Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance

Monday evening, April 17, marks the beginning of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. This past year we have seen a rise in antisemitism in our state, with hateful flyers distributed in neighborhoods, and the threat of a so-called “day of hate” requiring increased vigilance. Efforts to pass a law increasing legal protections for Jews here in Florida will make hate crimes a felony.

Even so, we recognize that we are far more fortunate than those who came in the generations before us. We choose one day a year to recall what can happen when the world allows hatred to go unchecked. The horrors of the Holocaust happened on every day of the calendar year, but the Jewish community has, with great intention, chosen one day for its commemoration, the 27th of Nisan. This date is the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, signifying that our history, even in our darkest…