The Merage JCC is launching its 10th annual Reflection series commemorating three important Jewish and specifically, Israeli holidays: Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Yom Hazikaron (Israeli Memorial Day) and Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day). Recognized worldwide, the holidays intentionally are planned together, moving from one to another, from a tragedy, a continuous and noble fight, and a celebration. 

With the ongoing generosity of Dana & Yossie Hollander, Doris & Martin Melnick, and the Steven Fainbarg Merage JCC Reflections Endowment, we are privileged to offer a combination of local and international programs to remembering the heroes who valiantly fought – and continue to fight to this very day – for hope and freedom. 

 

Yom Hashoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day

Wednesday, April 23, 6 p.m.

Community-wide commemoration and candle-lighting ceremony to remember the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust and to pay tribute to the survivors. Following the ceremony, there will be a showing of White Bird. Struggling to fit in at his new school after being expelled for his treatment of Auggie Pullman, Julian (Bryce Gheisar) is visited by his grandmother (Helen Mirren) and is transformed by the compassionate and heroic story of her attempts to escape Nazi-occupied France during WWII.

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Monday, April 28 10 a.m.
Resisters: How Ordinary Jews Fought Persecution in Hitler's Germany 

USC Professor Wolf Gruner speaks in-person, giving a compelling account of individual Jews who resisted Nazi persecution. The stories have not been told until now.

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Yom Hazikaron: Israel’s Memorial Day

Tuesday, April 29, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Annual memorial ceremony led by Shevet Tapuz (Israeli Scouts OC) honoring those who have fallen in defense of the State of Israel and victims of terrorism.

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Yom Ha'atzmaut: Israel's Independence Day

Friday, May 2, 5 p.m.
CommUNITY Shabbat

Join us celebrating Yom Ha atz'maut, Israel's Independence Day, and welcoming in Shabbat with blessings, a warm Israeli Shabbat dinner, crafts and fun for kids, as well as honored guests.

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Thursday, May 8, 7 p.m.
Screening of the film The Stronghold

A company of Israeli soldiers overwhelmed by a surprise Egyptian attack on their remote Sinai Desert outpost during the Yom Kippur War, faces a soul-shattering choice: do they take a desperate last stand or a perilous gamble that could betray everything they stand for.

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Celebrate Israel
Sunday, May 18, 11 a.m.

Community-wide outdoor celebration of Israel’s 77th birthday will take place at the TVT lower school field. Israeli food, games, musical/dance performances and fun for all ages.

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Holidays Infographic     

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Thank you to Dana & Yossie Hollander, Doris & Martin Melnick, and
Steven Fainbarg Merage JCC Reflections Endowment Fund

 

                                         

 

 

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