Wednesday, April 23, 2025 | 10:30–11:30am at the JCCSF
ADMISSION: Free and open to all
Join The CJM for Songs of Truth: a live concert and multimedia storytelling tribute to the talent and resilience of Jewish composers who created music while imprisoned during the Holocaust. During this program, we will connect through music to commemorate Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), to honor lives lost, and to ensure that the lessons of history are never forgotten.
Songs of Truth powerfully interweaves musical performance, archival media, and live narration to spotlight six Jewish composers who continued to create music while imprisoned by the Nazis. These six voices of defiance, hope, and humanity, and their stories offer lessons for fighting hate that still resonate today. A joint program of Citizen Film, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, and Golden Gate Symphony, this concert offers the public a rare opportunity to witness the antisemitism education work we conduct in middle and high schools* around Bay Area. For this presentation, student musicians will perform some songs alongside professional musicians.
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* Student groups are invited to join this program at no cost. For school groups, we will offer an additional art and reflection activity and refreshments after the concert. To reserve a spot for your school group, please email Hannah Pozen, JCCSF Public Programs Coordinator, at hpozen@jccsf.org
Join JCCSF and the Jewish Family and Children's Services Holocaust Center for a community-wide commemoration program from 4-8 pm. It will include a film screening, reading of names, a keynote address, and yizkor service. We are grateful to our hosts and many community partners from across the Bay Area for organizing this important event.
The Songs of Truth Holocaust Education Concert for schools is a joint program of Citizen Film, Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM) and Golden Gate Symphony. Support for The CJM’s Holocaust education programming is generously provided by the Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund, Ron Kaufman and, in part, by Grants for the Arts.