Yom HaShoah 2026 Media Kit

Overview

Title/Theme: The Courage to Act

Subheading: How to Be an Upstander 

URL: https://donate.jfcs.org/event/yom-hashoah-holocaust-remembrance-day-2026/e777151 

Short Link: jfcs.org/yom-hashoah-2026

Commemoration Date + Time: Monday, April 13, 2026 | 6:00 – 7:15pm

Full Schedule:

1:00 – 6:00pm: Forever Remembered

5:00 – 5:45pm: Reading of the Names

6:00 – 7:15pm: The Courage to Act | Commemoration and Yizkor Service

7:15 – 8:00pm: Community Reception

Location: Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | 3200 California St. San Francisco, CA 94118

Details

The 2026 Yom Hashoah Community Observance in San Francisco is presented by the JFCS Holocaust Center and the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF), in partnership with:
American Jewish Committee (AJC), Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in San Francisco, Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest, Israeli American Council (IAC), Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC Bay Area), Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation, San Francisco Interfaith Council, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, Jewish Federation Bay Area, Jewish Community Library, JIMENA, Keshet for LGBTQ+ equality in Jewish life, Manny’s, Repair the World, StandWithUs Northern California, Taube Philanthropies, Value Culture, and SF Hillel.
Participating Congregations:
Adath Israel, Am Tikvah, Anshey Sfard, Beth Sholom, Chabad of Cole Valley, Chevra Thilim, Emanu-El, Ner Tamid, Sha’ar Zahav, and Sherith Israel

Community Partners

American Jewish Committee (AJC): @ajc.global
Anti-Defamation League (ADL): @adlcalifornia
Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest: @israelinsf
Contemporary Jewish Museum: @jewseum
Israeli American Council (IAC): @israeliamerican
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco: @jccsf
Jewish Community Library: @jewishcommunitylibrary
Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC Bay Area): @sfjcrc
Jewish Federation Bay Area: @jewishfed
Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation: @jewishpartisans
JFCS Holocaust Center: @jfcsholocaustcenter
JIMENA: @jimena_voice
Keshet: @keshetglbt
Manny’s: @welcometomannys
Repair the World: @repairtheworld
San Francisco Interfaith Council: @sf_interfaith
SF Hillel: @sfhillel
StandWithUs Northern California: @standwithus_northerncalifornia
Value Culture: @ivalueculture

Participating Congregations

Congregation Adath Israel: @adathisraelsf
Congregation Am Tikvah: @am_tikvah_sf
Congregation Anshey Sfard: @ansheysfardsf
Congregation Beth Sholom: @bethsholomsf
Congregation Chevra Thilim: @chevrathilim_sfshul
Congregation Emanu-El: @congregationemanuel
Congregation Ner Tamid: @congregationnertamid
Congregation Sherith Israel: @sherith.israel
Sha’ar Zahav: @shaarzahav

Subject: The Courage to Act: Join the Community for Yom HaShoah

In moments when the world feels uncertain, being together matters.

Join us in remembrance on
Monday, April 13 | 6:00pm
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

This year’s Yom HaShoah commemoration centers on The Courage to Act—the resolve to remember, to speak names aloud, and to stand with one another in community.

Join your Bay Area community for an evening of music, reflection, and remembrance honoring the six million Jewish people murdered in the Holocaust. 

In times like these, gathering in Jewish community—remembering openly and lifting our voices together—can be a powerful act of resistance.

Because remembering is how we refuse to let hatred have the last word.

Monday, April 13 | San Francisco, CA

In moments when the world feels uncertain, gathering together matters.

Join the Bay Area community this Yom HaShoah for an evening of remembrance honoring the six million Jewish people murdered in the Holocaust.

This year’s theme, The Courage to Act, reminds us that remembering together; speaking names aloud and standing in community—can be a powerful act of resistance.