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Motion · S6M-08555 · 12 Apr 2023

Yom HaShoah 2023

Lodged by Jackson Carlaw Standard Motion 40 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament acknowledges that Yom HaShoah is the annual Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day and is centred upon remembering the six million Jewish men, women and children who lost their lives during this dark episode in human history; believes that Yom HaShoah offers a vital period of reflection on the horrors of the Holocaust and serves as a reminder of the continual need to tackle and stamp out antisemitism wherever it arises; understands that, each year, Yom HaShoah commences at sunset on the 27th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan and concludes on the following evening, in accordance with the traditional Jewish custom of marking a day; notes that, in Israel, Yom HaShoah is a national day of commemoration; understands that, to mark the start of the event, individuals, including survivors, their children and wider families, join with the general public to participate in a memorial ceremony at Yad Vashem, the world's Holocaust Remembrance Centre, where six torches, to represent the six million Jewish people whose lives were taken in the Holocaust, are lit; notes that, on the following morning, the ceremony at Yad Vashem commences with the sound of a siren for a two-minute period, during which silence is observed in memory of everyone who perished in the Holocaust and afterwards, and that wreaths are laid at the foot of the six torches; acknowledges that the Glasgow Jewish Representative Council's annual Yom HaShoah commemoration is to be held in Giffnock on 18 April 2023, and recognises what it sees as the pivotal importance of this key event for the Jewish community in Eastwood.

Supporters (40)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.