Memphis Jewish Federation's 58Th Annual
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MEMPHIS JEWISH FEDERATION’S 58TH ANNUAL Yom HaShoah Commemoration APRIL 21, 2020 | 27 NISAN 5780 | 6:30PM ONLINE VICTORY? DISPELLING THE MYTHS OF FREEDOM? RECOVERY? LIBERATION Presented By Dr. Mark Celinscak Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this commemoration will be held online. Please join us 15 minutes early. We will all light a candle together at home during the program. You can access the program at www.jcpmemphis.org/YomHaShoah. 6560 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38138 901.767.7100 • www.jcpmemphis.org Message to the Memphis Jewish Community As we write this, we are staying at This program booklet is intended to home in an effort to flatten the curve help guide you through the online of the Coronavirus. While we cannot program. We also hope that it will come together in person for our serve as a keepsake of a challenging annual community-wide Yom HaShoah time transformed into an opportunity— commemoration, we are fortunate to for deeper reflection on the difficult be able to utilize modern technology and complex questions the Holocaust and host our program online, via Zoom. provokes, its continued impact on society, the lessons we need to learn, Under challenging circumstances, and the actions we must take we have tried to uphold our mandate moving forward. of creating a meaningful program that remembers the six million Jews who May we all stay safe and healthy during perished, honors the Survivors, and these perilous times and may we all maintains our community’s steadfast gather together in the Belz Social Hall commitment to transmitting the for Yom HaShoah 2021. legacy of the Holocaust to the next generation. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Holocaust Memorial Committee Special thanks to all of our program participants and to those who labored April 2020 behind the scenes to create this year’s program. This annual commemoration program is sponsored by Memphis Jewish Federation, operated by Jewish Community Partners. Our vision is to develop a vibrant and sustained Jewish community in Memphis, Israel, and throughout the world. Our mission is to align financial, human, and organizational resources to foster and sustain a Jewish community that is cared for, connected, and engaged. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Anshei Sphard-Beth El Emeth Congregation Memphis Jewish Community Center Baron Hirsch Congregation Or Chadash Synagogue Beth Sholom Synagogue Temple Israel Chabad-Lubavitch of Tennessee Young Israel of Memphis Facing History and Ourselves Dedicated to the Memory of Mary Cherny and Anna Zelikova. Program Music from Schindler’s List . Diane Zelickman Cohen Assistant Principal Violinist, Memphis Symphony Orchestra Welcome . Laura Linder President and CEO, Jewish Community Partners Voices of the Next Generation. BBYO Teens Greetings. Margo Gruen Chair, Holocaust Memorial Committee Community Candle Lighting. .Cantor Abbie Strauss . Temple Israel Dispelling the Myths of Liberation: Victory? Freedom? Recovery? PRESENTED BY DR. MARK CELINSCAK Tehillim. .Cantor Aryeh Samberg Anshei Sphard-Beth El Emeth Congregation El Maleh Rachamim. Rabbi Cantor David Julian Or Chadash Conservative Synagogue Closing Benediction. .Rabbi Joel Finkelstein Anshei Sphard-Beth El Emeth Congregation Hatikvah. .Cantor Ricky Kampf Baron Hirsch Synagogue Guest Speaker Dr. Mark Celinscak A sought-after and dynamic speaker, Dr. Celinscak joins us from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where he serves as the Louis and Frances Blumkin Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies as well as Executive Director of the Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy. As we mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the death camps, Dr. Celinscak, author of two books about liberation, will present the often surprising discoveries he has made through over a decade of research and writing on the subject. YOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION 1 Memphis Holocaust Survivors Ernest Lauchheimer Adler – Germany Esther Feinberg – Poland Yefim Kaznachey – Russia *Herta Arfeld Adler – Germany Rita Feldbaum – Russia Mayer Kelman – Poland Dr. Justin Hans Adler – Germany Samuel Feldbaum – Poland *Paula Kelman – Poland Liesel Berg Adler – Germany Maria Futernik – Russia Boris Khazanov – Russia Steve Adler – Romania Belle Gerlicki – Belgium Helen Kibel – Poland Isidor Badrian – Poland Israel Gerlicki – Belgium Morris Kibel – Poland Aron Bankier – Poland Tobi Kamor Gerson – Poland Isaac Kibel – Poland Henry Bard – Poland Yelena Gindina – Russia Jeannete Kibel – Poland Blima Beck – Romania Betty Glaser – Germany *Ida Kilstein – Poland Gilbert Beck – Romania Dr. Heinrich Glaser – Germany *Jacob Kilstein – Poland Fayna Berestetskaya – Russia Vladimir Gohkberg – Russia