![]() ![]() Usually, the liturgy features the Mourner's Kaddish, a prayer for the deceased. In the United States, people of Jewish faith and ancestry attend their synagogue to observe Yom HaShoah, where special liturgies are held. The first official Yom HaShoah commemoration then took place on May 3, 1951, at the Chamber of the Holocaust on Mount Zion. Even though the holiday was established by the Israeli government, Jewish communities around the world commemorate the day. On April 12, 1951, the Israeli Parliament, known as Knesset, established the holiday Yom Hazikaron HaShoah ve-laG'vurah to be observed on the 27th of Nisan, one week after Passover, after debating on many significant dates for the Jewish community. The same happened the following year, in December of 1950. For the observance, the remains of Jews who had lost their lives in concentration camps in Europe were brought to and given proper burials in Jerusalem. In Israel, the first Holocaust Remembrance Day was commemorated on December 28, 1949, as the day fell on the 10th of the month of Tevet which, in the Hebrew Calendar, is a day dedicated to mourning. In the United States, as well as Canada and the UK, Yom HaShoah is not a public holiday, so businesses and schools remain open. On the Hebrew Calendar, this corresponds to the 27th day of the month of Nisan. In 2022, Yom HaShoah is commemorated on April 27. Yom HaShoah is Holocaust Remembrance Day for the Jewish community, and it honors the 6 million Jews who lost their lives during the Holocaust.
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