Clergy Association Holds Holocaust Remembrance Service on Sunday

The Ridgefield Clergy Association (RCA) invites the entire community to participate in a Holocaust Remembrance Service - Yom HaShoah - Sunday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Church, 351 Main St.                           

Yom HaShoah (Hebrew for “Remembrance Day for the Holocaust and Heroism”) marks an observance by Jews all over the world and has been a national holiday in Israel since 1951.  Under the leadership of Rabbi David Reiner (pictured) and Cantor Deborah Katchko-Gray, both of Congregation Shir Shalom in Ridgefield, the RCA-sponsored service will include prayers, readings, and music related to the Holocaust.  The 40-minute service will remember the six million Jews and five million others who were killed under the Nazi regime with a memorial candle lighting.                                                                                                       

“The Ridgefield Clergy Association is pleased to bring Yom HaShoah to the community,” says the Rev. Whitney Altopp, the current chair of the RCA.  “History lessons forget to remind us that in addition to the six million Jews who were killed there were five million other victims, largely people of conscience - people who recognized the wrongness of the Nazi regime and knew that they couldn’t stay silent.  We want to honor them all.”

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