Yom HaShoah will be commemorated with many communitywide events in the Bay Area.
Storyteller Joel ben Izzy and Israeli soprano Ayelet Cohen will present “Memories of the Holocaust” 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, at Temple Sinai, 28th and Webster streets, Oakland. Information: (510) 451-3263.
The Marin Yom HaShoah program “Remembrance of the Holocaust and Acts of Courage” begins 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, at Congregation Kol Shofar, 215 Blackfield Drive, Tiburon. Information: (415) 388-1818.
On the Peninsula, “Witness to Liberation: 60th Anniversary” will take place 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5, at Peninsula Temple Sholom, 1655 Sebastian Dr., Burlingame. (650) 961-1922.
Also on the Peninsula will be “Liberation: 60th Anniversary” 7 p.m. Thursday, May 5, at Congregation Beth Am, 26790 Arastradero Road, Los Altos Hills. Information: (650) 961-1922.
Congregation Beth Sholom and the Napa Interfaith Council are sponsoring a Holocaust memorial service 7 p.m Thursday, May 5, at 1455 Elm St. in Napa. The keynote speaker will be Paul Schwarzbart, author of “Breaking Silence, Reminiscences of a Hidden Child.” Information: (707) 253-7305.
In San Francisco the 60th anniversary of liberation will be remembered with a Yizkor service and candlelighting ceremony 7 p.m. Thursday, May 5, at Congregation Emanu-El, 2 Lake St. Information: (415) 777-9060.
In Walnut Creek, “1945-2005: Sixty Years Since Liberation” features German Consul General Bernd Westphal and his cultural attaché, Thomas Lenferding, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5, at Congregation B’nai Shalom, 74 Eckley Lane. Free. Information: (510) 839-2900.
Holocaust survivors, high school and U.C. Berkeley students and Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates will join other participants for “Holocaust Remembrance Day” noon Friday, May 6, at City Council Chambers, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley. Information: (510) 981-7170 or (510) 704-7480 ext. 257.
The Sonoma County Yom Hashoah Commemoration will present “U-boats in Berlin,” a play by Susanne Batzdorff, 2 p.m. Sunday, May 8, at The Cooperage, on the campus of Sonoma State University. Three of the family members represented in the play are expected to attend the performance.