Westwood's Temple Beth David Joins Global Remembrance of Holocaust

Thanks to Connie Rizoli for contributing this article to Westwood Minute.

On the night of November 9, 2022, Temple Beth David along with hundreds of other synagogues around the world held a memorial event to commemorate the horrific events of November 9 and 10 in 1938 in Nazi Germany. Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass, as it has come to be known, marked the unofficial start of the Holocaust. 

Photo by Ari Glaser. Community members gather at Temple Beth David to remember the start of the Holocaust.

On those two days, over 250 synagogues were destroyed, over 7,000 Jewish businesses were damaged and 30,000 Jewish men were arrested. 

In commemoration of the event, a diary entry written by a teenage witness was read and artifacts from the period were on display.

Photo by Ari Glaser. Artifacts from the time of the Holocaust are on display at Temple Beth David during Kristallnacht.

 Joining with others around the world as part of the international event “Let There Be Light” a global campaign of unity in solidarity against antisemitism, racism, hatred and intolerance, a light - light over darkness – was left on through the night at Temple Beth David.

Photo by Ari Glaser. Westwood's Temple Beth David kept its lights on for November 9, 2022, as a sign of solidarity with the global "Let There Be Light" campaign.