Yom Hashoah is also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day. "Shoah," which means catastrophe or utter destruction in Hebrew, refers to the atrocities that were committed against the Jewish people during World War II. This is a memorial day for those who died in the Shoah.

Annual Yom Hashoah Commemoration and Candle Lighting
Tuesday, April 24 2007
10 am – 2 pm
R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center
MCC Brighton Campus, 1000 E. Henrietta Road
Parking available in Lot M

The commemoration features opening and closing ceremonies, testimonies of local Holocaust survivors, reading of survivor names, photo essay, and candle lighting.

In 2006, over 800 MCC students, faculty and community members remembered victims and survivors of the Holocaust together at MCC.

(Read more for a history of Yom Hashoah.)