Yom Hashoah | Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025
San Francisco Community-Wide Commemoration
Time is running out to hear from Holocaust survivors and liberators. As we mark 80 years since the end of WWII, join us to honor their voices and ensure their stories live on.
Commemoration and Program is at 6:00pm and will feature:
Survivors and Liberators Speak:
REMEMBER THIS
Short Film Screening
The Path Forward
A conversation with Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis and Dr. Anita Friedman, JFCS Executive Director
Yizkor Service
with San Francisco clergy
Music by Songs of Truth
featuring compositions created by musicians imprisoned during the Holocaust, performed by the Golden Gate Symphony
Throughout the day, engage in learning, remembrance, and tribute to Holocaust victims. See the full schedule and register here.
The 2025 Yom Hashoah Community Observance in San Francisco is presented by the JFCS Holocaust Center and the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, in partnership with:
American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League (ADL),Citizen Film, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in San Francisco, Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest, Contemporary Jewish Museum, Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, JCRC Bay Area, The Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund, Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation, JIMENA, New Lehrhaus, San Francisco Interfaith Council, StandWithUs Northern California, Taube Philanthropies
Participating Congregations:
Adath Israel, Am Tikvah, Anshey Sfard, Beth Sholom, Chabad, Chevra Thilim, Emanu-El, Ner Tamid, Or Shalom, Sherith Israel, Sha’ar Zahav
San Francisco Community-Wide Commemoration
Time is running out to hear from Holocaust survivors and liberators. As we mark 80 years since the end of WWII, join us to honor their voices and ensure their stories live on.
Commemoration and Program is at 6:00pm and will feature:
Survivors and Liberators Speak:
REMEMBER THIS
Short Film Screening
The Path Forward
A conversation with Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis and Dr. Anita Friedman, JFCS Executive Director
Yizkor Service
with San Francisco clergy
Music by Songs of Truth
featuring compositions created by musicians imprisoned during the Holocaust, performed by the Golden Gate Symphony
Throughout the day, engage in learning, remembrance, and tribute to Holocaust victims. See the full schedule and register here.
The 2025 Yom Hashoah Community Observance in San Francisco is presented by the JFCS Holocaust Center and the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, in partnership with:
American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League (ADL),Citizen Film, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in San Francisco, Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest, Contemporary Jewish Museum, Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, JCRC Bay Area, The Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund, Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation, JIMENA, New Lehrhaus, San Francisco Interfaith Council, StandWithUs Northern California, Taube Philanthropies
Participating Congregations:
Adath Israel, Am Tikvah, Anshey Sfard, Beth Sholom, Chabad, Chevra Thilim, Emanu-El, Ner Tamid, Or Shalom, Sherith Israel, Sha’ar Zahav