Sunday, May 5 is Yom HaShoah, Remembrance Day for the Holocaust. In this time of spiking anti-Semitism it is especially painful to concentrate on the desire to destroy all Jews. Perhaps you can only light a candle at home, perhaps you are afraid to be in a group of Jews – that is human and understandable. If you choose to join the community and commemorate the 6 million killed in the Shoah there are community gathering all around. You can easily join one of the online observances.
In Contra Costa county the gathering is at B’nai Shalom, Sunday, May 5, 3:30 – 5:30pm
In Alameda county there is a gathering in Oakland at Temple Beth Abraham, May 5, 7:30 -9pm
On the North Peninsula, the Peninsula JCC will be hosting an event that can be watched on Zoom.
In the South Peninsula Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills will host the commemoration both in-person and on Zoom.
Berkeley synagogues will have an in-person and online event. In-person is located at Congregation Beth El at 7:30pm. Details here.
The South Bay community will meet at Temple Emanuel in San Jose from 7 – 9pm.
The North Bay community will meet at Kol Shofar both in-person and online from 4 -6pm.
San Francisco will meet at the JCCSF, see their poster below.
The J-weekly has a list of some other locations.
