Nika Fleissig of “Miracle to Miracle”

Sedona AZ (April 22, 2011) – On May 1, 2011, the annual Sedona Holocaust Memorial ceremony will begin at 1:00 p.m. at the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley synagogue located off State Highway 179 (south of the Chapel Road roundabout) at 100 Meadowlark Drive, Sedona, Arizona.

The Memorial ceremony is sponsored by the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley and co-sponsored by the Heichal Baoranim congregation in Flagstaff, and the Martin-Springer Institute of Northern Arizona University.

Rabbi Alicia Magal of JCSVV and Rabbi Nina Perlmutter of Heichal Baoranim will lead the ceremony in lighting six candles that represent the 6,000,000 Jews murdered in the Holocaust and millions of others swept up in the horrors of World War II.

Doris Martin and Nika Fleissig, two Holocaust survivors will be honored attendees. A scene from a play about Doris Martin’s life will be presented in music and dance by students from Coconino Community College, Flagstaff. 

Rabbi Magal will read from her recently published book about Holocaust survivor Nika Fleissig “From Miracle to Miracle: A Story of Survival.” Nika Fleissig is Rabbi Magal’s mother.

The program is free to the public and refreshments will be served. In the lobby of the synagogue, a sculpture by JCSVV member Skip Fox will be displayed, created in cast metal from symbolic elements evoking the Holocaust.

The Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley (JCSVV) is a welcoming congregation, unaffiliated with a particular stream of Judaism. For more information about the Holocaust Memorial ceremony and other scheduled JCSVV events, call 928-204-1286 or visit www.jcsvv.org.

Known locally as “A Jewel of a Shul” the JCSVV mission statement is as follows: The Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley is a welcoming, egalitarian, inclusive congregation dedicated to building a link from the past to the future by providing religious, educational, social and cultural experiences. We choose to remain unaffiliated in order to respect and serve the rich diversity of our members and visitors.

Please join the Jewish community as it honors the past and the present.