Holocaust Memorial plans advance in Murrieta Town Square
Efforts to build the first educational Holocaust Memorial in Murrieta’s Town Square Park are moving ahead as Murrieta city officials, members of the southwest Riverside County Jewish community and Christian supporters plan a November groundbreaking.The Murrieta City Council recently approved the response to build the memorial that was initiated by the Congregation B’nai Chaim in Murrieta with the help of Jewcer – The Chosen Crowdfunding Platform, a nonprofit organization seeking to raise $80,000 for the memorial. Thus far more than $10,000 has been donated by residents of the valley.The Holocaust Remembrance Foundation of Valley has been formed to lead the building of the Holocaust Memorial as a reminder to the community of the deaths of more than 5 million German Jews carrie