Images from Temple Emanu-El's annual community Yom ha-Shoah commemoration ceremony.
Pianist Judith Lynn Stillman, and violinist Jorge Gardos, run through a musical piece before the service. Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson
Prior to the start of the service, Rabbi Wayne Franklin, left, talks with the people who would light candles and tell of relatives killed in the holocaust. Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson
The HaZamir Teen Choir sang at the ceremony. Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson
Alice Eichenbaum, of Providence, lights a candle at the beginning of the ceremony. She was in a concentration camp in Bulgaria in WWII. Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson
Albert Silverstein, of Pawtucket, lights a candle at the beginning of the ceremony. He was transported out of Austria as a youth. Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson
Pianist Judith Lynn Stillman also arranged songs that were played at the ceremony. Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson
URI students, Kathryn Fortey, left, and Griffin Alix, podium right, introduce their 13 minute film, “The Fence Between Us.” Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson
Pianist Judith Lynn Stillman raises Jorge Gardos’ hand after playing a duet. Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson
Four state legislators were honored who sponsored a bill requiring the teaching of the holocaust and genocide studies in RI schools. They are l to r: Former Rep. Aaron Regunberg, Rep. Katherine Kazarian, Sen. Josh Miller, and Sen. Gayle Goldin. They are shown listening to local people listed their relatives that were killed in concentration camps. Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson
Elly Leyman lists family members killed in the holocaust. Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson
A man wipes his eyes while listening to people tell of family members killed in the holocaust. Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson
Soprano Anush Avetisyan performed at the ceremony. Jewish Rhode Island/Glenn Osmundson
The sanctuary at Providence’s Temple Emanu-El was filled for the annual community Yom ha-Shoah commemoration May 1. The deeply moving gathering included a short film by University of Rhode Island students and reciting of victims’ names by members of the Rhode Island Jewish community. The “Never Again Award” was presented to four Rhode Island legislators who were instrumental in passing the bill that requires Holocaust and genocide education in the state’s schools. Music by Judith Lynn Stillman filled the room along with the sounds of Hazamir, the Jewish teen choir, and Anush Avetisyan who performed Armenian melodies.