One Survivor’s Story is the theme of this year’s Greater Dayton Yom Hashoah Remembrance, with programs for children, teens, and adults on Sunday afternoon, April 19 at Temple Israel, 130 Riverside Dr., Dayton.

Holocaust survivors Felix Garfunkel and Larry Katz will participate in a community conversation facilitated by Beverly Farnbacher from 3:15 to 3:45 p.m.

Cheryl Hecht, daughter of the late David Hochstein, will be the guest speaker for the 4 p.m. memorial service. She’ll talk about her father’s rescue by Kindertransport and his life as a teenager on his own in London.

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 from 3 to 4 p.m. and after the service. Registration is encouraged at jewishdayton.org/events.

To read the complete April 2026 Dayton Jewish Observer, click here.