2024 Yom HaShoah Commemoration

Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, is the day set aside to remember the approximately six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The Holocaust Center has been holding a community-wide commemoration every year since the establishment of the Center in 1980.

This year’s commemoration will be held on May 6, 2024, at 7 pm in Chatham University’s Campbell Memorial Chapel. The commemoration will include a candle-lighting ceremony in which six candles are lit in memory of the six million and three additional candles are lit in honor of the Veterans, the Liberators, and the Righteous, those non-Jews who risked their lives to save the lives of their Jewish friends and neighbors. The candle-lighters are composed of Holocaust Survivors and/or descendants, community members, and lay leaders.

The commemoration will also include a film made by Chatham University students featuring local Holocaust survivors, music played by members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, songs and poetry performed by middle and high school students, and a memorial for local survivors who have passed away.

This program will be in-person, as well as live-streamed.

RSVP for in-person attendance here.

RSVP for virtual attendance here. A link to the livestream will be provided to registrants closer to the event.

A recording of the program in its entirety will also be uploaded and shared at a later date.

For more information, call: 412-421-1500 or email csahovey@hcpgh.org

Please note, the location of this event has been changed from Eddy Theatre to Campbell Memorial Chapel on Chatham University’s Shadyside Campus.