Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey marks Yom HaShoah
Children lit a candle in memory of the children who died in the Shoah. From left: Aliza Melzer, honoree Miriam Rak, Olivia Rubenstein, Vladi Bronstein, honoree Israel Raikher, Will Rubenstein, honoree Betty Scharf, and Naama Melzer. (All photos courtesy JFNNJ)
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- Children lit a candle in memory of the children who died in the Shoah. From left: Aliza Melzer, honoree Miriam Rak, Olivia Rubenstein, Vladi Bronstein, honoree Israel Raikher, Will Rubenstein, honoree Betty Scharf, and Naama Melzer.
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- Honoree Betty Scharf lights a candle. She was escorted by her cousin, Vladi Brunstein.
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- Honoree Miriam Rak lights a candle, assisted by Allen Zaks.
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- Steven Skybell sings; Zalmen Mlotek plays piano.
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- Honoree Israel Raikher and his son, Michael, listen as Sam Heidenberg tells Mr. Raikher’s story.
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- From left: Dr. Charles Knapp (Congregation B’nai Sholom/Fair Lawn Jewish Center), Seymour Schlossberg (Shomrei Torah-Wayne), Rabbi Ronald Roth (CBS/FLJC), Rabbi Jennifer Schlosberg (Glen Rock Jewish Center), and David Schwartz (Temple Beth Rishon) hold Czech sifrei Torah as Steven Skybell and Zalmen Mlotek sing the Partisan Hymn.
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- Toby Smulewitz, right, reads the Legacy Acceptance in Yiddish. Gale S. Bindelglass read the English translation.
The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey marked Yom HaShoah with a Holocaust remembrance program at Temple Beth Rishon in Wyckoff on April 12.
Honorees included Israel Raikher, Miriam Rak, and Betty Scharf. Children lit candles in memory of the 1 1/2 million children who were murdered in the Shoah.
Zalmen Mlotek, artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene, and Tony Award-winner Steven Skybell performed “Songs of the Holocaust.”
There also was an art exhibit, “Elie Wiesel: The Eighteen Portraits” by Meyer Uranovsky.
For information, go to JFNNJ.org