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Jewish Cultural Month-Reading of the Names
(Diversity)
Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, takes place each year on the 27th of the Hebrew month of Nisan. Jews around the world hold memorials and vigils, often lighting six candles in honor of the six million Holocaust victims. At Virginia Tech, we organize a Reading of the Names ceremony on the Drillfield to memorialize those who were murdered. Reading the names of the men, women, and children killed during the Holocaust is a symbolic yet personal way of remembering these individuals. More information...
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