Temple Emunah, Lexington will hold its annual Holocaust Memorial Service featuring commentaries and a music program that reflect the question of faith after the Holocaust.  The program is free and open to the public.

Many of us wrestle with the question of how people can pray to God, given the many tragedies that mankind has endured.  For Jews, in particular, the Holocaust is ever challenging.  The very week before Holocaust Memorial Day, at the Passover Festive Meal – the "Seder" – Jews recite a prayer that states that while Jews have faced many enemies who were intent on destroying them, God has been and will always be here to save them.  The fact is that in spite of the Shoah, millions of Jews still celebrate their lives as Jews – and that fact alone represents a failure of those who have tried to destroy them.

The music of the Holocaust Memorial Service on May 1 will include the 3rd movement of Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and the 1st movement of Eric Zeisl's Requiem Ebraico.  For this service, Leon Gunther will conduct the Mak'haylah (the Temple Emunah chorus), members of the Lexington United Methodist Church Chorus (Jeanne Lucas, Director) and a small orchestral ensemble.

For more information please contact the Temple Emunah office, 781-861-0300.

Temple Emunah is an egalitarian, Conservative synagogue serving the Jewish communities of Lexington, Arlington, Bedford, Waltham, Burlington, Woburn, Belmont and more than 20 other towns in Boston's northwest suburbs. Located at 9 Piper Road in Lexington, Temple Emunah is handicapped accessible and offers a wide variety of religious, educational, and social opportunities for its members. For more information please call (781) 861-0300 or visit our website at www.templeemunah.org.