B’nai Brith Canada Annual Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance programs.

Details:
On Friday, April 9th at 12:00pm, B’nai Brith Canada will be holding its annual Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance programs.  The “Unto Every Person There is a Name” programs honour and remember the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the many other victims of the Nazis. B’nai Brith sponsors this initiative in the hope that it will strengthen the bond of memory, and the bond between past and present, in addition to combating ignorance, indifference, Holocaust denial, and to galvanize the community to fight racism and antisemitism in all its forms.
 
The programs will take place on April 9th at noon at both the:
 
North York Civic Centre
 
Dignitaries in attendance include (in alphabetical order):  MPP Cheri DiNovo, MP Ken Dryden, MP Gerrard Kennedy, MPP Monte Kwinter, Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti, Councillor Joe Mihevc, Councillor Howard Moscoe, MP Rob Oliphant, Councillor Joe Pantalone, Councillor John Parker, MP Yasmin Ratansi, Councillor David Shiner, Councillor Karen Stinz, Councillor Michael Thompson, MP Joe Volpe, Councillor Michael Walker, MP Boris Wrzesnewskyj, and MPP David Zimmer
 
and
 
Markham Civic Centre (101 Town Centre Blvd.)
 
Dignitaries in attendance include (in alphabetical order):  Mayor David Barrow, MP Lois Brown, MP Paul Calandra, MPP Michael Chan, Councillor David Cohen, Councillor Mario Ferria, Deputy Mayor Jack Heath, Deputy Mayor Brenda Hogg, Mayor Linda D. Jackson, Councillor Logan Kanapathi, MP Peter Kent, MPP Reza Moridi, MPP Julia Munro, Councillor Sandra Racco, Mayor Frank Scarpitti, Councillor Alan Shefman, and Councillor Vito Spatafora
 
 
Dignitaries in attendance will be reading the names of individuals who were victims of the Holocaust.  Poetry readings will also be a part of the programs.
 
Since 1875, B’nai Brith Canada has a proud history of serving the Canadian community and working to ensure the social well-being and respect for the human rights of all.
 
 
For further details, please contact:
 
Pearl Gladman, National Director Centre for Community Action
pgladman@bnaibrith.ca
416-633-6224 ext. 108