Liberation — 80 Years Later is the theme of this year’s Greater Dayton Yom Hashoah Remembrance, with programs for children, teens, and adults on Sunday afternoon, April 27 at Beth Abraham Synagogue, 305 Sugar Camp Cir., Oakwood.

Second-generation survivor Helen Halcomb and other children of survivors will facilitate a dialogue with teenagers from 3:15 to 3:45 p.m. All area teenagers are invited to participate.

Elaine Buckler, whose late father, Paul Buckler, liberated Dachau concentration camp with the 7th Army’s 42nd Infantry Division, will be the guest speaker for the 4 p.m. memorial service.

Winners of this year’s Max and Lydia May Holocaust Art and Writing Contests will also be recognized at the event.

Concurrent with the service, PJ Library and PJ Our Way will host a session for young children, How to be a Mensch, with a story, craft, mitzvah activity, and snack.

Max and Lydia May Holocaust Art and Writing Contest entries will be on display between 3:15 and 4 p.m. and after the service.

RSVP for all the Yom Hashoah events here.

To read the complete April 2025 Dayton Jewish Observer, click here.