PEABODY – The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University (CHGS) invites the public to take part in its annual Yom HaShoah ceremony, continuing the tradition that founders Sonia Schreiber Weitz and Harriet Wacks began over 30 years ago. Salem State University President John Keenan and State Senator Joan Lovely will deliver remarks. With the theme “Our Will to Live,” this year’s event will feature a talk by Holocaust music scholar Mark Ludwig. Ludwig has worked tirelessly to document the music and art created by victims of the Holocaust whose promising careers were tragically silenced but who left a rich artistic legacy and stories of courage that testify to the strength of the human spirit. Rabbi Richard Perlman will preside over the service and a candlelight procession. The Salem State Community Chorus will perform traditional prayers.
During the event, Deborah L. Coltin, president and executive director of the Lappin Foundation, will receive the Sonia Schreiber Weitz Upstander Community Award for her lifelong promotion of Holocaust education. The CHGS Community Service Award will be presented to the founder of North Shore Friends of Refugees, Elisabeth Weiss Horowitz, for her outstanding leadership in refugee resettlement in the North Sure.
WHEN: Thursday, April 27, 7-8:30 pm
WHERE: J. Henry Higgins Middle School, 85 Perkins Street, Peabody, Massachusetts 01960
REGISTRATION: Registration for the in-person event, as well as remote access, are available at salemstate.edu/calendar/yom-hashoah-apr-27-2023.
