Annual Holocaust remembrance ceremony (Yom HaShoah)
Monday, April 13, 2026
7:00 PM (5:45 call time)
Higgins Middle School, 85 Perkins St., Peabody, MA
Repertoire:
Star Spangled Banner
arr. by Ed Lojeski
We sing this piece at the beginning of the program
Hatikvah
Traditional Hebrew
We sing this piece with the Rabbi and the audience
Hatikvah Recording
Barbara Streisand sings Hatikvah and talks with Golda Meir
Hatikvah PDF
Hatikvah ronunciation
Translation:
As long as within our hearts
The Jewish soul sings,
As long as forward to the East
To Zion, looks the eye –
Our hope is not yet lost,
It is two thousand years old,
To be a free people in our land
The land of Zion and Jerusalem.
Ani Ma'amin (Maimonides' Principals of the Jewish Faith)
arr. by John Leavitt
We sing this on stage as audience members light candles of remembrance
SATB PDF score
SATB Chorus recording,
Ani Ma'amin ronunciation
SOPRANO 1 practice track
SOPRANO 2/TENOR practice track SOPRANO2/Tenor piano track
ALTO practice track ALTO piano track
BASS practice track
Translation:
I believe with complete faith
In the coming of the Messiah, I believe
And even though he may tarry
Nonetheless I will wait for him
I believe