[Archived] Alexandria to Mark Rememberance of Holocaust with Civic Ceremony on April 21;


News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date:	Tuesday, April 7, 1998
Contact:	Allan Labowitz, Citizen Planning Committee, (703) 461-2274 (O), (703) 548-2723 (H); Tom Brannan, Assistant City Manager, (703) 838-4300 (O), (703) 701-2548 (P)

Alexandria to Mark Rememberance of Holocaust with Civic Ceremony on April 21;
Guest Speakers Include Holocaust Survivor Charlene Schiff and National Public Radio News Anchor Robert Siegel

The City of Alexandria will observe the Days of Remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust with a civic ceremony at 12 noon on Tuesday, April 21, in Market Square, 301 King Street, Alexandria. The principal speaker will be Alexandria resident Charlene Schiff, a survivor of the Holocaust, and she will be joined by Robert Siegel, the host of National Public Radio's news program, "All Things Considered."

The event is hosted by the Alexandria City Council and is open to the public. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in the Cameron Street lobby of City Hall, which adjoins Market Square.

The April 21 ceremony will mark the eleventh consecutive year in which the City has sponsored the Days of Remembrance ceremony. The Alexandria event is the only local government-sponsored program of its kind in the Metropolitan Washington area. Congressman James P. Moran began the City's tradition of sponsoring a Days of Remembrance ceremony in 1988 while serving as Mayor of the City.

At the April 21 ceremony, Alexandria Mayor Kerry Donley will deliver a City Council proclamation designating the week of April 19 through April 26 in Alexandria as Days of Remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust. Members of City Council,

Congressman Moran, and City Manager Vola Lawson will light candles in memory of the six million Jews and others who perished in the Holocaust.

Also participating will be Rabbi Jonathan Biatch of Beth El Hebrew Congregation of Alexandria and Rabbi Jack L. Moline of Agudas Achim Congregation of Alexandria. Alexandria Symphony Orchestra music director/conductor Kim Allen Kluge will present musical selections during the ceremony. Cantor Sunny Schnitzer of Beth El Hebrew Congregation will present a song of remembrance.

The Alexandria ceremony is being held in conjunction with civic observances planned throughout the nation during the week of April 19 to commemorate the six million Jews and other victims of Nazism who lost their lives during World War II.