Holocaust Remembrance Day

MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Hillel Foundation sponsors Holocaust Remembrance Day

Members of the Holocaust Awareness Council will gather with numerous organizations and volunteers from The Ohio State University community to take part in the 10^th Annual 24-hour Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) vigil on the Oval.  The vigil begins at 8 p.m. on Wednesday (4/18) and continues through 8 p.m. on Thursday (4/19).

A candlelight memorial ceremony will take place at the beginning of the vigil.  During the vigil, volunteers will read the names of those who died in the Holocaust.  The names will be read continuously throughout the night and until 8 p.m. the next day.

Sponsored by the Hillel Foundation, the vigil is designed to increase awareness of tolerance issues and to honor the millions murdered during the Holocaust.

WHAT: Holocaust Awareness Council’s 10^th Annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) vigil.

WHEN: 8 p.m., Wednesday (4/18) to 8 p.m., Thursday (4/19). 

WHERE: The Oval on Ohio State’s Columbus campus.

WHY: To increase awareness of tolerance issues and to honor the millions murdered during the Holocaust.  

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