Illinois’ annual statewide Yom HaShoah Memorial Service, sponsored by Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Jewish Federations of Illinois, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 5, at the Old State Capitol Building, 5th & Adams Street in Springfield.

This event is held at the conclusion of the Federation Government Affairs Committee’s State Advocacy Trip.

Speakers at this year’s service will include, for the first time, a Holocaust survivor from the former Soviet Union, Matus Stolov, who is part of the Chicago area’s CJE SeniorLife community; Gov. Rauner; State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, a member of the Jewish Legislative Caucus; Michael Bauer, co-chair of the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission; Prof. Michael Gizzi, moderator-elect of the Presbytery of the Great Rivers; and Rabbis Barry Marks of Springfield and Jody Cook of Champaign.

For more information, contact Mara Ruff, associate director of state and local government, at [email protected] , or the Government Affairs Department at (312) 357-4770.