Yom HaShoah

Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) is observed by Jews around the world each spring.  It is a day to remember and grieve for the 6 million of our people whose lives were taken by the Nazis and their collaborators before and during World War II.  In 1995, Temple Beth Shalom invited all residents of Spokane for the first Spokane Community Observance of the Holocaust.  The Community Observance has been presented every year since 1995 as a time to gather Jews and non-Jews to remember, to honor the survivors and rescuers and, most importantly, to learn lessons about how to make genocide a tragedy of the past.

The Spokane Community Observance of the Holocaust includes an annual Art contest that challenges secondary school students all over our region to compete for scholarships by submitting artwork that responds to the theme of the year. 

The theme for 2025 is "Survival and Life after the Holocaust"