The reason for this program is to celebrate a Jewish holiday, Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. Mr. Mermelstein, in addition to being an author, has assembled a Holocaust museum in California and is a very distinguished speaker in the field of Holocaust Education. This lecture should be very interesting and informative, and we hope you will join us and encourage your students to attend. Shabbat Dinner with song session. All people and presenters involved with the programs for the 'Shabbaton' are invited to mix and mingle in a traditional Shabbat setting.
All food is kosher and the services incorporates student assistants to the rabbi.
Following the dinner and service, History Professor Dr. Joseph Ellis will share Holocaust poetry with those in attendance. They will share their unique Holocaust experiences. The topic for the speech will be goal-setting and achieving goals amidst steep obstacles. There will be a participatory boxing demonstration to follow. The goal of the March of the Living is for young people to learn the lessons of the Holocaust and to lead the Jewish people into the future vowing Never Again.