Join the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County for our annual commemoration of Yom HaShoah: a day of solemn remembrance for the roughly six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust and gratitude for the rescuers who took the ultimate risk to save Jewish lives.

Following our program, which will include short remarks from members of the HMTC Board and Staff, we welcome all to view our upcoming temporary exhibit, ‘שָׂרִיד’ ‘sur-vi-vor’, created by Daniel G. Weiss and Dinah Kramer. Weiss and Kramer will speak about the exhibit during the program.

This photography exhibit highlights the resilience and hopefulness of Holocaust survivors. These survivors, originating from all over Western and Eastern Europe, are/were residents of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens counties.

A project three years in the making, photographer Daniel G. Weiss, along with project coordinator Dinah Kramer, photographed and interviewed 18 Holocaust survivors (18 signifying “Life” in Hebrew). Weiss is a renowned photographer in New York City and Nassau County, whose journey began with his passion for creating unique, soulful images. Dinah Kramer is a volunteer at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance center of Nassau County as well as the coordinator of the Adopt A Survivor program at the Reconstructionist Synagogue in Plandome.

 The exhibit will feature large-format portrait photographs on canvas. Weiss refers to the project as an important way of celebrating those brave individuals who not only survived but also rebuilt their lives after facing untold horrors.

 We invite all members of our community to be with us for this solemn event, including survivors of all genocides and descendants of survivors.