Miller says every year, she is struck by the commitment of Jewish and non Jewish community members alike who give up their time to remember those who were killed. Professor of Geoscience Nan Crystal Arens participates in the annual Reading of the Names Ceremony. The trip includes visits to Holocaust sites in Europe, including several concentration camps. She has participated in the Colleges The March: Bearing Witness to Hope program, a 10-day tour through Poland and Germany to study the Holocaust and collective guidance of Holocaust scholars, survivors and Israeli and Polish guides.
Volunteers read the victims names from noon to 3 p.m.ĭirector of the Abbe Center for Jewish Life Julianne Miller organized the events. An annual event held by HWS Hillel, the Reading of the Names is a continuous effort to make sure that the victims of the Holocaust are never forgotten. The following day, the Reading of the Names took place in front of the Scandling Campus Center. HWS community members gather on the steps of Coxe Hall. Attendees lit candles in memory of those killed during the Holocaust and shared their wishes for a brighter future. On the evening of April 7, HWS community members participated in a candlelight vigil on the steps of Coxe Hall. HWS Hillel and the Abbe Center for Jewish Life also held two events to honor lives lost and to reflect on the horrors of the genocide. Hobart and William Smith Colleges stood in solidarity with Jewish people around the world to observe Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day.
In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the HWS community held a candlelight vigil on April 7.
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