Obj. ID: 53499
Modern Jewish Art  Menorah in the JCC, Rochester, NY, Rochester, 1992

Name of Monument

No official name

What/Who is commemorated?

Six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust

Description

The menorah is situated in the lobby of JCC, next to a window through which the Holocaust memorial in the courtyard is seen.

Inscriptions

Inscription on a plaque attached to the menorah:

This Menorah was created by Irving Simon, Holocaust Survivor.

The six branches symbolize the six million souls who perished
in the Holocaust. The barbed wire attaches to each of the six
branches and the two hands touching the wire symbolize the
desperation of those wanting to die. The barbed wire was always
electrified, so that those who went to the wire gave up their
lives.

There are six columns of wire holding up the Star of David.
The two hands on this piece are pointing to heaven for mercy.
The Star of David has four corners (not six) representing one
third of the Jewish people lost in the Holocaust.

The Hebrew letters in the middle of the star mean Zechor–
Remember. The leaves doing forth from the top of the Menorah
represent the offspring of the survivors – The Second Generation.

The small hands holding the Yarzeit candles represent the
one and one half million innocent Jewish children who perished
in the Holocaust.

Irving Simon
Holocaust survivor
5752 – 1992
4 – 20

Commissioned by

Irving Simon