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Yom HaShoah
Holocaust Remembrance Day: a siren sounds across Israel, and the names of the dead are read.
When is Yom HaShoah in 2027?
Yom HaShoah 2027 is on Tuesday, 4 May 2027. Other years: 2026, Tuesday, 14 April 2026; 2028, Sunday, 23 April 2028.
About Yom HaShoah
Yom HaShoah, kept on the 27th of Nisan, is the day on which Israel and Jewish communities remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, and the resistance of the Warsaw Ghetto. In Israel, a siren sounds for two minutes at 10 a.m., and everyone, including drivers on motorways, stops and stands in silence. Flags are lowered, places of entertainment are closed and radio and television broadcast remembrance programmes. At Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, a ceremony is held with the lighting of six torches and survivors' testimony. Schools hold assemblies, and communities abroad hold readings of names and candle-lighting. Many people take part in the March of the Living, which walks from Auschwitz to Birkenau. The day is solemn and quiet.
Yom HaShoah dates: 2026, 2027, 2028
| Year | Yom HaShoah date |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Tuesday, 14 April 2026 |
| 2027 | Tuesday, 4 May 2027 |
| 2028 | Sunday, 23 April 2028 |
What is eaten
- no festive food
Traditions of Yom HaShoah
Also part of it, and being written: Yad Vashem (The remembrance centre in Jerusalem.), The Holocaust (The events remembered.).
Written by the EveryParampara desk with AI assistance. Background: "Yom HaShoah" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.