Never Forget Campaign: Honoring and Remembering

Tributes listed reflect gifts made to the Never Forget Holocaust Center Capital Campaign as of December 31, 2025.

If you have any questions about your name recognition, please contact us at donate@jfcs.org or 415-449-1256.

See the full list of Never Forget Campaign donors here.

We offer special recognition to the past and present members of the JFCS Board of Directors who have made tributes in honor of Dr. Anita Friedman, Executive Director, to reflect her enduring moral leadership and her lifelong commitment to memory, justice, and education. Thank you.

In honor of Abraham & Regina Lenczner, by Esther Rosha-Stadtler

In honor of Alexander P. Orfirer, MD, by Kathryn Orfirer

In honor of Andy Rush, by Kathy Albergotti

In honor of Anita Friedman, by Gertrude & Joseph Burger

In honor of Arnold Marcus, by Joyce Perkins

In honor of Barbara Ruiz, by Mary Grace

In honor of Benjamin & Clara Goldsteinbr, by Katrina & Steven Sherman

In honor of Blanka Drexler, by Maxine & Mark Drexler

In honor of Bob & Penny Morris, by Gail Ruder

In honor of Bud Cohen, by Natasha Diamond

In honor of Chaim Icek Kantorowicz & Brucha Goldberg Kantorowicz from Lodz, and Klara Hulisch & Rosi Hulisch from Berlin, by Michael Hulton

In honor of David Koretsky

In honor of Edie Bushell, by Regina Karson

In honor of Edith Simon Coliver, by Susie & Sandra Coliver

In honor of Edward B. Heilbrunn

In honor of Efthimia Nachmias, by Racheli Duffy

In honor of Elayne Klein, by Allison & Chris Fragakis

In honor of Esther Isaacs, by Leslie & Steve Isaacs

In honor of Eugen & Edith Wellisch and Fridrich & Linda Breder, by Judy Wellisch & Ramon Balagot

In honor of Eva & Peter Gottheiner, by Vivian Gottheiner

In honor of Eve Heyman, by Mel & Jody Heyman

In honor of Evelyn Engelman, by Lionel Engelman

In honor of Fay and Nathan Mayberg, by Phyllis Wedvick

In honor of Fred & Charlotte Ohnhaus (Onhouse), by Miriam Perlson-Cohn

In honor of Gela Percal, by Susan Percal

In honor of George Rothman, by Alison Jacoby & Vanessa Teplin

In honor of George Rothman, by Anna Burke

In honor of George Rothman, by Eli Isaacs

In honor of George Rothman, by Ilene & Hugh Rothman

In honor of George Rothman, by Kate Aks

In honor of George Rothman, by Laela Leavy

In honor of Gisela & Otto Pisk Erna and Heinrich Posamentier, by Evy Posamentier

In honor of Giverts Rafail Samsonovich, by Boris & Alla Fishkin

In honor of Healthy Horizons Breastfeeding Centers and Corporate Lactation Services, by Sheila Dukas-Janakos

In honor of Ilse & Walter Steirman, by R. Howard Steiermann

In honor of Ingrid Tauber, by Marsha & Ralph Guggenheim

In honor of Ingrid Tauber, by Rabbi Doug and Ellen Kahn

In honor of Irene Fogel Weiss, by Lawrence Polon

In honor of Janet Haas, by Alain & Julie Mayer

In honor of Janine & Joseph Oberrotman, by the Oberrotman Family

In honor of Jeffrey M. Cohen, by Katherine Powell Cohen

In honor of Jim Joseph, by JEWISHJOY.co

In honor of Joanne Jagoda

In honor of Joe, Rick & Elliott Felson, by Diane & Jeffry Bernstein

In honor of Joseph & Genia Schor, by Nathan Schor

In honor of Julius Blum, by Dana & Robert Blum

In honor of Kerri Lehman

In honor of Laura Melamed, by Victor Melamed

In honor of Lili Klima, by Tali Klima

In honor of Luba Grungras, by Jonathan Simonoff & Patricia Caplan

In honor of Magdus & Edith Baumgarten, by Thomas & Eva Szepesi

In honor of Marc Press

In honor of Marian & Arthur Wiesenthal, by Garett Wisesan

In honor of Max R. Garcia Family

In honor of Meredith Alexander Kunz, by Susan Alexander

In honor of Moisey Grinshpan, by Marina Portnova & Sergei Morkovine & Family

In honor of our parents Aleksander & Polina Boshernitsan and Natantuller & Fira Gokh, by Vladimir & Regina Boshernitsan

