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)

Guest speaker Menachem Rosensaft.(Perry Bindelglass)

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)

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)

Nechama and Maurice Blonder listen as Sam Heidenberg tells the story of how Mr. Blonder survived the Holocaust. (Courtesy JFNNJ)

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)