Yamim 2015 “Journey of a People”

The photographs on this page were taken at the Milwaukee Jewish community’s commemorations of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) on April 19, Yom HaZikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day) on April 22 and Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel Independence Day) on April 26. These programs were combined efforts of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Israel Center and Nathan & Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center, and the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, where all the events took place.

 

Susie Fono (center) was one of four Holocaust survivors who met with a group of teens on April 19 for “History Face-to-Face: Talk with a Survivor,” coordinated by the Milwaukee Jewish Youth Council. The others were Alan Beder, Howard Melton and Edie Pump. Each met in a different room of the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center with a group drawn from the 45 teens who participated. Photo by Leon Cohen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holocaust survivors and their family members lit candles in memory of the victims at the Milwaukee Jewish community’s “Yom HaShoah Memorial to the Six Million, Remembrance of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising & All Resistance” on April 19. About 500 people attended the event. Photo by Leon Cohen.

 

 

 

 

Yom HaZikaron

 

Milwaukee-raised Uri Minash was the featured speaker at the community’s Yom HaZikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day for the fallen in wars and terror attacks) event on April 23. He also lit a candle in memory of the three people in his Israel Defense Force unit who were killed last year during Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip. About 400 people attended. Photo by Leon Cohen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doron Zehavi, husband of Israel emissary to Milwaukee Amit Yaniv-Zehavi, was one of the providers of music at the Milwaukee Yom HaZikaron program. Photo by Dan Zaitz.

 

 

 

 

Yom HaAtzmaut

 

 

During Milwaukee’s Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel Independence Day) celebration on April 26, the Walk for Israel headed south on Santa Monica Boulevard. Photo by Dan Zaitz.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Among the many activities at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center during the Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel Independence Day) celebration on April 26 was a chance for children to play on a map of Israel. Photo by Leon Cohen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israeli singer and songwriter Ester Rada performed with a seven-piece band at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center for the Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel Independence Day) celebration on April 26. Photo by Leon Cohen.