On the 28th January at 7pm Bury’s Holocaust Memorial Event will air via the link https://buryholocaustmemorialevent.vidius.co.uk/ .
Holocaust Memorial Events being organised by other NW Local Authorities are shown in the table below.
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Borough/ Council |
Date |
Time |
Link |
Further Information |
|
Blackburn |
27/1/21 |
1.20-2.30pm |
YouTube |
Working with local Interfaith Forum. Blackburn Cathedral will show the event on YouTube. Local secondary schools have already been involved in a creative writing/art competition and the two best pieces will be presented during the online event. Rabbi Arnold Saunders will be the key speaker |
|
Blackpool/ Lytham St Annes |
27/1/21 |
11am |
Be the Light in the Darkness' - Addresses: Mark Menzies MP (Fylde) and Angela Jacques, Mayor of Fylde, Sheikh Imitiyaz Damiel, Father David Lyon, Charles Shuttleworth - Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire; Memorial Prayer by Rabbi Danny Bergson; Presentations by St Bede's Catholic College (Lytham), St Mary's Catholic College (Blackpool), Our Lady of Assumption RC Primary School (Blackpool), St John's RC Primary (Poulton) and St Mary's Catholic Sixth Form (Blackpool); Account of Holocaust survivor, Ivor Pearl BEM; Candlelighting accompanied by Blackpool Symphony Orchestra; Poem - Cllr Ed Nash; Recitation of Kaddish - Robert Pinkus, President of St Annes Hebrew Congregation |
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Bury |
28/1/21 |
7pm |
|
TBC |
|
Cheshire East |
27/1/21 |
11am |
Joining with Greater Manchester in ‘Be the Light in the Darkness’ |
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Cheshire West |
27/1/21 |
TBC |
Joining with Greater Manchester in ‘Be the Light in the Darkness’ Cheshire West and Chester libraries will be marking HMD, promoting stock and the day itself, via their social media platforms. They are also holding a coffee and chat, on the day (27 January at 10am) – for details and tickets see: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cwaclibraries/health-and-wellbeing-week-c... |
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European Jewish Assocation |
27/1/21 |
2pm |
Europe-wide service of remembrance with the presence of Chief Rabbis, Jewish leaders and senior European dignitaries to mark International Holocaust Memorial Day. During our service we will be honouring the memory of the millions who perished during the Holocaust and rededicating ourselves to fight against antisemitism wherever it festers by supporting the European Jewry as a whole during these challenging days |
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Manchester/ GMCA |
27/1/21 |
10am |
YouTube |
‘Be the Light in the Darkness’ -Greater Manchester HMD event, hosted by the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham in collaboration with 10 districts of Greater Manchester. Live streamed via Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Speakers will include Holocaust survivor Tomi Komoly, Rwandan survivor Rehma Muguyeneza plus musical performances from Chazan Yossi Muller and choir and Chazan Michael Isdale. Please have a candle ready to light in memory of those murdered in the Holocaust and genocides that followed. |
|
Preston |
27/1/21 |
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https://www.hmd.org.uk/news/theme-announced-for-hmd-2021-be-the-light-in-the-darkness/ |
Judith Rhodes will be hosting a digital session about her mother's experiences of the Holocaust |
|
Salford |
27/1/21 |
10-11.15am |
https://www.hmd.org.uk/news/theme-announced-for-hmd-2021-be-the-light-in-the-darkness/ |
Part of Manchester/GMCA event (see above) |
