The City of West Hollywood will host a Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day event: Remembering Victims of the Holocaust. Yom HaShoah is an opportunity to remember victims of the Holocaust and to focus on preventing genocides and other human atrocities from happening again.

This year’s Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration will take place on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 beginning at 12 p.m. at Plummer Park’s Fiesta Hall, located at 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard. The event will feature a testimony and Q&A session with Holocaust survivor Paul Kester. There will also be a film screening of The Last Survivors, a memorial prayer by Cantor Berkovich, and musical performance by the Cantor along with Dr. Dimitry Olevsky and Diana Volman. There will also be a candlelight ceremony at the Holocaust Memorial in the park.

To RSVP and for more information about the City of West Hollywood’s Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day event, please contact Tatyana Rodzinek, the City of West Hollywood’s Russian Community Programs Coordinator at (323) 848-6826 or at trodzinek@weho.org. For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing dial 711 or 1-800-735-2929 (TTY) or 1-800-735-2922 (voice) for California Relay Service (CRS) assistance.

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