Yom HaShoah Commemoration

A Virtual Commemoration - We Remember

April 7-9, 2021

Join the JFCS Holocaust Center, friends, and neighbors in our community’s largest gathering—to remember those we lost and to look forward to our future together.

On April 7, join the JFCS Holocaust Center for a virtual reading of the names and community yizkor service. Our program will feature a special conversation between guest scholar Dr. Deborah Lipstadt and Dr. Anita Friedman, Executive Director of JFCS.

5:00 pm (PT) —Reading of the Names (*To remember loved ones on this day, please submit their names to remember@jfcs.org or call 419-449-1213.) Clergy from San Francisco synagogues and the Israeli Consul General will participate.

7:00 pm (PT) —Memorial Commemoration and Program

On April 8th and 9th, join the JFCS Holocaust Center for Days of Commemoration in honor of Holocaust remembrance.

Attend one or all sessions. Registrants will receive links to join each session via email prior to the day’s events.

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Interests: Holidays, Virtual
Date: 
April 07, 2021 to April 09, 2021
TIME: 
5:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Location: 
online
City: 
San Francisco
Cost: 
Free

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Organized By: 
Jewish Family and Children's Services Holocaust Center
Event Contact Person: 
Morgan Blum Schneider
415.449.1289
Speakers: 
Dr. Deborah Lipstadt
Dr. Anita Friedman, Executive Director of JFCS
Honorees: 
Mary Jane Burke, Marin County Superintendent of Schools
The Morris Weiss Award will be presented to Mary Jane Burke, Marin County Superintendent of Schools, for illustrating extraordinary leadership in Marin County in the fields of Holocaust education and confronting antisemitism.