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Adopt a resolution recognizing May 6, 2024, as Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Supervisor Williams recommends that the Board adopt a resolution recognizing May 6, 2024, as Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, to commemorate the approximately six million victims of the Holocaust.
SUMMARY:
Yom HaShoah is the Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust in the Jewish faith and is held on April 18, 2023. The full name of the day commemorating the victims of the Holocaust is “Yom HaShoah Ve-Hagevurah“- literally the “Day of (Remembrance of) the Holocaust and the Heroism.” It is marked on the 27th day in the month of Nisan - a week after the seventh day of Passover, and a week before Yom HaShoah (Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen soldiers). When the 27th of Nisan falls on a Friday or Sunday, Yom HaShoah is shifted a day to avoid conflicting with Shabbat.
In 2024, Yom HaShoah begins at sundown on May 5 and lasts until sundown on May 6.
The date was selected by the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) on April 12, 1951. The full name became formal in a law that was enacted by the Knesset on August 19, 1953. Although the date was established by the Israeli government, it has become a day commemorated by Jewish communities and individuals worldwide.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The costs associated with preparation of the agenda item are nominal and absorbed by the Department’s FY2023/24 Working Budget. The costs associated with the preparation and purchase of the resolution materials are included in the Board’s FY2023/24 Working Budget.
ALTERNATIVES:
The Board could choose not to adopt the resolution, however that is not recommended as it is important to remember the victims of the Holocaust.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
There is no other agency involvement.
CAO RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION