Nancy Urbach speaking at Holocaust Remembrance Day
Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley member Nancy Urbach was the keynote speaker at the Temple’s interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Day program. She shared how her family members helped save about 200 relatives and friends from Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan with Fay Henning-Bryant lighting one of the 6 yahzreit candles in memory of the 6 million Jews who perished during the Holocaust.
Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan with Fay Henning-Bryant lighting one of the 6 yahrzeit candles in memory of the 6 million Jews who perished during the Holocaust during an interfaith program.
Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration at Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley
Father David Halm of St. John Vianney Church in Goodyear was among the clergy of different faiths who led in prayer during the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance service at Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley in Sun City on April 24.

More than 175 people from different faiths joined in prayer during the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Service at Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley on April 24 to commemorate the 6 million Jews and others who were murdered during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany. Six yahrzeit candles were lit in memory of those who perished. 

Keynote speaker and TBS member Nancy Urbach spoke about how her family in Nashville, Tennessee had rescued 200 family and friends from Nazi Germany in the late 1930s until the American Consulate had to shut down. TBS members Minia Kalish, Shirley Beaser and Monica Arum each spoke about their parents who had survived the Holocaust.

Temple Beth Shalom Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan and Cantor Baruch Koritan led the service. Clergy from many faiths shared prayers and messages, including Senior Pastor Bill Bjork, Grace Bible Church in Sun City; Pastor Greg Emery, Faith Presbyterian Church in Sun City; Rabbi Jeff Lipschultz; Rev. Julie O’Brien, Peace Lutheran Church in Peoria; Father David Halm, St. John Vianney Church in Goodyear; Rabbi Mindie Snyder, Pastor James Rausch, First Presbyterian Church in Peoria and Bruce Scott, The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry Mobilization Director.