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Yom Hashoah

Sunday, May 5, 2025
1:30 pm
The White Theatre – Jewish Community Campus

The 2024 Yom Hashoah service will commemorate the 81st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the 61st anniversary of the dedication of the Memorial to the Six Million. Chaired by Henry Kanarek, the program features the wartime experiences of his father, Joseph Kanarek , and includes the traditional lighting of six candles honoring the six million murdered Jewish victims.

Organizing Agencies:

2024 Sponsors:

Congregation BIAV – Congregation Beth Shalom – Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood – Congregation Beth Torah – Hadassah of Greater Kansas City – Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City – Jewish Community Foundation – Jewish Family Services – Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City – Jewish Vocational Services – Jewish War Veterans Mo-Kan Post 605 – Kansas City AIPAC – Kehilath Israel Synagogue – Menorah Heritage Foundation – Midwest Center for Holocaust Education – National Council of Jewish Women – Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City – The New Reform Temple – The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah – The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah Brotherhood – The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah Sisterhood

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