Today was Yom Hashoah. If you are reading this, and you want to give meaning and purpose to the lives of those who were lost — what are you going to do that will make them proud?

This year, Yom HaShoah is the evening of April 17 through today (April 18). The Holocaust resulted in the death of approximately six million Jewish people at the hands of the Nazi government.

In truth, however, that is not the official name of the day but rather “ Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah” (יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה) meaning “Holocaust and ...

Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, began Sunday night, marking the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and serving as a memorial day for the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis.

Maybe Yom HaShoah, though lacking the status of a religious day or having a foundation in halacha, is on the Jewish calendar and should be there permanently, regardless of participation.

Rockland residents will mark the yearly international commemoration of Yom HaShoah April 24 at the county courthouse.

Yom HaShoah, Remembrance Day for the Holocaust and Heroism, is an occasion to commemorate the lives and heroism of the six million Jewish people who died in the Holocaust between 1933 and 1945 ...

This year, Yom HaShoah fell on Wednesday, April 23. It is also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, the commemorative day for the Jewish community varies each year, following the Hebrew calendar.

WYOMISSING, Pa. - The story Jeff Gernsheimer is telling isn’t just personal. It’s part of history. “This is the Yom HaShoah... the commemoration of the six million that were murdered ...

People at the service discuss how to keep these stories of the Holocaust alive. Wednesday was Yom Hashoah, known in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day.

PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — Sinai, in collaboration with the Jewish Federation of the Desert, is set to host a Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance event on April 24 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. This ...