Yom HaShoah Holocaust Commemoration Monday

FILE – In this Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 file photo, candles reflect in an entrance sign after a human chain with lights was formed around the Jewish synagogue …

FILE – In this Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 file photo, candles reflect in an entrance sign after a human chain with lights was formed around the Jewish synagogue during the Sabbath celebrations in Halle (Saale), Germany, following an attack on the synagogue on Yom Kippur 2019. As Jews around the world gather Sunday night to mark the beginning of Yom Kippur, many in Germany remain uneasy about going together to their houses of worship to pray, a year after a white-supremacist targeted a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle on the holiest day in Judaism. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)

by: Michael Mahar

Posted: Apr 17, 2023 / 12:52 PM EDT

Updated: Apr 17, 2023 / 12:52 PM EDT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Congregation Gates of Heaven will host a community-wide Holocaust Commemoration on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at 852 Ashmore Avenue in Schenectady. The event is free of charge.

The commemoration serves as a reminder to help this and future generations remember and to avoid history repeating itself. The Congregation Gates of Heaven says Dr. Stephen Berk of Union College will speak at the event.