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Assembly adopts ACR 59, observes Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)
Summary
The California State Assembly adopted Assembly Concurrent Resolution 59 on April 20, 2025, observing Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). Members across party lines spoke on the floor about antisemitism, the need for education, and solidarity with survivors; the chamber honored Holocaust survivors and descendants in a floor ceremony.
The California State Assembly adopted Assembly Concurrent Resolution 59 on April 20, 2025, designating Yom HaShoah as Holocaust Remembrance Day and observing the survivors and descendants who were invited to the chamber.
Assemblymember Megan Addis, authoring the resolution on behalf of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, told the chamber, “Yam HaShoah also honors Jewish resistance during the Holocaust and is observed annually on the anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising.” She urged colleagues to “speak out clearly and unequivocally against hate, and to rededicate ourselves to combating antisemitism, racism, and bigotry of all forms.”
Why it matters: lawmakers said the resolution is both a memorial and a call to action as survivors age and antisemitic incidents rise. Assemblymember Alan Lowenthal said the observance was “a gift … to have a vehicle to express this…
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