Peekskill Hosts Holocaust Remembrance? Service On April 7

PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- An interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Day service will be held at First Hebrew Congregation in Peekskill at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 7.

Peekskill's First Hebrew Congregation will host a Holocaust remembrance ceremony on April 7.
Photo Credit: *Art Cusano*

by Art Cusano

04/02/2013 12:01 a.m.

The service will be hosted by Peekskill’s First Hebrew Congregation and the Peekskill Area Pastors Association.

Holocaust survivor Betty Knoop, a resident of Westchester born in Amsterdam, will speak. Knoop was arrested as a young girl along with her entire family when the Nazis invaded her country. Her family was sent to the concentration camp in Westerbork and later to Bergen Belsen. A question-and-answer period will be held after her talk.

Local religious leaders taking part in this year’s service include Sondra Treadwell, representing the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Briarcliff, Croton and Ossining; the Rev. Samuel Sanchez, pastor of the Spanish Church Tabernacle of Christ; and Daniela Rosen, who is representing First Hebrew.

First Hebrew Congregation is located at 1821 E. Main St. For more information, contact Rabbi Lee Paskind at 914-739-0500 or 732-688-1982.

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