Annual State of CT Holocaust Commemoration
The 38th Annual State of Connecticut Holocaust Commemoration was held May 6, 2016 in the State Senate Chambers of the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford. This year’s theme was PEOPLE FORGET: NEW HAVEN REMEMBERS. Gov. Malloy gave a proclamation at this year’s commemoration.
A Special Thank You to:
Alan Lazowski, Crown Market
Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy
Gary Cohen Photographer
Hebrew High School of New England
Juniper House Homecare
The Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford
Voices of Hope
William H. Hall High School
38TH Annual Holocaust Commemoration Planning Committee:
Fay Sheppard and Doris Zelinsky, Co-Chairs
Alan Lazowski
Rabbi Philip Lazowski
Sydney Perry
Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven
Dr. Stephanie Wain, President
Judy Diamondstein, Chief Executive Officer
JEWISH FEDERATION ASSOCIATION OF CONNECTICUT (JFACT)
Robert J. Fishman, JFACT Executive Director
and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council CT Liaison
Kathy Fishman, JFACT Program Manager
STATEWIDE COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE
Kim Hausman Athan
Rabbi Gary Atkins
Rev. Dr. Leroy Bailey
Dr. George Bacall
State Rep. David A. Baram
Paula Wagner Baram
Stephen Bayer
State Rep. Brian Becker
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Mayor Luke Bronin
Eleanor Caplan
Dr. Leon Chameides
David T. Chase
Charles Chotkowski
Hon. Henry S. Cohn
U.S. Rep. Joseph Courtney
U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro
Pam Ehrenkranz
U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty
Lisa Fishman
Peter Fishman
State Rep. Andrew Fleischmann
Dr. Richard Freund
Steven Friedlander
Evert Gawendo
Phyllis Gelles
Lindy Gold
Jonathan Harris
Eva Hausman
Allan Hillman
U.S. Rep. Jim Himes
Adele R. Jacobs
David A. Jacobs
Barbara Katz
Rabbi Stanley Kessler
Joseph Kleszczynski
Judy Kopman-Fried
Sharone Kornman
U.S. Rep. John B. Larson
State Rep. Matthew Lesser
Robert D. Lesser
Carol Lilienthal
Peter Lilienthal
Senator Chris Murphy
Keith Norton
Dr. Joseph Olzacki
Dr. Avinoam Patt
Michael P. Price
Stephen E. Ronai
Harry Rosenberg
Joanne W. Rudof
Eliane Sandler
Martin C. Shapiro
Mark A. Shiffrin
Rabbi Harold Silver
Howard Sovronsky
Barbara Sperber
Marilyn Steinmetz
Kevin B. Sullivan
Agnes Vertes
Dr. Milton B. Wallack
Harry Weichsel
Marsha Weisburst
Marsha Weinstein
Don Williams
Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman
Robert Yass
Eric Zachs
Henry M. Zachs
Shifra Zamkov
Honorary Committee-Connecticut State SENATE
Dante Bartolomeo
Antonietta Boucher
Beth Bye
Steve Cassano
Clark Chapin
Eric D. Coleman
Joseph J. Crisco, Jr.
Paul R. Doyle
Bob Duff
Leonard A. Fasano
Mae Flexer
John W. Fonfara
Paul M. Formic
Scott Frantz
Terry B. Gerratana
Edwin A. Gomes
Anthony Guglielmo
Joan V. Hartley
Tony Hwang
Robert J. Kane
Kevin C. Kelly
Ted Kennedy, Jr.
John A. Kissel
Timothy D. Larson
Carlo Leone
Art Linares
Martin M. Looney
Joe Markley
Henri Martin
Andrew Maynard
Michael A. McLachlan
Marilyn Moore
Catherine Osten
Gayle S. Slossberg
Gary Holder-Winfield
Kevin D. Witkos