Reflections

Reflections, Merage JCC's annual observance of Israel's national holidays, offers opportunities for our community to commemorate Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), honor Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers), and celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel's Independence Day).

Thank you to our Reflections sponsors: Dana & Yossie Hollander and Doris & Martin Melnick. The Reflections series is a project of Center for Jewish Life and operated in collaboration with Jewish Federation & Family Services of Orange County.

Erev Yom Hashoah

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Monday, April 17, 7 p.m.

Community-wide commemoration and candle-lighting ceremony to remember the six million Jews who perished during the Holocaust and to honor those who survived.

Erev Yom Hazikaron

Israel’s Memorial Day

Monday, April 24, 10 a.m.

Zionism, Palestinian Nationalism and the Law. 1939 - 1948.

Distinguished scholar Steven Zipperstein analyzes the legal history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Monday, April 24, 7 p.m.

Annual memorial ceremony of Shevet Tapuz (Israeli Scouts) honoring those who have fallen in defense of the State of Israel.

Yom Ha’atzmaut

Israel’s Independence Day

Wednesday, April 26, 7 p.m.

In collaboration with IAC, the OC premiere of the film Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres.
Followed by Q&A with Academy Award-winning writer and director Richard Trank, executive producer of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Moriah Films.

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