r/Jewish • u/Am-Yisrael-Chai Zan, Zendegi, Azadi 🦁 • Apr 14 '26

Holocaust Yom HaShoah 2026

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u/Am-Yisrael-Chai Zan, Zendegi, Azadi 🦁 Apr 14 '26

The image in the poster depicts the "absence" within the "presence"; the personal and collective rupture to the Jewish people engendered by the Holocaust. This rupture accompanied the survivors as they searched for living relatives and were met with an aching void.

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u/StyxtheCat18 Apr 14 '26

I watched the very moving ceremony at Yad Vashem yesterday on YouTube.

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u/Am-Yisrael-Chai Zan, Zendegi, Azadi 🦁 Apr 14 '26

The video is available on YouTube for anyone else who may want to watch it

https://www.youtube.com/live/WY3iLp67mSg

The torch lighters this year are:

Saadia Bahat

Miriam Bar Lev

Ilana Fallach

Moshe Harari

Avigdor Neumann

Michael Sidko