In honor of Paul Lipnick, by Steven Brown

In honor of Paula Gerson, by Nina Gerson

In honor of Pavel Israelievitch Albert

In honor of Philip P. Raucher, by Deborah Raucher

In honor of Rabbi Daniel Isaacson, by Phyllis Isaacson

In honor of Rabbi Gershom Albert, by Ulli Rotzscher

In honor of Richard Milich

In honor of Rochelle Barlas Nagel & Michael Nagel, by Debra Charlesworth & Mark Nagel

In honor of Roni & Yoni Shimon, by David & Patti Smilovitz

In honor of Ruth & Will Kapkin, by Dena Myers

In honor of Sandra and Jerome Spector, by Naomi & Rick Green

In honor of Sara & David Green, by Siddharth & Chie Wighe

In honor of Shayna Kiwitenitz Pomeranz, by Sarah Prensky-Pomeranz

In honor of Tauba Weiss, by Elaine Hausman

In honor of Tauba Weiss, by Howard Rothenberg

In honor of the Grosz, Klein & Wozniak Families, by Malinda Marcus

In honor of the Landau Family, by Margaret Park

In honor of the Laufer Family, who perished in the Holocaust, by Shirley & Steven Berman

In honor of the Sogolov Family, by Svetlana Sogolova

In honor of the Unger & Wosner Families, by Lea & Allen Orwitz

In honor of Tine, Louis & Frank Haendel, by Caryn Wiseman

In honor of Tobi Frank, by Allison & Marc Frank

In memory of Abe Morgenstern

In memory of Abraham & Clara Goldbach, lost to our family in the Holocaust at Majdanek, by the Lisa & John Geissse Family

In memory of Abraham & Miriam Wilner and the members of the Bleich, Krauthammer & Wilner Families who perished in the Holocaust, by Andrew & Erica Rosenblatt

In memory of Alfred M. Scherz, by Deborah S. Rose

In memory of all the Schustirowitz, Kotlarsky, Leder & Zeitz relatives who perished in the Holocaust, by Richard Leder & Cherrill Spencer

In memory of Andy Lloyd Anderson

In memory of Anita Goldwasser, by Susan & Richard Goldwasser

In memory of Anne & Bernard Panush

In memory of Arthur & Mary Kleinhandler, by Aimee & David Casella

In memory of Avram Tuchinsky

In memory of Benjamin & Annie Friedman, by the Yermack Family

In memory of Berta “Chaya Bracha” Berkovic, by Thomas & Lilka Areton

In memory of Betty Federman, by Sarah & Max Neiman

In memory of Betya Frenklakh & Lev Frenklakh, by Victor Frenklakh

In memory of Cecilia Lalezari, by Jacob Lalezari

In memory of Clyde M. Fox, by Muriel C. Fox

In memory of Daley Humphries, by Lisa Singer

In memory of David Snyder, by Leslie Snyder

In memory of Denise & Alvin Schwarzbach, by Tara & David Schwarzbach

In memory of Edgar P. Talmus, by Laura Talmus & Ace Smith

In memory of Edith & Kurt Metzner, by Julia & Mark Klebanov

In memory of Edward M. Ornitz, MD, by Donna Ornitz

In memory of Eleonore Gruenebaum

In memory of Eli & Dorothy Cooperman, by Linda & Daniel Cooperman

In memory of Emil Knopf

In memory of Erich & Erna Neubauer, by Peter Neubauer

In memory of Esfir & Emmanuel Bardenstein, by George & Gail Rothman

In memory of Ester & Emmanuel Bardenstein, by Sheila Teplin

In memory of Ethel & Joseph Nagel, by Rochelle Barlas Nagel & Michael Nagel

In memory of Evan Marquit, by Laura Marquit

In memory of Florence & Albert Kitey and Reba & Leon Bennett, by Alan & Frances Bennett

