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Friday April 5, 2002

Yom HaShoah events take place next week

At 7 p.m. Monday, "The World That Vanished in 1942," one of many Yom HaShoah events taking place in the Bay Area, will be held a
In the North Bay, observances will take place in Marin and Sonoma counties. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Congregation Kol Shofar and Rodef

Two remembrances will take place in the East Bay. At 7:30 p.m. Monday, "Yom HaShoah V'ha Gevurah" (Holocaust and Bravery Remembrance Day) is scheduled at Congregation B'nai Tikvah, 25 Hillcroft Way, Walnut Creek. An event with the same name is slated for 8 p.m. Tuesday at Temple Sinai, 27th and Webster streets, Oakland. For information on either of these events, call (510) 839-2900, ext. 253.

In the South Bay, Temple Beth Jacob, 1550 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, will host a remembrance at 7 p.m. Monday. Knud Dyby, member of the Danish underground during World War II and a member of the Danish-Swedish Refugee Service, and Dr. Michael Thaler, former president of the Holocaust Center of Northern California and survivor of the Brzezany Ghetto, are the featured speakers. For more information, call (415) 957-1551.

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