Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day 2008/5768

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

In San Francisco

Thursday, May 1
At Congregation Emanu-El, 2 Lake Street, San Francisco
Remembering Kristallnacht
6:00 pm: Screening of travelogues produced in 1938: A Day in Warsaw and Jewish Life in Lwow
In Yiddish, with English subtitles
7:00 pm: Yizkor Service & Candle Lighting Ceremony

Transportation for Holocaust survivors can be arranged through Jewish Family and Children’s Services: (415) 449-3843.

Sunday, May 4
B'nai B'rith Yom HaShoah Memorial
Lincoln Park, San Francisco
Unto Every Person There is a Name
Reading of Shoah victims names
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
For more information, read B'nai B'rith flyer.

In North Peninsula

Thursday, May 1
At Peninsula Temple Sholom, 1655 Sebastian Drive, Burlingame
Yiddish Culture: Lost But Not Forgotten
6:30 pm: Reading of Martyrs' Names
7:00 pm: Service of Remembrance
Special Guest Speaker: Chayale Ash

Open to the public. For more information, contact JCRC at (650) 961-1922

In the East Bay

Tuesday, April 29
At Temple Sinai, 28th and Webster streets, Oakland
8:00 pm
From Despair to Hope
with Consul General David Akov

For more information: (510) 839-2900 x253

Wednesday, April 30
At Temple Isaiah, 3800 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette
7:30 pm
From Despair to Hope
with Student Participants on the Shalhevet Program

For more information: (510) 839-2900 x253

Community Yom HaShoah commemorations will also take place in Alameda, Los Altos, Santa Clara, Marin and Santa Rosa. For more information, visit the Jewish Community Relations Council website.