Special music will accompany the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga’s annual Holocaust Remembrance, Yom HaShoah, tonight, May 5, at the Jewish Cultural Center, 5461 North Terrace.
The event begins at 6 p.m. with the reading of names of Holocaust victims. At 7 p.m., the observance will feature Holocaust survivor Henry Green, as well as children and grandchildren of survivors and a child of concentration-camp liberators, acknowledging “the keepers of our history,” according to a news release.
This annual observance will include candle lighting, readings, prayers led by local rabbis and musical presentations, including a program of hope and healing by the Chattanooga Boys Choir.
Led by artistic director Vincent Oakes and associate director Kristen Wiram, the choir will perform such poignant pieces as Joan Varner’s “When I Am Silent,” Z. Randall Stroope’s “Inscription of Hope” and Paul Caldwell’s “Ani Ma’Amin.” The choir will be accompanied by Jenny Parker, with instrumental or vocal soloists Jessica Nunn, Jessica Kodsi and Ishmael Sanford.
Additionally, violinist Jessica Peck and pianist Rebecca Peck will play selections from “Baal Shem” by Earnest Bloch.