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Holocaust Remembrance Day
2008 2016
2016 |
Thursday, May 5
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2015 |
Thursday, April 16
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2014 |
Sunday, April 27
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2013 |
Sunday, April 7
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2012 |
Thursday, April 19
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2011 |
Sunday, May 1
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2010 |
Sunday, April 11
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2009 |
Tuesday, April 21
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2008 |
Friday, May 2
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The internationallyrecognized date comes from the Hebrew calendar and corresponds to the 27th day of Nisan on that calendar. That is the date on which Israel commemorates the victims of the Holocaust. In Hebrew, Holocaust Remembrance Day is called Yom Hashoah. When the actual date of Yom Hashoah falls on a Friday (as will happen in 2008) the state of Israel, following the Knesset legislation establishing the event, observes Yom Hashoah on the preceding Thursday. When it falls on a Sunday (2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014), Yom Hashoah is observed on the following Monday.
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