Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Day Online Community Observance with Cantor Sheila Nesis

Yom Hashoah Online Events - Holocaust Remembrance Day

Community Observance, Starfish Film Screening & Discussion with the Filmmaker

Presented by the Maine Jewish Film Festival and the JCA

Join us for a three-part commemoration of Yom Hashoah:

Community Observance with Cantor Sheila Nesis

Monday, April 20 at 5:30 PM

Click on this link to view the livestream: https://www.facebook.com/sheila.nesis 

(You do not need a Facebook account to view the ceremony - simply close the login popup window, or click on the Facebook page behind it.)

Cantor Sheila Nesis will lead a brief ceremony commemorating Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Cantor Nesis will recite the mourner's Kaddish and the El Malei Rachamim prayer, and she will sing Eli Eli, composed by Hungarian poet and partisan Hannah Senesh before her death at the hands of her captors in 1944.

The Starfish documentary film - Free online streaming for 24 hours

Monday, April 20 at 4:30 PM to Tuesday evening, April 21 at 4:30 PM

MJFF and the JCA will send out the special 24 hour link to the film to our email lists on Monday, April 20 at 4:30 pm. There is no need to sign up ahead of time.

Discussion with Starfish Director Tyler Gildin

Tuesday, April 21 at 7:00 PM

Tyler Gildin will discuss the film about his grandfather and take questions. Moderated by MJFF Executive Director Barbara Merson. For the Zoom meeting link, please email filmfest@mjff.org or call 831-7495.