Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day 2009/5769

The Holocaust Center of Northern California is cosponsoring the following Yom HaShoah commemorations:

In San Francisco

Sunday, April 19
At Congregation Emanu-El, 2 Lake Street, San Francisco
Honoring Survivors, Heroes and Those Who Perished
4:00 pm: Screening of The Cahana Sisters, a documentary film that asks viewers to consider the limits of memory and the nature of forgetting. View film description.
Co-presented with the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
5:30 pm: Main Sanctuary: Yizkor Service, Commemoration, and Candle Lighting
Download San Francisco Yom HaShoah flyer.

Transportation for San Francisco Holocaust survivors can be arranged through Jewish Family and Children’s Services: 415.449.3851. Please call to arrange by 12-noon on April 15.

In Contra Costa

Monday, April 20
At Temple Isaiah, 3800 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette
7:30 pm
I Never Saw Another Butterfly
with performance by the Pacific Boychoir
For more information: 510.839.2900 ext 253 or riva@jfed.org.
Download Contra Costa Yom HaShoah flyer.

In North Peninsula

Monday, April 20
At Peninsula Sinai Congregation, 499 Boothbay Ave, Foster City
From the Ghettos to the Forests: RESISTANCE!
6:30 pm: Reading of Martyrs' Names
7:00 pm: Service of Remembrance
Special Guest Speaker: Mira Shelub, Partisan
Open to the public.
If you have any relatives who perished in the Holocaust and wish to have their names added to the service, or for questions, contact Judy Lichtman 650.888.8991.
Download North Peninsula Yom HaShoah flyer.

In South Peninsula

Monday, April 20
At Congregation Beth Am, 26790 Arastradero Road, Los Altos Hills
7:00 pm
Children of the Holocaust
with Israeli Consul General Akiva Tor
For more information, contact JCRC 650.961.1922 or mforman@jcrc.org.
Download South Peninsula Yom HaShoah flyer.

Community Yom HaShoah commemorations will also take place in Alameda and Sonoma. For more information, visit the Jewish Community Relations Council website.