Mourning and Learning: North Peninsula Yom HaShoah 2025

Join your North Peninsula Jewish Community for a powerful program commemorating Yom HaShoah. This program will guide attendees through a journey of mourning and learning as we remember the victims of the Holocaust. Through meaningful ceremony, interactive discussions, and insightful educational sessions, we will honor the memory of those who perished and ensure that their stories are never forgotten. Don't miss this opportunity to come together as a community to mourn, reflect, learn and grow as we pay tribute to all that was lost in the Shoah.

Program:

3:00–3:45 PM – Holocaust Commemoration Service

4:00–4:45 PM – Round 1: Learning Sessions - Choose One

Farkas Center - Survivor Studio Project Part 1 (Testimony) with Iby Heller and Anne Saldinger

Exploring Intergenerational Trauma with psychotherapist Mor Gavish, MFT and Rabbi Lisa Kingston

A Refugee Journey from Germany to SF: Stories from the Holocaust Center Archives with Andrew Roth

History of Hatred: Antisemitism from the Gospels to the Nuremberg Laws with Rabbi Greg Marcus
Esh Kodesh: Torah Teachings from the Warsaw Ghetto with Rabbi Laurie Matzkin

5:00–5:45 PM – Round 2: Learning Sessions - Choose One

Farkas Center - Survivor Studio Project Part 2 (Guided Artistic Response)

Exploring Intergenerational Trauma with psychotherapist Mor Gavish, MFT and Rabbi Lisa Kingston

A Refugee Journey: Stories from the Holocaust Center Archives with Andrew Roth

History of Hatred: Antisemitism from the Gospels to the Nuremberg Laws with Rabbi Greg Marcus
Survivor Resilience: Biographical Reflections with Herb Barasch and Rabbi Moshe Heyn

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Mourning and Learning: North Peninsula Yom HaShoah 2025 Program