Service will honor Holocaust victims
Temple Emanu-El in Nuuanu is inviting the community to a sundown service Sunday to commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The service will "remember the 6 million Jews as well as the millions of non-Jews killed at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators" during World War II. Clergy from Jewish and non-Jewish congregations as well as government officials have been invited to attend.
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell will present a proclamation declaring April as Holocaust Remembrance Month.
Caldwell said in an announcement, "This is a somber day, but it is important that we remember. Remaining aware of the unfathomable evil humans are capable of helps to ensure that in the future people step forward to stop something like this from ever happening again. It’s important for people of all faiths and backgrounds to come together, mourn the great loss, and say never again."
Avi Soifer, dean of the University of Hawaii’s law school, will join spiritual director Ken Aronowitz of Temple Emanu-El in leading the 6:30 p.m. service, which will include a performance by Rami Gepner of the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra.
Temple Emanu-El is at 2550 Pali Highway. For information, call 595-7521 or visit shaloha.com.
Fall killed hiker from Texas, autopsy finds
Kauai police have identified a man found dead Thursday in Kalalau Valley as Daniel Foster, 31, of Frisco, Texas.
An autopsy performed Monday showed Foster died of injuries consistent with a fall, and foul play was ruled out, police said.
Foster was camping near Kalalau Beach when he left for a hike with a fellow camper April 15. That fellow camper — a friend from Kirkland, Wash. — turned around when the terrain got too steep and dangerous, but Foster continued on.
Police said the friend reported Foster missing Thursday morning when he failed to return to the campsite.
Fire rescue personnel aboard a helicopter searched the valley that afternoon and discovered Foster’s body deep in the valley at 1:30 p.m. and notified police.
Washington woman ID’d as drowning victim
A 65-year-old woman who drowned in waters off Haena Beach Park last week has been identified as Gayle Kelly of Washington state.
Kelly was snorkeling with another woman and a child April 16 when a strong current pulled them out to deep water, Kauai Ocean Safety officials said.
Lifeguards noticed them in the water waving for help at about 2 p.m.
Two lifeguards on rescue boards swam out to them, but Kelly was unresponsive.
Lifeguards performed CPR on Kelly while she was taken to shore at Makua Beach, but attempts to resuscitate her were unsuccessful.
Kelly was taken to Wilcox Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
