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44-page program booklet. Cover features close up portrait of a woman's face covers by handwritten text and with purple accents. Interior includes typed text describing Yom Hashoah program as well as upcoming events from the Holocaust Center,
The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh was established in 1980 as a living memorial to honor Holocaust survivors who had resettled in Western Pennsylvania and local soldiers involved in the effort to liberate Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Over time the Holocaust Center expanded to become an educational and programming center connecting the history of Holocaust and antisemitism with other injustices. In keeping with this mission, the Holocaust Center has created several programs and initiatives responding directly and indirectly to the October 27 attack. As part of its regular programming calendar, the Holocaust Center annually arranges a commemoration of Yom Hashoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day. For its Yom Hashoah commemoration in May 2019, the Holocaust Center incorporated a memorial service to the victims of the October 27 attack. The memorial included a candle lighting ceremony featuring local first responders who had responded to the October 27 attack, as well as readings from Rabbi Cheryl Klein of Congregation Dor Hadash, Rabbi Jonathan Perlman of New Light Congregation, and Rabbi Hazan Jeffrey Myers of Tree of Life Congregation.
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