Yom HaShoah

Yom HaShoah

Yom HaShoah means Holocaust Memorial Day. Yom HaShoah is commemorated according to the Hebrew calendar of the 27th of Nisan. Thus, the day is recognized between April and May. 

Yom HaShoah 2021

Sunday, April 11th, at 11am: We will be commemorating Yom Ha'Shoah with an online presentation.

Yom HaShoah 2020

Cancelled due to Global Pandemic

Yom HaShoah 2019

May 5th: People from diverse backgrounds joined to support our local Jewish community as we commemorated Yom HaShoah in 2019

Yom HaShoah 2018

April 15th: What looked to be certain rain, turned to sunshine as we commemorated Yom HaShoah 2018

Yom HaShoah 2017

April 23rd: Thank you to all that joined our annual commemoration of Yom HaShoah.

Yom HaShoah 2016

May 8th: We commemorated Yom HaShoah at the Jewish cemetery in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Facts about Yom HaShoah

Please take a moment to reflect with us on how we never let intolerance, hate, and violence overcome our human capacities to empathize, learn from each other, and cooperate in building non-violent social systems and ways of communicating.

How you can Help

If you are interested in helping the Victoria Shoah Project. Please contact us.