Congregation B’nai Israel Observes a Holocaust Remembrance Service
Congregation B’nai Israel (CBI), 1488 Old Freehold Road, Toms River, is hosting a community Yom HaShoah, A Service of Remembrance, open to the public, Sunday, May 5 at 5:00 p.m., featuring interviews of Holocaust survivors. Beth Am Shalom, Congregation Ahavat Olam, Temple Beth Or, and the Jewish Federation of Ocean County are co-sponsoring this event.
Journalist Mary Ann Giordano, who edited for The New York Times, other New York-based publications, and taught journalism at Columbia University, will conduct interviews of Holocaust survivors Gela Buchbinder and Arthur Spielman. Before and during the service, names of Holocaust victims will be read. Survivors and their families will have the opportunity to light candles in memory of those who perished.
Mike Falk, who is coordinating the event, said, “We hope the program expresses our solidarity and provides more understanding about what the survivors went through and how they maintained hope during that time.”
Additional speakers, including community rabbis, will participate. “Stamp Out Hate” pins will be distributed to attendees.
For more information, contact the CBI office at (732) 349-1244 or visit cbitr.org