SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– On Sunday, April 27, at 1:30 p.m. the Jewish Federation of San Diego County will present a special Holocaust commemoration (Yom Hashoah) program, “Defiance, Rebellion and Resistance.” It will be held in the Garfield Theatre of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla.
The program will open with a military color guard reminiscent of camp liberation, a musical presentation, and a traditional candle lighting ceremony, with candles lit by Holocaust survivors and their descendants in memory of those who perished. Interspersed throughout the program will be musical selections, with keynote speaker Elan Bielski, grandson of partisan Zus Bielski. The entire event will last approximately 90 minutes.
The Holocaust Commemoration has been held in San Diego for more than three decades and last year was the largest in the United States with more than 600 people attending. 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 2014 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