Citywide Yom HaShoah Observance

Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH) will host the annual Yom HaShoah observance at Congregation Brith Shalom, 4610 Bellaire Blvd., at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27. 

During this citywide commemoration, the community mourns the loss of the 6 million Jewish people who perished in the Holocaust, honors those who survived and comes together to remember and reflect. The invocation for the ceremony will be led by Rabbi Ranon Teller, with remarks by The Honorable Livia Link-Raviv, Consul General of Israel to the Southwest, songs from local cantors, a Holocaust survivor testimony from Michael Spiegel and a candle lighting ceremony with local Holocaust survivors. 

Holocaust Museum Houston is dedicated to teaching the lessons of the Holocaust and bringing awareness to the dangers of hatred, prejudice and apathy. The Museum would like to congratulate the winner of the 2025 Holocaust Museum Houston Yom HaShoah Scholarship competition, Ella Totz, a junior at The Emery/Weiner School. A copy of her essay can be found here.

Coordinated by the Yom HaShoah Steering Committee and Holocaust Museum Houston, the service is generously funded by The Morgan Family Endowment Fund, the Morgan Family Center and the Morgan Family Foundation. 

No RSVP is necessary to attend this annual observance in person. To learn more and livestream the event, please visit hmh.org/yomhashoah.