Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance) Around the Bay

This year Yom HaShoah falls on April 15.

CBDYAG will be showing “Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness” on April 17 we hope to see you there!

There are all kinds of other events going on to commemorate this tragic part of our history, remember those we lost and recognizing those who survived.

South Bay

• Genocide Holocaust Week at SJSU

Saturday, April 14

• Movie Night: The Long Way Home, 8:30pm Congregation Beth David, Saratoga

Sunday, April 15

• Remembering for the Future including a special message from Israeli Consul General David Akov, 5pm Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills
• Community Wide Yom HaShoah Memorial Service, featuring stories from survivors, including their life before the Holocaust. 7pm Temple Emanu-El, San Jose

Monday, April 16

• “Born Out of the Ashes of the Holocaust” Lecture by Rabbi Aron Hier, Director of Campus Outreach at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. 12pm, Santa Clara University School of Law

Tuesday, April 17

• “Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness” 7pm, CBDYAG Movie Night, Sunnyvale

Thursday, April 20

• Dora Sorell, Survivor at Santa Clara University

Tuesday, April 24

• Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony: Could Genocide Happen Here? 4-5 p.m, County Government Center

Greater Bay Area

Saturday, April 14

• Yom Hashoah Commemoration featuring a Sudanese survivor, 7pm-9pm Congregation Shomrei Torah

Sunday, April 15

• Zahor (Remember) Screening and ceremony, 5:30 pm Congregation Emanu-El
  
• “An Evening with Madame F” A one women show about the life of Holocaust and Auschwitz survivor Fanja Fenelson. 4 p.m. Mills College in Oakland
• Yom HaShoa Ve HaG’Vurah, 5pm Temple Isaiah, Lafayette
• Rebuilding our Lives; From Darkness to Light, 2pm Friedman Center, Santa Rosa
• Remembering the Holocaust….From Generation to Generation, 6pm Congregation Rodef Shalom, San Rafael

Monday, April 16

• “An Evening with Madame F” A one women show about the life of Holocaust and Auschwitz survivor Fanja Fenelson.7 p.m. at Stanford University.
• Pivotal Moments: The Daily Struggle for Survival, 6:30pm Temple Beth Jacob, Redwood City
• “The Road to Mass Extermination” by Peter Kenez, survivor, 4pm, Stevenson Lounge, UC Santa Cruz (RSVP and make parking arrangements)

Tuesday, April 17

• Yom HaShoa Ve HaG’Vurah, 8pm Temple Sinai, Oakland

Wednesday, April 18

• Dinner with a Survivor for Young Adults. Brought to you by Moishe House 7pm at Congregation Adath Israel, RSVP required