Community urged to join 2022 Yellow Candle campaign to remember Shoah victims
Maccabi GB's annual initiative pairs individuals with a victim of the Holocaust, to share their story and ensure they are not forgotten.
Jenni Frazer is a freelance journalist
Maccabi GB has launched its Yellow Candle campaign for 2022, allowing the community to remember those who lost their lives in the Holocaust.
Candles can be ordered at www.yellowcandleuk.org for direct delivery at £3.75 per candle, with the Genesis Philanthropy Group subsidising the cost of postage and packaging for a second year running.
Each Yellow Candle includes a card giving key information about a person who died in the Holocaust. Maccabi expects thousands of the candles to be lit on Yom Hashoah — Holocaust Remembrance Day — on April 27. People will be encouraged to share a picture of their lit candle with the name card on social media, using #yellowcandle.
Each candle package will include dwarf sunflower seeds that can be planted in the Yellow Candle tin after the candle has been used, signifying the added message of “Remembrance to Renewal”.
Ashley Lerner, CEO of Maccabi GB, said: “By lighting our candles on Yom HaShoah, we are honouring the lives of those who perished and symbolically declaring that the atrocities of the Holocaust must never be forgotten.”
Marina Yudborovsky, CEO of Genesis Philanthropy Group, said: “The Yellow Candle Project enables Jews of all backgrounds and from all walks of life to remember and honour the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust, and to feel connected and engaged within the global Jewish community. We believe that being aware of the events of the past and learning their lessons is a core element of building a strong and sustainable Jewish identity today and for the future.”
Thank you for helping to make Jewish News the leading source of news and opinion for the UK Jewish community. Today we're asking for your invaluable help to continue putting our community first in everything we do.
For as little as £5 a month you can help sustain the vital work we do in celebrating and standing up for Jewish life in Britain.
Jewish News holds our community together and keeps us connected. Like a synagogue, it’s where people turn to feel part of something bigger. It also proudly shows the rest of Britain the vibrancy and rich culture of modern Jewish life.
You can make a quick and easy one-off or monthly contribution of £5, £10, £20 or any other sum you’re comfortable with.
100% of your donation will help us continue celebrating our community, in all its dynamic diversity...
Engaging
Being a community platform means so much more than producing a newspaper and website. One of our proudest roles is media partnering with our invaluable charities to amplify the outstanding work they do to help us all.
Celebrating
There’s no shortage of oys in the world but Jewish News takes every opportunity to celebrate the joys too, through projects like Night of Heroes, 40 Under 40 and other compelling countdowns that make the community kvell with pride.
Pioneering
In the first collaboration between media outlets from different faiths, Jewish News worked with British Muslim TV and Church Times to produce a list of young activists leading the way on interfaith understanding.
Campaigning
Royal Mail issued a stamp honouring Holocaust hero Sir Nicholas Winton after a Jewish News campaign attracted more than 100,000 backers. Jewish Newsalso produces special editions of the paper highlighting pressing issues including mental health and Holocaust remembrance.
Easy access
In an age when news is readily accessible, Jewish News provides high-quality content free online and offline, removing any financial barriers to connecting people.
Voice of our community to wider society
The Jewish News team regularly appears on TV, radio and on the pages of the national press to comment on stories about the Jewish community. Easy access to the paper on the streets of London also means Jewish News provides an invaluable window into the community for the country at large.
We hope you agree all this is worth preserving.
