Yom HaShoah—A Virtual Commemoration
Event Information
Description
We Remember
A special virtual community event commemorating Yom HaShoah.
Join the JFCS Holocaust Center and the greater Bay Area community as we commemorate Yom HaShoah online for the very first time.
Though we must practice social distancing, we will harness the power of online platforms so we can come together virtually for a series of programs offered April 20 & 21.
On April 20, join us for a reading of the names and community yizkor service with participating clergy from San Francisco synagogues and the Israeli Consul General. More details on programming to be announced in the coming weeks!
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm —Virtual Reading of the Names* on a continuous cycle (*To remember loved ones on this day, please submit their names here.)
6:00 - 6:45 pm—Virtual Memorial Commemoration and Program
We invite you to Join the JFCS Holocaust Center and HaMaqom | The Place on April 21st for a day of learning in honor of Holocaust remembrance.
Attend one or all sessions. Registrants will receive links and log-in information for each session via email 24 hours prior to the day’s events.
SCHEDULE
10 am — JFCS Holocaust Center Wiliam J. Lowenberg Speakers Bureau
Anita, Holocaust Survivor
11 am — From Darkness to Light: The World of the Survivors, Marking the 75th Anniversary of Liberation
Fred Rosenbaum, HaMaqom | The Place
1 pm — Visions of Truth, Smuggled Out of Hell: The Secret Resistance of the Artists of Terezin
Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan, HaMaqom | The Place
2 pm — JFCS Holocaust Center Wiliam J. Lowenberg Speakers Bureau
Ezra, Third Generation Holocaust Survivor
3 pm — Unsolved Mysteries of the Holocaust
Jason Harris, HaMaqom | The Place
For more information and to register CLICK HERE
Presented by JFCS HOLOCAUST CENTER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE, CONSULATE GENERAL OF ISRAEL TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM, HAMAQOM | THE PLACE, ISRAELI AMERICAN COUNCIL, JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO, JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL, JEWISH PARTISAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, SAN FRANCISCO INTERFAITH COUNCIL IN COOPERATION WITH SAN FRANCISCO SYNAGOGUES AND SCHOOLS.
If you would like to make a tribute in memory of a loved one to support Holocaust education please go to https://holocaustcenter.jfcs.org/donate or send a check to JFCS, P.O. Box 159004, SF, CA 94115 or call Lois Wander at 415-449-1264.
