San Francisco’s Holocaust Center opened in 1979 as a response to neo-Nazis setting up a bookstore across from a synagogue.

Now JFCS Holocaust Center is kicking off a campaign to raise $45 million to raze and rebuild center:

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The JFCS Holocaust Center — a nationally recognized leader in Holocaust & genocide education — recently announced the public phase of its $45 million capital campaign to build a new, state-of-the-art Holocaust Center, library & archive. #NeverForget

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'Their music did not die with them.'

‘Songs of Truth’ is a storytelling tribute to Jewish composers who continued to create music even while imprisoned during the Holocaust.

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#California teachers, join the California Teacher Collaborative for their three-day Summer Institute, June 26-28. Connect with experts and elevate your teaching on Holocaust and genocide education.

Applications are due 6/1. JFCS Holocaust Center #GenocideEd
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Thank you, Gavin Newsom

Teaching young generations about the Holocaust is key to prevent that violence, hatred and indifference can damage the very foundations of our societies. Central topic of visit by 🇩🇪 Special Envoy Dr. Robert Klinke at JFCS Holocaust Center. Auswärtiges Amt Ralf Beste American Jewish Committee

A moving ceremony this morning at the residence of German Consulate San Francisco. A precious Kiddush silver cup returning to the 🇺🇸descendants of a 🇩🇪family of Holocaust victims and survivors. Thank you to Nationalmuseum who made this “match” happen. American Jewish Committee Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin JewishClaimsCon JFCS Holocaust Center

As we honor National #GenocideAwarenessMonth , survivor and witness testimony is a powerful way to emotionally engage students and deepen their learning.

Reflections and remembrances of survivors can help us ensure such atrocities never happen again.

1/3 Last night I had the privilege to host a #Zikaron_Basalon (memory in the living room) event in my house. Herb, a Holocaust survivor who was born in Austria and moved at a very young age to Belgium, told the incredible and heartbreaking story of

Please join us for a virtual commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day and discussion with the co-creators of Ken Burns' PBS docu-series, The US and The Holocaust.

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On April 17th, San Francisco's JFCS Holocaust Center hosts a virtual commemoration of #HolocaustRemembranceDay and discussion with the co-creators of Ken Burns' PBS docuseries, The #USandTheHolocaustPBS .

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Grateful to everyone who joined us yesterday for our Day of Reflection & Action for Disability Rights. As National Disabilities Awareness Month comes to a close, we put a cap on our day of action and share our newest mini-lesson: facinghistory.org/resource-libra… #disabilityrights

#California Teachers!
Would you like to join the statewide initiative to combat antisemitism & hate? Or do you know a teacher who would be a great candidate for this pivotal effort? Apply/nominate a teacher today! holocaustcenter.jfcs.org/ca-collaborati… June 26–28 2023 JFCS Holocaust Center #GenocideEd

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Teachers! Be a part of the statewide initiative to combat antisemitism and hate. Join the first teacher cohort of the California Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education. Learn more here: holocaustcenter.jfcs.org/ca-collaborati… Marin County Gavin Newsom ADL US Holocaust Museum USC Shoah Foundation

“If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don’t be afraid to speak up.” Fred Korematsu, born #OTD in 1919, was one of more than 110,000 people of Japanese descent forcibly 'relocated' during WWII. He sued the US government for the violation of his rights—and lost.

We are horrified and outraged that worshippers were murdered at a Jerusalem synagogue on International #HolocaustRemembranceDay —a day established by the UN to honor and remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.

Nicholas Winton helped 669 Jewish children escape the Nazis. His efforts went unrecognized for 50 years. Then in 1988, while sitting as a member of a TV audience, he suddenly found himself surrounded by the kids he’d rescued, now adults.

I like to remember this every Jan 27th.

The JFCS Holocaust Center Center will hold a series of events to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day today and tomorrow in San Francisco.

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On Holocaust Memorial Day, 1/27/2023 at 12:00 noon join us.
Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis will introduce us to hear from Holocaust survivor George Elbaum.
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