Once again, our shul is planning to participate in the Yellow Candle Project, a global program to commemorate the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust. Men’s Club president Tom Byrne, coordinator of the shul’s participation, said that congregants are continuing to remark on last year’s moving tribute as we lighted candles in a communal remembrance on Yom HaShoah.

This year’s observance will be held on Monday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m., when we will gather on Zoom to light our candles together. Yellow candles will be mailed or delivered to all congregants and also, by request, to their families and friends who are planning to join us for the commemoration. In addition, our shul has invited the North Fork Reform Synagogue to join our congregation in a shared observance.

Although the candles are distributed without charge, recipients can make a charitable contribution to the shul, designated for an educational project at Greenport High School. Contributions will finance a bus to transport students to the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove. It is hoped that this program will provide young people with a deeper understanding of the events that led to the Holocaust and the tragic aftermath of intolerance.