SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– On Sunday, April 19, at 1:30 p.m., the Jewish Federation of San Diego County will present a special Holocaust commemoration (Yom HaShoah) program. The theme of this year’s annual commemoration is: From Auschwitz to Activism – 70 Years on From the Holocaust. The event will be held at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in the Garfield Theater, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla.
All audiences are welcome to join the San Diego community to remember the millions of Holocaust victims, honor survivors in our community, and to teach our children about anti-Semitism and lessons from the past. The program will include a military color guard reminiscent of camp liberation, a musical presentation, a candle lighting ceremony, with candles lit by Holocaust survivors and their descendants in memory of those who perished. The event will feature keynote speaker Dr. Steven Windmuller, PH.D., Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk Emeritus Professor of Jewish Communal Service at Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. Dr. Windmuller will discuss what it means when we say “never again” and will speak about global anti-Semitism. Dr. Windmueller will also be speaking at Congregation Ner Tamid on Saturday, April 18, at 7 p.m.
The Holocaust Commemoration has been held in San Diego for more than three decades, and in the past few years more than 500 people have been in attendance.
The event is a collaboration of the San Diego Rabbinical Association, Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, the New Life Club, the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center Jacobs Family Campus, the Center for Jewish Culture, Jewish Family Service, Jewish Community Foundation, and the Anti-Defamation League.
The program is free and open to the public. For more information about the 2015 Community Holocaust Commemoration contact Linda Feldman, Director, Jewish Community Relations Council, at 858.737.7138.
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Preceding provided by the Jewish Federation of San Diego County