Yom HaShoah in Greater Teaneck - The Jewish Standard

: AJ Schrieber leads Kaddish.

: Felicia Grossman is a co-chair of the committee.

: Steve Fox is president of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Teaneck.

: Rabbi Daniel Fridman of the Teaneck Jewish Center recites tehillim.

: Chani Jaskoll is a co-chair of the committee.

: This is the Teaneck Holocaust Commemoration committee.

: Above keynote speaker Ron Siesser is a picture of his grandfather, survivor Alfons Sperber.

: Adina Mermelstein leads Yeshivat Noam’s choir.

: Jonathan Rimberg and Stephanie Kurtzman perform.

More than 600 people attended Greater Teaneck’s annual Yom HaShoah commemoration at Bergenfield High School on April 23. The program, sponsored by more than 20 local shuls, honored the relatives of local residents, as it has done for more than 30 years.
Steve Fox, the president of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Teaneck, and Felicia Grossman and Chani Jaskoll, co-chairs of the commemoration committee, welcomed them.

The Yeshivat Noam Choir, directed by Adina Mermelstein, sang Hatikvah, and the keynote speaker, Ron Siesser of Teaneck, author of “Live and Be Counted: A Boy’s Heroic Tale of Survival, Faith and Family,” told his grandfather Alfons Sperber’s story.

Jonathan Rimberg performed, accompanied by Stephanie Kurzman. A video honoring the women’s courage during the Holocaust, created by Moriah art teacher Gila Bretter, including artwork by Moriah students, was shown.

Rabbi Daniel Fridman of the Teaneck Jewish Center led a recitation of tehillim, followed by a candle-lighting ceremony by young members of the extended Siesser family. The program ended with AJ Schrieber of Teaneck saying Kaddish as many names of “Those We Lost” scrolled on the screen.

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