Published: 20 April 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
IN DEFERENCE TO the pandemic, this year’s Yom Hashoah commemoration by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies was held online last night rather than in person.
The virtual commemoration included a keynote address by journalist Fiona Harari, author of We Are Here: Stories from Australia’s Oldest Holocaust Survivors, who shared her insights from interviewing Holocaust survivors for the book.
Her address was accompanied by remarks from JBOD President Lesli by Berger, CEO Vic Alhadeff, and Shoah Remembrance chair Danny Hochberg.
In Melbourne, the Jewish Community Council of Victoria and the Jewish Holocaust Centre (JHC), which co-host Melbourne’s annual Yom Hashoah commemoration, broadcast their commemoration event on J-Air. The event, titled Together We Remember, included a virtual candle lighting.
EVENT DETAILS
JBOD’s Yom Hashoah commemoration can be viewed at www.nswjbd.org
Together We Remember was broadcast on J-AIR 87.8FM on Monday, April 20, 5.15-6.15pm. Info at www.j-air.com.au or www.jhc.org.au
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Photo: Australian journalist Fiona Harari gives the keynote address at the JBOD Yom Hashoah event (screen capture)
