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The "Yoms" Israeli holidays include Yom HaShoah (April 27 & 28), Yom Hazikaron (May 3 & 4), and Yom Ha’atzmaut (May 5 & 6)

Celebrate and commemorate with our holiday checklist:

⬜  Watch an Israeli film or documentary

⬜  Join us for Shabbat services on April 22 to hear from TI Member Gene Litvin about his service to refugees at the Ukrainian border

⬜ Attend TI’s “All About the Yoms” text study with the Rabbis on Sunday, April 24

⬜ Visit our in-house Holocaust Remembrance memorial in the Kriegshaber Foyer

⬜ Attend the St. Louis Holocaust Museum’s virtual Yom HaShoah program on Wednesday, April 27

Watch an Israeli film or documentary
In honor of the upcoming Israeli holidays, TI’s Israel Committee has put together this list of Israeli films and documentaries to watch, learn from, and enjoy. Most are in Hebrew with English subtitles. You can watch using Amazon.com, or obtain a copy at St. Louis’s Saul Brodsky Community Library (when it reopens later this year) or from your local library branch.

A Borrowed identity
Above and Beyond
An Israeli Love Story
Beaufort
Footnote
Holy Lands
Hunting Elephants
Lemon Tree
Live and Become
Noodle
One Week and a Day
Past Life
Schwartz Dynasty
Someone to Run With
The Attack
The Cakemaker
The Champagne Spy
The Debt
The Flat
The Little Traitor
The Other Son
The Wedding Doll
The Women's Balcony
Three Mothers
Time of Favor
Ushpizin

All About the Yoms (Holidays of Israel) Text Study with Rabbi Amy & Rabbi Michael
Sunday, April 24, 9:45 am – 11:15 am, Hybrid (virtual and in person) in the Sanctuary

Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Yom Hazikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day), and Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day) are all modern holidays created following the Holocaust and the birth of the modern State of Israel. Poetry and other modern writings help underscore the importance of these newly created holidays in the ongoing history of the Jewish people.

RSVP required here: www.ti-stl.org/TextStudy 

Temple Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance memorial
Located outside of the Sanctuary in the Kriegshaber Foyer.

The Holocaust Remembrance Area includes a Torah salvaged from Eastern Europe during the Holocaust, a crayon display representing the number of children who perished, artworks displayed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and poetry for reflection and remembrance. 

No RSVP necessary

Virtual Yom HaShoah Program: Faith & Healing
Service and program for the local community
Wednesday, April 27   l   7 pm  l   virtual only

Yom HaShoah 2022 will feature stories and experiences of the Holocaust from survivors. This year’s featured speaker is Scott Lenga, the author of The Watchmakers: The Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope amid the Holocaust, which tells the story of his father, Harry Lenga, and the Lenga family. It is a first-person account of Scott’s childhood, the lessons learned from his own father, his harrowing tribulations, and his inspiring life before, during, and after the war.

The program will include a candle-lighting service, liturgical readings, and prayers. Four St. Louis Shinshinim, 18-year-old Israel emissaries, who defer their army service for one year to volunteer with Jewish communities abroad, will also participate.

Music will be performed by Mischa and Tova Braitberg of Aria Musicians. Mischa and Tova are the son and granddaughter of survivors Szyfra and Gregor Braitberg (of blessed memory.)

Information on watching the virtual program at: stlholocaustmuseum.org