Temple to Host Holocaust Remembrance Day Service

Temple Sha’arey Shalom of Springfield will host a Yom HaShoah ("Holocaust Remembrance Day") Shabbat service, followed by a conversation with guest speaker Bernard Igielski, a Holocaust survivor.  

The service and program is on Friday, April 5, at 8 pm at the Temple at 78 S. Springfield Avenue, and is open to everyone.

Mr. Igielski was born in Brzeziny, Poland and is a survivor of the Dachau and Auschwitz II-Birkenau Concentration Camps in Germany and Poland.  His testimony is recorded in the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive.  He was also featured in the inspiring 2004 documentary film "Paper Clips," which tells the story of a Tennessee Middle school's effort to collect six million paper clips representing the six million Jews killed by the Nazis. 

Rabbi Ari Rosenberg will present brief but meaningful Yom HaShoah Shabbat Service  and then introduce Mr. Igielski, who will speak to the congregation and then take questions.  A dessert Oneg will follow the presentation.  

Rabbi Ari Rosenberg said "It is only a matter of time before there will be no more firsthand eye witness accounts of the Holocaust.  The more exposure we have to the truth, the better equipped we are to combat anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination." 

For more information, call the Temple office at 973-379-5387 or email office@shaarey.org.

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