In memory of Franklin Mendels, by Jessica Mendels

In memory of Gerald Rosenstein

In memory of Gerald Rosenstein, by Alex Ingersoll & Martin Tannenbaum

In memory of Geri Kabak, by Dr. Jack Kabak

In memory of Hannah & Kerri Dukas, by Sheila Dukas-Janakos

In memory of Harold Greene

In memory of Hedwig Plaut, by Howard Hahn

In memory of Helen Farkas, by Jo Ann & George Schapiro

In memory of Hella Heilbronn Weiss, by Lorraine Weiss

In memory of Henry & Eva Wellner and their parents, brothers and sisters who did not survive the Holocaust, by Pamela Wellner & Eugene Dickey

In memory of Hilda & Manfred Namm

In memory of Hyman & Bess Booth

In memory of Ilya Horoshii, by the Stepanenko Family

In memory of Inge Golovin, by Susan & Jonathan Golovin

In memory of Israel Y. Nadjari, by Zaffy & Denis Welch

In memory of Ita Shmulovsky, by the March Conservation Fund

In memory of Jean Dubin, by Joyce Stern Kanyuk

In memory of Joe & Rosalie Bulwik, by Helen Bulwik

In memory of John F. Steinfirst, by Gary Haber & Barbara Luttig-Haber

In memory of John R. Martin & the Rosenblatt Family, by Mary R. Martin

In memory of Joseph Heruty, who survived Nazi concentration camps and fought to establish the State of Israel

In memory of Laszlo Schwartz & Paul Schwartz, by Leslie Kalman

In memory of Lena & Harry Field, by Jodi Klein

In memory of Loni Wilk, by Ann & Joseph Filous

In memory of Loni Wilk, by Larry Shapiro & Carol Perry

In memory of Loves, Basja & Helene Karstedt, by Ilya & Natalya Karshtedt

In memory of Luba & David Keller, by Arthur Keller

In memory of Marcus and Yentl Erenstein, by Mark Erenstein

In memory of Margot Field, by Kimen & Robert Warner

In memory of Marilyn & Morris Berger, by Nancy Berger-Granet & Scott Granet

In memory of Martin Seligman, by Eva Seligman-Kennard

In memory of Matthew B. Weinberg, by Barbara Weinberg

In memory of Mira Shelub, by Elizabeth Pimentel & Michael Holoszyc

In memory of Miriam & Arie Picker

In memory of Miriam Valevska Malool

In memory of Miril Zweiter, by Sharon A. Zweiter

In memory of Morton (Motel) & Paula (Peshke) Gerson, by Samuel Gerson & Shelley Nathans

In memory of Moses & Jenny Teitelbaum, by Catherine & Sam Teitelbaum

In memory of Muriel Blankfort, by Robin Blankfort

In memory of my grandparents Abraham & Fannie (Feige) Rauch, victims of Holocaust violence, by Jerry Rauch

In memory of my grandparents, Amalia & Sigmund Fisch and Bertha & Edmund Waldapfel, by Alice Wald & Paul Overmyer

In memory of my great grandparents & all those in my family who died in the Holocaust, by Sophia Far

In memory of my mother, Dina Segal Weinreb, and my father, Meyer Weinreb, by Marion Weinreb

In memory of my mother, Geraldine Nussbaum, & my father John Barrett, by Joseph Barrett

In memory of my parents and siblings

In memory of my unknown ancestors

In memory of Nancie Bear, by Wendy Bear & Jennifer Ottolini

In memory of Nathan & Fannie Liff, by Dr. Elliot Liff

In memory of Nathan Silberman, by Janet Silberman

In memory of Naum & Mariya Kurtsevoy

In memory of Nora & Abe Morgenstern

In memory of Norma Tarnoff, by Shelley Tarnoff

In memory of Norman & Elaine Polsky of Kansas City, by Steve Polsky & Mark Oliver

In memory of our fathers Sherman H. Strauss & Alfred Stern, by Sandra L. Strauss Stern & Jon L. Stern

