Category: Holocaust Remembrance Day

Candle Ceremony

The 2018 Holocaust Remembrance Day

The Interview In 1996, I was producing a television show for The College of West Virginia (Mountain State University) that aired every Sunday morning at 6:30 AM.  The purpose of “Our Gift to You” was to give television viewers the opportunity to learn about the university, as well as be introduced to the school’s faculty, […]

Remembering the Dead – The 1995 Yom HaShoah

On April 15, 2018, the Beckley community will come together with Temple Beth El to remember those who died in the Holocaust. We are pleased to feature a news story from 1995 that promoted that year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day.  This memory is from the Register-Herald and was published on April 26, 1995. Holocaust Memorial Scheduled […]

Max Lewin 1991

Beckley’s First Holocaust Remembrance Day

On Sunday, April 15, 2018, Temple Beth El and the Beckley community will be remembering the millions lost in the Holocaust and other genocides.  Twenty-seven years and one day from the first commemoration in Beckley, we will gather to also remember Max Lewin, a survivor, and the members of his family who perished in Holocaust […]

Max Lewin remembering horrors of the Holocaust.

The Beginning . . .

Holocaust Remembrance Day On April 15, 2018, the Beckley community will come together with Temple Beth El to remember those who died in the Holocaust. Beckley’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day began with Max Lewin’s desire to remember his family. The first gathering was held at Temple Beth El in Beckley on April 14, 1991. While […]