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Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance)
Holocaust Remembrance Day — honoring six million Jewish victims of the Nazi genocide.
📅 April 20
✦ Why It Matters
Yom HaShoah is observed on the 27th of Nisan, the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. A day of solemn remembrance for the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, established by the State of Israel in 1951.
✦ How It Is Observed
Two-minute siren in Israel during which all activity stops, memorial ceremonies, lighting six candles for the six million, survivor testimonies, reading of names, educational programs.
✦ Sacred Text
“Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you came out of Egypt... You shall not forget.”
— Deuteronomy 25:17 ↗