41st Annual Governor's Holocaust Commemoration

On April 8, 2021 Governor Mike DeWine hosted the 41stAnnual Governor's Holocaust Commemoration.  In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it was again a virtual event, but remained a moving program that featured a conversation with Dr. Stephen Smith, Executive Director of the USC Shoah Foundation.  

J. David Heller, Past Member of the U.S. Holocaust Council and President of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, resumed his role as Master of Ceremonies. In addition to the Governor's conversation with Dr. Stephen Smith, the program included a tour of the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center with CEO Sarah Weiss and Holocaust Survivor Dr. Al Miller, a conversation between Ohio Dept. of Veterans Services Director General Deborah Ashenhurst and Liberator Robert Coyne at the Motts Military Museum, remarks from Ohio House Speaker Robert Cupp, a conversation between Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman and Acting Consul General of Israel in New York Israel Nitzan, and a benediction by Rabbi Jason Cook of OU Hillel.

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Participants

Holocaust Commemoration Program Coordinators

Kathleen Young-Riley, Central Ohio Regional Liaison, Office of Governor Mike Dewine

Jason Hill, Director of Constituent Affairs, Office of Governor Mike DeWine

Tammy Puff, Military and Veteran Liaison, Office of Governor Mike DeWine

Julia Brinksneader, Communications Writer/Editor, Office of Governor Mike DeWine

Howie Beigelman, Executive Director, Ohio Jewish Communities

Catherine Scheller, Legislative & Communications Assistant, Ohio Jewish Communities

Special Thank You to Jewish Federations of North America for administering the Zoom webinar

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine

Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst, Director of the Ohio Department of Veterans Services

Dr. Stephen Smith, Finci-Viterbi Endowed Executive Director of the USC Shoah Foundation

Sarah Weiss, CEO, Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center

Ohio House Speaker Robert Cupp

Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman

J. David Heller, Past Member of the U.S. Holocaust Council and President of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland

Rabbi Jason Cook, Ohio University Hillel