On Friday April 24, 2020, beginning at noon EDT, the City of Carmel, Indiana will stream its 2020 Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. The film will last approximately an hour and a half and can be viewed on Facebook by clicking here.
I will be delivering the keynote talk in a pre-recorded speech, and will give a brief history of the Terezin Concentration Camp and the creation of the secret magazine Vedem (Czech for “In the Lead”). The film will include Mayor Jim Brainard; Rabbi Benjamin Sendrow of Congregation Shaarey Tefilla; Rabbi Stanley Halpern of Congregation Beth Shalom; Rabbi Justin Kerber of Congregation Beth Shalom; City Councilman Miles Nelson, representing the Mayor’s Advisory Commission on Human Relations; and Dr. Michael Beresford Carmel Clay Schools Superintendent.
Musical performances will be by Cantor Arnie Lewin, Shaarey Tefilla member; Cantor Melissa Cohen, the Carmel United Methodist Church Bell Choir; the University High School of Indiana Vocal Quintet; and Indianapolis Opera Resident Artists: Laura Zahn, Mezzo-Soprano, Felipe Prado – Tenor, Andrew Pham – Pianist.
Hope you can tune in!