More than 600 students and educators representing 120 different schools from throughout California joined the JFCS Holocaust Center for the 14th annual Day of Learning. Eighteen different workshops were offered and 16 different survivors of the Holocaust and genocide shared their stories. Please visit the JFCS Holocaust Center on Facebook to view photos, tag yourself, and Read More

Registration is now open for our annual Day of Learning! We are excited to welcome over 750 students (grades 8 – 12) and educators from all public and private schools throughout California for an incredible day to gain a deeper understanding of the Holocaust and patterns of genocide. How does one apply the lessons of Read More

Calling all educators! JFCS Holocaust Center is proud to co-sponsor an upcoming professional development workshop held by Echoes and Reflections. Join us in San Jose for a three-hour workshop to learn effective strategies for teaching the Holocaust in the classroom. Registration is free and each participant will receive a free Echoes and Reflections Teacher’s Resource Guide. Read More

The JFCS Holocaust Center is proud to co-present several upcoming programs with the Jewish Community Library in San Francisco. All events take place at the Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, unless indicated. Free garage parking is available on Pierce between Ellis and Eddy (click here for a map).   Saved by Read More

Rywka’s Diary: The Writings of a Jewish Girl from the Lodz Ghetto Please join us for a book reading of Rywka’s Diary with JFCS Executive Director Anita Friedman Rywka Lipszyc was a 14-year old Jewish girl, orphaned and living in the Lodz ghetto. From October 1943 to April 1944, she recorded her thoughts, feelings, hopes and Read More

JFCS Holocaust Center is pleased to co-present these films with the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival: Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah | directed by Adam Benzine In this documentary, Lanzmann discusses the making of his masterwork, Shoah along with his personal struggles creating one of the most important Holocaust documentaries. Castro Theatre (San Francisco) – Tuesday, Read More

You’ve asked for an Instagram page and we’ve listened. We are excited to announce the launch of the official JFCS Holocaust Center Instagram! An exciting new way to stay up-to-date with our events and programs, the JFCS Holocaust Center Instagram page will also feature rarely seen items from our archive and items from the Tauber Holocaust Library’s 13,000 volume Read More

JFCS Holocaust Center is excited to announce its newly designed website at holocaustcenter.jfcs.org. The new website highlights our Holocaust education programs, the Tauber Holocaust Library and Archives, The Diary of Rywka Lipszyc, the oral histories of Bay Area survivors, and much more. The website promises to become an important teaching resource on the Holocaust and Read More