Songs for March of the Living

“Songs for March of the Living” contains melodies touching upon the Holocaust and Israel. Most of the songs were performed by members of the March of the Living and Habonim Youth Choirs based in Toronto, Canada.   

The March of the Living brings students, Holocaust survivors, educators and distinguished leaders from all over the world to Poland to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.   In Poland, their program includes visits to once-thriving sites of Jewish life and culture as well as sites of Jewish persecution and martyrdom. Then, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, the students march arm in arm with Holocaust survivors from Auschwitz to Birkenau. They are joined by thousands of other people of goodwill - of diverse backgrounds and faiths -  as they march side by side in memory of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and in memory of all victims of Nazi genocide and against prejudice, intolerance and hate.    

From Poland, many participants travel to Israel, the birthplace and homeland of the Jewish People, where they commemorate Israel’s fallen soldiers on Yom Hazikaron and celebrate Israel’s independence on Yom Ha’atsmaut.

The Habonim Youth Choir:

Jonny Ain, Danielle Bader, Jenny Bell, Megan Bochner, Dana Bookman, Rae Brager, Judy Brown, Heidi Cameron, Tara Charendoff, Michelle Cheskis, Gillian Clavier, Jesse Clavier, Anat Cole, Ilana David , Rachel David, Riva De Freitas, Benjamin Domb, Emily Gilbert Domb, Jillian Eisenberg, Adina Farkas, Amy Franklin, Sivan Gavish, Jordana Gertner, Laura Glasman, Debra Greenwood, Joshua Grossman, Jacque Ipp, Adam Karch, Darren Katz, Sarah Kay, Ian Kelk, Petra Kertesz, Paul Kugelmass, Jenny Lass, Karen Lean, Amanda Levine, Marni Levitt, Simone Levy, Dena Libman, Robyn Litman, Aaron Malkin, Alisa Minsky, Jillian Moncarz, Niole Mumford, Ilan Muskat, Viviane Oger, Stephanie Peltz, Tamara Plener, Aviva Podolsky, Ari Pollack, David Pollack, Lauren Posner, Jill Rayman, Sarah Reiss, Chana Rothman, Emma Sevitt, Tommy Sors, Stephanie Stronnell, Zoe Tarshis, Sarah Wise, Julian Wolfson, Hartley Wynberg, Naomi Zener, Alana Zinberg.

Conductor: Esther Ghan Firestone
Producer/Director: Eli Rubenstein
Engineer: Paul Daley / George Graham
Arrangers: Bill Carpenter / James Rohr
Vocal Arrangements: Esther Ghan-Firestone
Cover Photos: Rosemary Goldhar

“Songs for March of the Living” was an educational project that was created for March of the Living participants for educational purposes.

Songs for March of the Living (Vol. III)
©1996 M2Musik (SOCAN)

“Songs for March of the Living” was made possible, in part, through generous donations given to UIA Canada by Helen and Harold Shneer and Barbara & Henry Bank (Toronto, Canada). Additional assistance came from the following individuals and organizations: Syd Kessler, David Weiss, Howard Pearl (Tribco Communications), Bob Kerr (Dynapak Music Services), March of the Living, United Israel Appeal of Canada, and Congregation Habonim Toronto.

Special thanks: Eric Saibil, Gershon Tobias, Paul & Brenda Hoffert, Lisa Catherine Cohen, Marcia Cohen, Harry Lewis, John Nebesky, Simon Bensimon, Emmanuel Bensimon, and Max Benudiz.