Yom HaShoah - Stories We Carry

Schedule

Sun, 12 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center | Whitefish Bay, WI

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At Yom HaShoah we remember the Six Million Jews murdered during the Shoah and honor Holocaust survivors and their descendants. We come together as a community to ensure that their lives are never forgotten.
Featured Speaker
Esther Safran Foer, author and former Executive Director of Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington D.C.
About Speaker
​Ms. Foer is an American writer and nonprofit executive of Polish-Jewish descent, best known for her 2010 memoir I Want You to Know We’re Still Here: A Post-Holocaust Memoir, which chronicles her investigation into her family’s obscured Holocaust history, including the discovery of her father’s previous wife and daughter murdered by Nazis.
REGISTER - holocaustcentermilwaukee.org/events/yom-hashoah-2026/
Co-Chairs
Felicia Miller & Leo Kleiner
In partnership with the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center (HERC), Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center (JCC), and the Milwaukee Jewish Federation (MJF).
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Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6313 N Santa Monica Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53217, United States, Whitefish Bay

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