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  • 80 gather to remember Holocaust - Braving wind to recognize genocide fight

    04/16/2007 10:10:45 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 1 replies · 105+ views
    Valley Press on ^ | Monday, April 16, 2007. | JAMES RUFUS KOREN
    LANCASTER[CA] Braving the windy, chilly weather, more than 80 people came to the Lancaster Cemetery on Sunday to remember the Holocaust and the heroism of those who fought against the Nazis, including those who fought in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. "The fact that it is cold and windy and somewhat inclement is not inappropriate," said Rabbi David Hoffman of congregation Beth Knesset Bamidbar in Lancaster. "The people in the Warsaw Ghetto experienced much worse." Sunday's service of remembrance was held on the Jewish day of Yom HaShoah Ve-Hagevurah, or day for remembrance for the Holocaust and the Heroism. "We know...