Yom Hashoah at Heschel : Heschel Remembers
Heschel commemorated Yom HaShoah through important programming, honoring both survivors within our community and remembering those who were lost.
Heschel parent, Dina Wizmur, spoke with students in Grades 4 and 5, as well as the entire Middle School, sharing her grandparents’ compelling stories of survival, including the courageous actions of a Righteous Gentile who helped save her grandmother.
Grade 5 students used Heschel’s Holocaust Commemoration Committee Archives and their own family histories to create and perform poignant monologues about members of the Heschel community who survived the Shoah. The monologues were presented to students in the Lower and Middle Schools.
In the High School, students heard from Lucy Fischer, mother of Lisa Waldstein (High School Art Teacher), who recounted her journey of escape from Vienna following the Nazi takeover, and the path that brought her to London, Trinidad, and ultimately the United States.
Throughout the day, students and community members visited the Beit Knesset, transformed into a Memorial Room featuring photographs of community members who perished in the Shoah, a חומת הזכרון (Memorial Wall), and yahrzeit candles.
We are grateful to all who contributed to a meaningful Yom HaShoah commemoration. May we continue to honor the Holocaust through reflection and a shared commitment to remembering those who endured and those who were lost.
