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OF EVENTS FOR YOM HASHOAH 2006
Holocaust Remembrance Commemorations
Please join the Bay Area Jewish Community to remember the past
and to recognize the survivors and heroes among us. All programs
are free and open to the public.
SAN FRANCISCO
Special Event
DATE: APRIL 30, 2006 10:30am to 3:00pm
Place: Jewish Community High School of the Bay
1835 Ellis St., San Francisco
Program: “Day of Learning 2006:
From Generation to Generation,” a community-wide
Day of Learning about the Holocaust for students, parents, and teachers.
Presented by the Holocaust Center of Northern California, in cooperation
with the Jewish Community High School of the Bay
Info: 415-777-9060
DATE: APRIL 30, 2006 l0:00am to 2:00pm
Place: Holocaust Memorial at Lincoln Park
Program: “To Every Person There is a Name”
B’nai Brith and The Humanities Foundation
Info: Cantor Julius Blackman, 415-334-0633
DATE: APRIL 24, 2006 7:00pm doors open at 6:30
Place: Congregation Emanu-El
2 Lake Street at Arguello Blvd.
Program: L’Dor Vador: From Generation to Generation
Yizkor Service & Candle Lighting Ceremony
featuring a performance by the Jewish Folk Chorus.
NORTH PENINSULA
DATE: APRIL 24, 2006
Place: Peninsula Temple BethEl
1700 Alameda de las Pulgas San Mateo
Program: 6:30 pm: Memorial reading of victims’ names to
commemorate Holocaust victims related to Peninsula residents.
7:00pm: “Tzedek, Tzedek, Tirdof – Justice, Justice,
Shall You
Pursue.” Guest speaker, Lucille Eichengreen, who survived
to identify and testify against her Nazi captors.
SOUTH PENINSULA
Date: April 24, 7:00pm
Place: Congregation Beth Am
26790 Arastradero Rd., Los Altos Hills.
Program: Featuring speaker Father Bruce Bramlett, a scholar of
Jewish Christian Relations and Holocaust Studies. Candlelight
ceremony with students introducing Holocaust survivors, poetry readings
and music.
SOUTH BAY
Date: April 24, 7:30pm
Place: Congregation Beth David
19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga.
Program: Yom HaShoah community observance.
Date: April 25, 3:45 - 5:00 pm
Place: County Government Center - Board Chambers
70 West Hedding St., San José
Program: “After Liberation: The Struggle to Survive and Rebuild.”
EAST BAY
Date: April 24, 7:30 pm
Place: Congregation B’nai Tikvah
25 Hillcroft Way, Walnut Creek
Program: Guest Speaker, Journalist and Author, Peter Hellman; “When
Courage was Stronger than Fear: Remarkable Stories of
Christians and Muslims who Saved Jews from the Holocaust”
Info: 510-839-2900, x253
Date: April 25, 8:00pm
Place: Temple Sinai
2808 Summit St., Oakland
Program: “The Power of Memory” with keynote speaker
and Holocaust survivor, Daniel Chanoch.
Info: 510-839-2900, x253
MARIN COUNTY
Date: April 25, 7:00 pm
Place: Congregation Rodef Shalom
170 N. San Pedro Rd, San Rafael
Program: Guest Speaker, TBA
Info: 415-479-3441
SONOMA COUNTY
Date: April 23, 2:00 pm
Place: Congregation Beth Ami
4676 Mayette Ave, Santa Rosa
Program: Guest Speaker, Lawrence Raful, Dean & Professor of
Law, Touro Law School speaking on the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials
Info: 707-360-3000
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