Marking Yom HaShoah in Bergen County
These rescued Czech Torahs now are in the JCC of Paramus/ Congregation Beth Tikvah, Congregation B’nai Sholom/ Fair Lawn Jewish Center, Shomrei Torah in Wayne, Barnert Temple in Franklin Lakes, and the Glen Rock Jewish Center. (Perry Bindelglass)
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- These rescued Czech Torahs now are in the JCC of Paramus/ Congregation Beth Tikvah, Congregation B’nai Sholom/ Fair Lawn Jewish Center, Shomrei Torah in Wayne, Barnert Temple in Franklin Lakes, and the Glen Rock Jewish Center. (Perry Bindelglass)
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- Guest speaker Menachem Rosensaft.(Perry Bindelglass)
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- Second and third generation descendants of Holocaust survivors stand behind Torah scrolls rescued from Czechoslovakia as they sing “Zog Nit Keyn Mol,” the Partisan Hymn. (Courtesy JFNNJ)
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- Survivor David Libeskind and Olivia Rubenstein lead a procession of children holding yahrzeit candles; Olivia lit a candle at the ceremony in memory of the 1 1/2 million children killed in the Shoah.(Perry Bindelglass)
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- Nechama and Maurice Blonder listen as Sam Heidenberg tells the story of how Mr. Blonder survived the Holocaust. (Courtesy JFNNJ)
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- Holocaust survivor Michael Epstein of the JCCP/CBT leads the Kaddish; he’s surrounded, from left, by his son-in-law, Craig Nessel; Cantor David Krasner; Menachem Rosensaft; JFNNJ Holocaust committee co-chair Rosalind Melzer, and Rabbi Arthur Weiner. (Perry Bindelglass)
The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey held its annual Yom HaShoah observance at the Jewish Community Center of Paramus/Congregation Beth Tikvah.
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