The L’Chaim (“to life”) event celebrates the culmination of the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center’s (BHEC) annual fundraising campaign. This year, the BHEC is honoring Alabama’s Holocaust survivors and their families. The personal stories of these survivors are the very reason for the BHEC’s existence and the core of the organization’s work statewide. The BHEC uses these stories to teach new generations about the consequences of hate and indifference.

The program will celebrate the rich Jewish culture shared by all of our Holocaust survivors, and will also shine a light on survivors of hatred in our day: targeted groups such as African-Americans, Muslims, LGBTQ, the handicapped, and (still) the Jews – because the lessons of the Holocaust are painfully relevant and timely in today’s world.