Rosh Hashanah Newsletter 2026
Updated: Sep 11
Dear Friends,
For me, the pivotal moment this year was the return of all our hostages, living and dead. We are deeply grateful that they are finally home. As we begin the new year, let us continue to remember those who did not return, let's be there in any way we can for them and their families, and support our soldiers and reservists who continue to defend us.
This year, as Jew-hatred continued to rage across the world, I was struck by Boy George’s defiant declaration: “I stand with the Jews” — and his courage to speak up for what is right.
Holocaust survivors are the first to say that hatred doesn’t suddenly become a hate crime. There is a path that leads there, beginning with words — and every time someone challenges antisemitism, refuses to repeat a lie, or simply says “this is not OK”, that path is obstructed. Thank you, Boy George, for going against the tide, even when staying silent would have been easier and safer for you.
May we keep making space for creativity and connection, find joy in colours, and keep their memory alive in this important project.
Shanah Tovah,
Liora
LEFT: Members of the McDonald International Shul in Netanya with their colourful contributions to the Six Million Project.
RIGHT: The final poster which they received to display in the shul.
From one small mark to something much bigger
Over the past year, the Six Million Project has been moving from an idea on my dining room table into something people are actually taking part in. From Israel to South Africa, New Jersey to Vancouver, groups have been sitting down together to paint the tiny rectangles that make up the project. Each person paints only a small part — but every contribution becomes part of something much larger: an artwork representing six million individual lives. That is what makes this project so meaningful to me. We cannot comprehend six million, but we can make one mark. Then another. And another. Together, those marks become memory in motion.
SEEN IN THE PRESS
VOICES FROM OUR COMMUNITY
Both my parents and my in-laws were Holocaust survivors. My father survived Auschwitz and my mother Bergen Belsen. I took the names of the many murdered family members of my husband and myself and put a corresponding color next to their name with the color I added to the artwork. It was a special, emotional, beautiful and sad experience.
– Flora
Help us reach more people
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And if you know a journalist, editor or TV producer who might be interested in the Six Million Project, please help connect us.
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