Yom HaShoah - April 19, 2012 / 27 Nisan 5772

Today is Yom HaShoah, a day for remembering the victims of the Holocaust. In Israel and around the world, ceremonies are being held to memorialize the six million who perished.

Our work at the Claims Conference focuses on those whose lives were destroyed by the Shoah, both those who were murdered and those who survived. We [...]

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Children and grandchildren bear witness to the miracles

As in many places around the world, the Jewish community of Boston commemorated Yom Hashoah on Sunday. Lydia Giffin, the Claims Conference’s Director of Services attended the service at Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Chestnut Hill, MA.

The focus of the event, she tells me, was about passing the torch to the next generation, and [...]

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