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Yom HaShoah

Memorial candles were lit during Holocaust Remembrance Day at the JCC of San Francisco in 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inYom HaShoah

Never forget: Holocaust Remembrance Day events around the Bay Area

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight April 6, 2026April 8, 2026

Jewish organizations across the Bay Area have scheduled commemorations to remember survivors and victims of the Holocaust for Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, which starts at sundown April 13. […]

Eight Holocaust survivors, sitting in the front row of the audience at the Yom HaShoah event on April 23, 2025, watch a short film where Holocaust survivors, liberators and their descendants speak about their experiences. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Hundreds pay respects as local Holocaust survivors are honored on Yom HaShoah

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 24, 2025April 25, 2025
Three men, one very young and two very old, light candles in front of a packed auditorium
Posted inHolidays

Bay Area events for Yom HaShoah and Israel Memorial Day

by J. Staff April 14, 2025April 21, 2025
A visitor places a stone at the Holocaust memorial at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inHolidays

Where to observe Yom HaShoah around the Bay Area in 2024

by J. Staff May 1, 2024May 3, 2024
Survivor David Wisnia and his pianist grandson Avi in a scene from “How Saba Kept Singing,” a documentary airing on PBS on April 18. (Photo/JTA-Retro Report)
Posted inYom HaShoah

Can a Holocaust documentary have a happy ending? Should it?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA April 17, 2023
Two pictures. On the left, a color photo of an ornate silver cup. On the right, a vintage photo of a woman smiling outside, sitting on a bench.
Posted inYom HaShoah

Nazi-looted silver cup comes home to Bay Area descendant after 80 years

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz April 17, 2023April 18, 2023
Dutch Reformed Church pastor Leendert Overduin is recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.
Posted inUncategorized

Palo Alto student essay contest honors Leendert Overduin, Dutch pastor who saved Jews

Larry Sokoloff by Larry Sokoloff March 30, 2022March 30, 2022
The aftermath of antisemitic vandalism at the synagogue of Larissa, Greece, Dec. 3, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Jewish Community of Larissa)
Posted inUncategorized

Global antisemitism report: Assaults down, vandalism up due to pandemic

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA April 7, 2021
Three partisans in the Vilna ghetto, from left: Rozka Korczak, Abba Kovner and Vitka Kempner.
Posted inLocal Voice

Yom HaShoah and the strength of our ‘Wonder Women’ 

by Yedida Kanfer April 6, 2021April 6, 2021
Edith Heine as a toddler in pre-war Holland.
Posted inYom HaShoah

East Bay Holocaust survivor, 83, shares history through a child’s eyes

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 5, 2021April 7, 2021

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