In memory of our maternal grandmother’s parents, Sara Meerovna (Wittels) Edelglass & Yudka Abovich Edelglass, and our paternal grandmother’s nieces & nephews, Leah Diamant, Rachael Diamant, Hana Diamant, Sara Diamant, Victor Diamant, Rachmiel Diamant & Simon Diamant; Henri Schulklaper & Fanny Schulklaper; & Rachel (Szulklaper) Feldman & David Feldman and their children, Tolek Feldman & Lolek Feldman, whose lives were taken during the Holocaust, by Marlene G. (Keyak) Smith & Dr. Joyce H. Keyak

In memory of our parents Helen I. & Henry B. Weil, by Norman Weil, Nancy Weil Price, & Nina Weil

In memory of our parents, Helen & Lewis Weil, by Rob & CoAnn Weil, Linda & Web Weil, and Dave & Adrienne Weil

In memory of our survivor parents, by Jeff & Judy Gottesman

In memory of parents & siblings

In memory of Paul Dab, Marcus Berkowitz & Rosa Berkowitz Freund, Susan & Michael Dab

In memory of Pauline Blum Frank, by Jill Lerner Hallinan

In memory of Pauline Korss Levie, by Sherrie & Frank Bell

In memory of Peter & Marianne Forchheimer, by Janet Smith-Heimer

In memory of Philip Pinkus, Yisrael Isser, Sarah Leah & Alter Edel Raucher

In memory of Philip S. Morse, by the Morse Family Foundation

In memory of Rabbi & Rosalie Gitin, DD, and Golda & David Harris, by Judi Gitin-Elman Harris and Gordon Harris

In memory of Rabbi Leo & Miriam Trepp, by Susan & Mark Lachtman

In memory of Rena & Mark Markovich, by Lorene Wilk

In memory of Richard & Ilya Lehrman, by Paisha & Marvin E. Lehrman

In memory of Ronald N. Miller, by Jane & Michael Miller

In memory of Ruth Schoenberg, by Debra R. Schoenberg

In memory of Ruthie & Herb Wander, by Lois Wander

In memory of Sam Dicker, by Jay Dicker

In memory of Samuel & Celia Feldman, by Lorraine & Steve Harris

In memory of Samuel Konar, by Ellen Konar

In memory of Sandra M. Bullitt

In memory of Saul Broder, by Janet Goldberg

In memory of Shams Frouzan, by Lana Burstein

In memory of Sidney Bratt, by Rachel Cohen Dahms

In memory of Sidney Szepsel Kahane, by John & Deborah Rego

In memory of Silva Yakubovich, by Yakov Zvonkin & Alla Zvonkina

In memory of Sonia Berger

In memory of Stan & Pearl Felson, by Howard Felson

In memory of Suzanne Engelberg, by Jeff Appleman

In memory of Tamara Katz & Nachemia Dworzyski

In memory of Tauba Weiss

In memory of the 22 direct relatives murdered in Babi Yar and all the precious souls lost in the Holocaust, by the Kaganovsky Family

In memory of the Baigelman & Glazer Families; for those who perished and those who survived Nazi genocide of the Jews, by Riva & David Berelson

In memory of the Biram & Levien Families

In memory of the Levi & Wolffheim Families, by Connie Levi & Alan Robin

In memory of the Libbiekatz Family, by Rachel Ryskin & Daniel Katz

In memory of the Shenson and Levin Families, by the Shenson Foundation

In memory of the Tauber & Manovill Families

In memory of Thomas & Susan Gyory, by Judi Missel

In memory of Trude & Hermann Meyer, by Harry Meyer

In memory of Valeria Milman, by Vadim Milman & Jon Kastrup

In memory of Valerie Humphries, by Patricia Lesavoy

In memory of Victor Mendelsohn, by David & Stephanie Mendelsohn

In memory of Wilfred “Bill” Kay, by Rena Kay

In memory of William & Rosalie Samelson, by Allen Samelson

In memory of William Smolkin & Mollye Plotka Smolkin, by Shelley & John Hebert

In memory of Wolf & Rachel Kujawski, by Edouard Kujawski

In memory of Yechaskal Einstendig & Family and Yaakov Tesler & Family, by David & Debra Sokolsky

In memory of Yitzhak Mandel, my daddio, by David Mandel

In memory of Zvi Zemel, by Barchi Gillai

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