2015 Holocaust Memorial Observances in Atlantic Canada
YOM HASHOAH 2015 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCES IN ATLANTIC CANADA.
Below is the 2015 information for Holocaust Memorial Day observances in Atlantic Canada. Please contact the Atlantic Jewish Council for additional information: info@theajc.ca or 902-422-7491 x221.
Community: Halifax, NS.
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015.
Time: 7pm.
Place: Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, 1675 Lower Water Street.
Program: “70 Years Since the End of WWII: The Anguish of Liberation and the Return to Life”, includes excerpts from the memoirs of Holocaust survivor Steven Marcus, commemorative ceremony, exhibit and speakers.
Contact for additional information: Atlantic Jewish Council, 902-422-7491×221.
Community: St. John’s, NL.
Date: April 12, 2015.
Time: 7:30pm.
Place: Room IIC-2011, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation, Memorial University.
Keynote speaker: Lisa Hurd, “ Wartime Experiences of a Jewish Child”.
Contact: info@havura.org or 709-834-7866.
Community: Charlottetown, PEI.
Date: Thursday, April 16th.
Time: 6:30pm.
Place: Murphy Center, 200 Richmond Street, Charlottetown, PEI.
Keynote speaker: Beatrice Linzel. During WWII her family lived in Holland, and hid a Jewish family of four.
Contact for additional information: Sandra Ireland 902-620-1724.
Community: Fredericton, NB.
Date: Sunday April 19, 2015.
Time: 3:00 pm.
Sgoolai Israel Synagogue, 168 Westmorland Street, Fredericton.
Keynote speaker: Pinhas Gutter, Holocaust survivor.
Contact for additional information: Sgoolai Israel Synagogue, 506-858-0358.
Community: Moncton, NB.
Date: Sunday, April 19, 2015.
Time: 2pm.
Location: Tiferes Israel Synagogue, 56 Steadman Street, Moncton.
Keynote speaker: Beatrice Linzel. During WWII her family lived in Holland and hid a Jewish family of four.
Contact: Nancy Cohen, cicohen@nbnet.nb.ca, 506 855-9185.
Community: Cape Breton, NS.
Date: April 19, 2015.
Time: 2pm.
Place: Temple Sons of Israel Synagogue, Whitney Avenue, Sydney.
Keynote speaker: Philip Riteman, Holocaust survivor.
Contact for additional information: Shirley Chernin, 902-539-7060.
Community: Saint John, NB.
Date: Monday, April 20, 2015.
Time: 7:30 P.M.
Shaarei Zedek Synagogue, 91 Leinster Street, Saint John.
Keynote speaker: Pinhas Gutter, Holocaust survivor.
Contact for additional information: Shaarei Zedek Synagogue, 506-633-1833.
Community: St. John’s, NL.
Date: TBA.
Time: TBA.
Place: Beth El Synagogue.
Service and film.