Bela Kivelewitz – Ukraine Max Binder – Poland Abraham Gontownik – Poland Mayer Kivelewitz – Poland Sally Binder – Poland *Zina Gontownik – Poland Joe Kolni – Poland Galina Birg – Russia Hirsch Gornicki – Poland Warren Kramer – Germany *Mark Blank – Ukraine Erika Arfeld Gradwohl – Germany *Jacob Kreymerman – Poland *Clark Blatteis – Germany Max Gradwohl – Germany *Raisa Kreymerman – Ernst Blatteis – Poland Alfred Gruen – Germany Daniel Krumer – Russia Gerda Blatteis – Germany Irma Gruen – Germany Esther Kuszel – Poland Peter Martin Bohm – Germany Frederika Halski – Poland Hyman Kuszel – Poland Sam Borenstein – Poland Leon Halski – Poland Chaim Kuzin – Poland Bert Bornblum – Poland Michael Halski – Poland Adolph Lauchheimer – Germany David Bornblum – Poland Abram Hamburger – Germany Ida Adler Lauchheimer – Germany *Olga Borochina – Ukraine Paula Hamburger – Germany Leon Leder – Belgium Anna Bozina – Russia Zeisel Hamburger – Germany Issak Lenchik – Russia Yefim Brodskiy – Russia Cirla Hanover – Poland Raisa Lenchik – Russia Boris Brodsky – Russia Joseph Hanover – Poland Henry Levy – Germany Rosa Brodsky – Russia Manfred Hohenemser – Germany Irma Levy – Germany Hugo Buxbaum – Germany Hedwig Hower – Germany Julius Joseph Levy – Germany Edith Buxbaum – Germany Richard Hower – Germany Ludwig Levy – Germany Betty Chaban – Belgium Hans Jagendorf – Austria Matilda Adler Levy – Germany Charles Jack Chaban – Belgium Madaleine Jagendorf – Austria Nicole Lewis – Belgium Mina Chern – Poland Henryk Jarzombek – Germany Fay Lipkowitz – Poland Max Cherny – Poland Abe Kalmowicz – Poland Morris Lipow – Poland Mary Cherny – Poland Mike Kalmowicz – Poland Nechama Lipow – Lithuania Albert Abraham Cohen – Greece Israel Kamin – Poland Chaim Loterstein – Poland *Jack Yitzchak Cohen – Greece Manuel Kamor – Poland Miriam Loterstein – Poland Mario Ephraim Cohen – Greece Frieda Kaplan – Latvia Nessy Marks – Lithuania Mary Miriam Cohen – Greece Max Kaplan – Poland Richard Markus – Germany Eric H. Cornell – Germany Abraham Kaplan – Lithuania Erna Markus – Germany Helga Robins Cornell – Germany Chaje Libe Kaplan – Lithuania Ilse Markus – Germany *Henrietta Diament – Poland Herman Kaplan – Lithuania Lilly Marten – Czechoslovakia Stefan Diament – Poland Isaac Kaplan – Lithuania Rabbi Joseph Mordecai Marton – Karl Diamond – Poland Paula Strauss Kaplan – Germany Czechoslovakia *Ruth Diamond – Poland Trude Kassel – Germany *Rose Wiesel Marton – Czechoslovakia Eleanor Ehrlich – Germany Dr. Victor Kassel – Germany Ernest Mayer – Germany Sula Eisen – Poland Mikhail Kats – Russia Yelena Mazor – Russia Lieselott Esser – Germany Sofiya Kats – Russia Mary Meinbach – Poland *Joseph Exelbierd – Poland Morris Katz – Poland Matilde Menkel – Germany Rachel Exelbierd – Poland *Nina Katz – Poland Werner Michel – Germany Eli Feinberg – Poland Faina Kaznachey – Russia *Roman Mitelman – Belarus 2 YOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION Yakov Muchnik – Russia *Friderica Saharovici – Romania Petr Taranshchansky – Russia Yakov Naroditsky – Unknown *Leonid Saharovici – Romania Yelena Taranshchansky – Russia Joseph Nash – Poland Sara Saharovici – Romania Josephine Tarschis – Germany Herman Nathan – Germany Liliane Samuel – France Raisa Terk – Russia Mathilde Nathan – Germany Yuna Sappozhnikov – Russia Abraham Thaler – Poland *Max Notowitz – Poland Arthur Sauerbrunn – Poland Genia Thaler – Poland Jacob Oks – Poland Bertel Sauerbrunn – Germany Alla Tsporkis – Russia *Reva Oks – Poland Ella Savranskaya – Russia Jacob Uchnast – Poland Sarra Patskin – Russia *Alexander Savranskiy – Ukraine Rifka Uchnast – Poland Jeanine Paul – France Lazar Schachter – Czechoslovakia Lena Vaysbukh – Russia Fanny T. Pearl – Germany Sarah Schachter – Czechoslovakia Nella Veksler – Russia Sig D Pearl – Germany Rudi Scheidt – Germany Abram Voin – Russia Ida Peselis – Russia *Gertrude Schlanger – Czechoslovakia Fanya Voloshina – Russia Dr. Ernest Pincus – Poland Dr. Herbert Pierre Secher – Austria Isidor Wachter – Germany Kate Pincus – Germany Emilia Shapiro – Russia Moritz Wachter – Germany Maria Podgorny – Russia Jake Sharp – Poland Minna Waksberg – Poland Maria Poliak – Russia Paula Sharp – Poland Simon Waksberg – Poland Sofya Prilutskaya – Russia Israel Shefsky – Poland Leo Wald – Poland Susanna Prober – Russia Joseph Shefsky – Poland Anna Walley – Poland Murray Riss – Holland Molly Shefsky – Lithuania Curtis Ward – Germany Axel Robins – Germany Oscar Shefsky – Poland Heidi Ward – Germany Ed Robbins – Romania Edith Shore – Germany Kurt Weil – Germany Evelyn Robbins – Romania Eric Shore – Germany Hirsch Weil – Germany William Robbins – Romania Dina Shusterman – Unknown Rachela Weil – Germany Abraham Rosenberg – Poland Andrew Sigel – Yugoslavia Eli Weil – Germany Jacob Rosenberg – Poland *Erika Sigel – Czechoslovakia Jack Weil – Germany Regina Rosenberg – Poland *Ella Silber – Lithuania Dora Weinryb – Poland Bernhard Rosenberg