When is Yom HaShoah?
Yom HaShoah 2027 begins at sundown on Monday, May 3, 2027 and ends at nightfall the next day.
Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel and in many Jewish communities. In Israel, sirens sound and people stand still for two minutes.
How the date is set: Around 27 Nisan in the Hebrew calendar.
The date in other years
A short history
Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah (Hebrew: יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה, lit. 'Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day'), known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah (Hebrew: יום השואה, Yiddish: יום השואה) and in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Holocaust Day, is Israel's day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust by Nazi Germany and its allies, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. In Israel, it is a national memorial day, and several Jewish communities around the world observe it as well. The first official commemorations took place in 1951, and the observance of the day was anchored in a law passed by the Knesset in 1959. It is held on the 27th of Nisan (which falls in April or May), unless the 27th would be adjacent to the Jewish Sabbath, in which case the date is shifted by a day.
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Sources
- Hebcal.com Jewish calendar (CC BY 4.0) Dates
- Wikipedia: Yom HaShoah Short history (CC BY-SA 4.0)