, April 23, 20256:30 p.m.The Temple – Congregation Adath Israel Brith Sholom5101 US Highway 42, Louisville, KY …
Yom HaShoah 2024
Annual CommunityYom HaShoah Program featuringThe Lviv Sewer DiariesGuest Speaker David Lee Preston Monday, May 6, 20247 p.m.Keneseth Israel Congregation2531 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY 40205 On Yom HaShoah, award-winning Philadelphia journalist David Lee Preston, a son of Holocaust survivors, will discuss …
Trager Family JCC to host Yom HaShoah commemoration
By Andrew Adler Community Editor On Monday, April 17, the Trager Family JCC will join the rest of the world in observing Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day. The hour-long ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. and will unfold on the … Read More
Steamship Quanza remembered YH program puts spotlights on refugees saved during Holocaust, and today
By Lee Chottiner Managing Editor “We used to help refugees because they were Jewish. Now, we help them because we are Jewish. – Mark Hatfield, CEO of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) In other words, Jews know what it’s … Read More
Yom HaShoah Commemoration 2022
Please join us for a special Yom HaShoah program, as filmmaker Laura Seltzer-Duny joins us to tell the story of the Steamship Quanza that sailed to Virginia with Jewish refugees, hoping to escape Nazi Germany. She will share clips from …
Remembering the Quanza: Film slated for 2020 Yom Hashoah program to be seen in Louisville at last
By Community staff This year’s Yom Hashoah program will finally include a film about a steamship bound for freedom, which Jewish Louisville was supposed to have seen two years ago. Nobody Wants Us, a documentary by Laura Seltzer-Duny, will be … Read More
Grandson to remember Ann, Sandor Klein at annual Yom HaShoah program
By Lee Chottiner Community Editor Ann and Sandor Klein lived lives that resonate to this day. Childhood sweethearts from the same village in Hungary, Sandor left for America in 1938, serving as an Army Air Corps sergeant during World War … Read More