The Holocaust B'nai Mitzvah Project

The Remember Us Project is a free and voluntary program that supports and empowers children in their encounter with the Holocaust.

We invite each child who is preparing for bar/bat mitzvah to remember one child who was lost in the Holocaust before having the opportunity to be called to the Torah, and to act in his/her name.

Participation is very simple. (This is an invitation, not a curriculum.) It does not add any time to the student's or the teacher's schedule.

Your student chooses how to remember. In the program materials we offer suggestions about doing mitzvot in the name of the remembered children, speaking about him/her from the bimah, etc.

More than 10,500 children at over 400 congregations of all denominations have participated to date.

To Have Your Students Participate in the
Remember Us Project

Online:
Go to www.remember-us.org. On the home page, click the "For Clergy/Educators To Register To Participate" button. On the online registration form, make sure in the drop-down menu asking how you learned about the program you select "Board of Rabbis So Cal"

Mail or Email:
Download and complete this form and return to Remember Us.

Links to More Information


Still have questions? Please contact Remember Us at names@remember-us.org.


A Special Note

Your participation in Remember Us helps mend the torn fabric of Jewish history. It is as if the life story of the child you are remembering now continues through you, your family, and your community. Your commitment becomes part of that child's biography. The good that you do in the child's name becomes part of his/her life story as well as your own.

You can help build the continuity of this story by adding to the culture of memory:

  • Tell your friends, family about remembering
  • Participate in Yom Hashoah
  • Provide ongoing financial support for Remember Us, in any amount
  • Involve the next rising cohort of children in your congregation or community.

Through your good works, we make real our traditional phrase about the remembered children, "May his or her memory be for a blessing."