Chapman University 20th Holocaust Remembrance; Candle Lighting Added in Memory of Lori Gilbert Kaye, Others Targeted for Their Beliefs
Ceremony to take place Thursday, May 2, 2019 - Media are welcome to attend. The Chapman community will gather for the 20th year for a Holocaust Remembrance at the Fish Interfaith Center as well as honor Lori Gilbert Kaye, the courageous woman who stepped in front of the bullets meant for her rabbi, and the young man, visiting from Israel, whose only goal was to bring his children out of danger.
ORANGE, Calif., May 1, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- WHAT: The Chapman community will gather for the 20th year for a Holocaust Remembrance at the Fish Interfaith Center as well as honor Lori Gilbert Kaye, the courageous woman who stepped in front of the bullets meant for her rabbi, and the young man, visiting from Israel, whose only goal was to bring his children out of danger.
WHEN: Thursday, May 2 at 7 p.m. PDT
WHERE: Chapman University Wallace All Faiths Chapel, Fish Interfaith Center Orange, CA 92866
WHO: Dr. Marilyn Harran, Director, Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education
Rabbi Corie Yutkin, Director of Jewish Life and Chaplain
Holocaust survivor and witness Cantor Leopold Szneer
RSVP: Lara Wyss; lwyss(at)chapman(dot)edu; (714) 289-3143
About Chapman University
Chapman University is California's third largest private university and ranks fifth in the U.S. News & World Report listing of Best Regional Universities in the West. Chapman is categorized by the Carnegie Classification as an R2 "high research activity" institution and offers personalized education to more than 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Chapman strives for diversity and inclusion by recruiting and supporting students representing a variety of backgrounds, experiences, learning styles and unique talents. The campus has produced a Rhodes Scholar, been named a top producer of Fulbright Scholars and hosts a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most prestigious honor society. Founded in 1861 and based in the City of Orange, California, Chapman also includes the Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus, 21 miles south in the Irvine Spectrum, Orange County's technology hub. In 2020, the university will open its 11th college, the Fowler School of Engineering in its newest facility, Keck Center for Science and Engineering.
SOURCE Chapman University
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