April 19, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
Morrow Memorial Church, 600 Ridgewood Rd., Maplewood, NJ
South Orange/Maplewood Annual Interfaith Yom HaShoah Commemoration with keynote speaker Norbert Bikales and memorial candle-lighting ceremony. Free and open to the community. For more information, please contact .

April 20, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Ruth Hyman JCC, 100 Grant Ave., Deal, NJ
State of New Jersey Annual Yom HaShoah: Commemoration featuring state dignitaries and memorial candle-lighting ceremony. Sponsored by The New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education and The Office of the Governor, in coordination with the Monmouth County Jewish Community and acknowledging the 30th anniversary of the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Center at Brookdale Community College. Free and the community welcome. For more information, visit.

April 20, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Temple Beth Shalom, Livingston, NJ
Voices of the Generations: presentation by second generation daughter, Julie Kohner, featuring her mother, Hanna Kohner, the first Holocaust survivor to share her story on national television, on This Is Your Life, 1953. For more information, click here.

April 21, 2009, 12 p.m.
Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart,
89 Ridge St., Newark, NJ
22nd Annual Holocaust Observance of the City of Newark: Commemorating Anne Frank's 80th Birthday: "Remembering a Diary and a Young Girl," with Keynote Speaker, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mr. Gajus Scheltema, and Mayor Cory Booker. For more information, click here or call (973) 733-8004.

April 21, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Shaarey Tefilo, South Orange, NJ
Voices of the Generations: presentation by second generation daughter, Julie Kohner, featuring her mother, Hanna Kohner, the first Holocaust survivor to share her story on national television, on This Is Your Life, 1953. For more information, click here.

April 21, 2009, 4:30 p.m.
Alex Aidekman Jewish Community Campus, 901 Route 10, Whippany, NJ. The Holocaust Council of MetroWest will host a Yom Hashoah Commemoration for additional information call (973) 929-3067.

April 22, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
Baldwin Gym, Drew University, Madison, NJ
Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration: Screening of No. 4 Street of Our Lady, the story of Polish-Catholic rescuer Francisca Halamajowa. The film's producers and child survivor Frances Malkin, whose family story is told in the documentary, will speak. For more information or click here.

April 24, 8:00 p.m.
Temple Emanu-El is located at 264 W. Northfield Rd., Livingston, NJ.
Remembering the lives of the Six Million killed in the Holocaust. The Temple Emanu—El's Yom HaShoah commemoration, with music and words to touch the soul. Speaking that evening will be Eva Wiener, a survivor of the incredible and horrifying voyage of SS St. Louis, which left Germany 70 years ago. Mrs. Weiner will share her family's story of this infamous "Voyage of the Damned." The ship was turned away from country after country, condemning many passengers to death back in Europe. Join us for the powerful and memorable night of memory, music, and reflection. Zecher Tzadik L'vracha. May the righteous always be remembered for a blessing. For more information, contact or call the Temple office at (973) 992-5560.

April 25, 7:30 p.m.
Jewish Congregation of Kinnelon 91 Kinnelon Road, Kinnelon, NJ Featuring speaker Julie Khoner, Voices of Generations For additional information or call (973) 838-5566.

April 28, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Robbins Conference Center, Cooperman JCC, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange, NJ
The Gaelen Center for the Arts and the Holocaust Council of MetroWest present Ashrei HaGafrur: The Life and Words of Hannah Senesh, a Yom HaShoah and Yom HaZikaron program featuring the Kol Dodi Chorale of MetroWest, led by Cantor Erica Lippitz; Barbara Wind, Director, Holocaust Council of MetroWest; and Rabbi Clifford Kulwin, Temple B'nai Abraham with members of the JCC MetroWest Teen Production Company as the voice of Hannah Senesh. Two poems will be read in Hungarian by Olga Menczer and Hedy Brasch and in English by local students. Free and open to the community. For more information, please contact or call (973) 530-3523.