Statement regarding Hamas's attack of Israel

The Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Committee grieves Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Hamas’s actions have caused heart-wrenching suffering in Israel and in Gaza and have frustrated the cause of peace. All hostages must be released immediately and the humanitarian tragedy precipitated by Hamas in Gaza must be stopped. Our prayers are with all the victims and their families.

Calendar of Events

Educators Workshop: Windows to History: Picture Books in Upper Grades?
In collaboration with Ackerman Center, October 28, 5:30 PM, West Lafayette Public Library

Who Will Write Our History?
In collaboration with WALLA, April 14, 6:30 PM, West Lafayette Public Library

Candlelighting Ceremony

Mayoral Proclamation
Memorial Candle Lighting with musical interlude by Rabbi Bellows
Generation-to-Generation Panel with Juan Wachs, Nina Haberer, and Lowell Kane
Light refereshemnts will be served

April 27, 6:30 PM, Temple Israel, 620 Cumberland Ave., West Lafayette

Letters to Sala
May 1, 7:00 PM, McCutcheon High School

All times are Eastern Time (same time as New York)

Statement regarding Ukraine

The GLHRC fully supports the following statement issued by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), and we stand with the Ukrainian people in their defense of their sovereignity: The USHMM strongly condemns Russia’s outrageous attack on Ukraine and is deeply concerned about threats to civilians and loss of life. In justifying this attack, Vladimir Putin has misrepresented and misappropriated Holocaust history by claiming falsely that democratic Ukraine needs to be “denazified.” Equally groundless and egregious are his claims that Ukrainian authorities are committing “genocide” as a justification for the invasion of Ukraine.

Mission Statement

The goals of the Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Committee, initiated by Rabbi Gedalyah Engel and the Mayors of Lafayette and West Lafayette in 1981, are to continue awareness of the Nazis' War against the Jews from 1933-1945, to honor the victims and survivors of the Holocaust, and to promote individual, community, and media responsibility for combating the forces of prejudice, hatred, and discrimination today.