Holocaust Remembrance Day
Monday, April 17, 2023
On April 19, 1943, young Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto rose up against their oppressors. 80 years later, we draw inspiration from their heroic choices. We do not stand idly by.
Please join us for a virtual commemoration of the Holocaust and a special program featuring creators of the PBS documentary, The U.S. and The Holocaust.
REGISTER HERE.
3:30pm (PT)—Reading of the Names*
6:00pm (PT)—Memorial Commemoration and Program: The U.S. and The Holocaust
A conversation with Sarah Botstein, co-director of the PBS series The U.S. and the Holocaust, historian Rebecca Erbelding, featured in the film, and Morgan Blum Schneider, Director of the JFCS Holocaust Center.
Clergy from San Francisco synagogues and the Israeli Consul General will participate in our commemoration.
*To submit your family names for the Reading of the Names ceremony, click here.
More Yom HaShoah Programming
Sunday April 16 3:00 – 4:00pm (PT)
“How the Bulgarian Jews Survived the Holocaust”
A virtual program with Dr. Joseph Benatov, presented by New Lehrhaus
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Sunday April 16 5:00 – 6:00pm (PT)
“Emerson Mcalister—Another Sunrise”
A one-act opera performed by Soprano Emerson McAlister to commemorate Yom Hashoah, presented by JCC SF
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Tuesday April 18 11:00am (PT)
Virtual Survivor Testimony
Hosted by the JFCS Holocaust Center William J. Lowenberg Speakers Bureau
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Sunday April 23 12:00 – 1:30pm (PT)
Virtual Survivor Testimony
Hosted by the JFCS Holocaust Center William J. Lowenberg Speakers Bureau
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The 2023 Yom Hashoah Community Observance in San Francisco is presented by the Jewish Family and Children’s Services Holocaust Center in partnership with:
American Jewish Committee, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, San Francisco Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest, Goethe-Institut San Francisco, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation, KQED, New Lehrhaus, San Francisco Interfaith Council.
Participating congregations:
Congregation Adath Israel, Congregation Beth Sholom, Congregation Chevra Thilim, Congregation Emanu-El, Congregation Ner Tamid, Congregation Sherith Israel, Mission Minyan, Or Shalom Jewish Community, Sha’ar Zahav.
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