Holocaust Remembrance Day should be 'day of transformation,' rabbi says

YOUNGSTOWN

Yom Hashoah revolves around Holocaust remembrance and promotes education.

About 150 people attended Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Youngstown Area Jewish Federation in the rotunda of Mahoning County Courthouse.

Rabbi Joseph Schonberger said Holocaust Remembrance Day should be a “day of transformation for humanity.” “It reminds us not to be indifferent to challenges evil puts before us,” he said.

The rabbi leads Congregation El Emeth in Liberty and is co-chairman of the Holocaust Commemoration and Education Task Force with Rochelle Miller. Both are children of Holocaust survivors. He welcomed the gathering.

Rabbi Schonberger said it is up to succeeding generations to honor survivors by remembering what happened. “So many survivors and liberators are no longer with us,” he said. “It is up to us to make a difference.”

Read more about the ceremony and observance in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.