On behalf of the Atlantic Jewish Council Board of Directors it is our pleasure to invite you to our annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah.
Guest speakers: Shimon and Peggy Walt, Finding Our Jewish Family in Lithuania, in conversation with Olga Milosevich.
In 2023 Shimon Walt returned to his birthplace, meeting cousins for the first time, and visiting killing sites in Estonia and Lithuania where members of his family had been murdered. To honour them, he borrowed a cello and played at Ponar. The couple next travelled to Israel to share what they’d found with Shimon’s 95-year-old mother. Hear the story about finding the lost family, and Shimon’s emotional return to Vilna in this talk illustrated with photos and music.
The program will include a candle-lighting ceremony and reception to follow.
R.S.V.P: Edna LeVine, Director of Community Engagement, engagement@theajc.ca