The Men’s Club’s Yom HaShoah Candle Project
Date: Apr 8, 2025
Author: Men's Club
Deadline extended! Reply to the Men's Club mailing by April 15 for your Yom HaShoah Candle! Watch your mailbox for the Men's Club mailing, and return your envelope by the new April 15 deadline.
One of the Shir Hadash Men’s Club’s major goals is to foster the Jewish development of our congregation’s youth. We accomplish this through our Youth Grant program which encourages the Temple’s 8th-12th grade students to participate in Jewish programs offered both within and outside of the Temple community. To fund these efforts, the Men’s Club has, for many years, provided Yahrzeit candles to congregants to use in their observance of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). As we have done in the past, we will continue to provide candles to those congregants who request them.
The Congregation’s generous past contributions have allowed the Men’s Club to provide support for Religious School scholarships for those in need. We also contribute to enhanced student experiences through the Temple’s religious school and youth groups. Last year we gave $2500 to support our teen programs. This included $1200 for a trip to Arizona with Rabbi Walden to meet other Jewish teens on a social action event coordinated by Tzedek America. Another $1300 went to support the Moot Court Debate trip to New York City at the end of March. In addition, using funds separate from donations to the candle project, the Men’s Club has supported the Early Childhood Center with $2000 for their external signage project as well as providing the manpower to clean and repair some of the play areas.
You are not required to make a donation to receive a candle; however, you may request a candle and/or make a contribution by completing the form that you will soon receive and mailing it in the envelope provided no later than April 15th to ensure that your candle is delivered to you prior to Yom HaShoah.
The candle should be lit on erev Yom HaShoah, which this year starts at sundown on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.