Welcome to our Yoms (Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikkaron, Yom Haatzma'ut and Yom Yerushalayim) edition of our new Holidays Your Way Series. We will continue to share these kits with you as an added value and with gratitude for your USCJ membership! The Yoms seem far away, we're still a couple weeks away from Passover! But, we want to give you and your communities time to prepare. We will be sharing these resources for all major holidays months in advance, to help you engage with your communities. Below is a list of everything included in this email. For further descriptions see each section. We've also included links to our previous emails from the series
Canva Templates: Social Media Posts and Large Slides
Looking for social media posts and large-scale slide templates for your Yoms this year? Look no further! We created customizable templates, you can add your own logo and personalize it for your shul.
Read about each of the Yoms (Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikkaron, Yom Haatzma'ut and Yom Yerushalayim) in this short explainer. Learn why they are observed and what is done in observance each day.
The Rabbinical Assembly Publications Megillat Hashoah: The Holocaust Scroll
This powerful liturgical text was created to be read on Yom HaShoah. The text contains six chapters in memory of the Six Million; some of the chapters are designed to be chanted using the cantillation of the scroll of Eikhah. A project of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem and the Rabbinical Assembly.
JTS Learning Series - Art as Witness: The Work and Remarkable Survival Story of Esther Lurie
May 6, 1-2:30 pm ET [Online] Dr. Shay Pilnkil (JTS PhD ’13), Director, Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Yeshiva University explores the art and survival of Israeli artist Esther Lurie.
