Interfaith Gala Dessert Reception for Yezidi Relief

Interfaith Gala Dessert Reception to help Yezidis facing genocide

Our Gala honors Rev. Victor Kazanjian, Jr., United Religions Initiative; Rabbi Marvin Goodman, Board of Rabbis of Northern California; and Fatih Ates, Pacifica Instititue.

Keynote speaker: Salem Daoud, head Yezidi religious leader for the United States and Canada. This is a benefit for the Beyond Genocide Campaign helping Yezidis facing genocide in Iraq.

Jewish and Muslim dietary laws will be observed.

Contact: Rabbi Pamela Frydmanrebpam@gmail.com

In Support of the Yezidis

Statement at Press Conference, April 15, 2015
Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley
(see program: Genocide Before Our Eyes)

On Monday afternoon, I once again had the honor of attending the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day that has been sponsored by the Santa Clara County Supervisors for fifteen years. Each year, the event brings together people from across the community, including students, religious and community leaders, and those in our midst who survived the Holocaust that swept across Europe in the 1930’s and 1940’s, leaving six million Jews dead along with millions of other despised people—Gypsies, the mentally ill, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses and more. Continue Reading →

Speaking out against genocide

SiVIC has joined with other interfaith organizations around the Bay Area to raise awareness of the attacks on the Yezidi- a minority religion in northern Iraq currently under assault by ISIS.

There will be a press conference next Wednesday, April 15, and an informational meeting at the Interfaith Center at the Presidio on Monday, April 27. Other interfaith groups include the Interfaith Center at the Presidio, San Francisco Interfaith Council, Marin Interfaith Council, and the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County.

There is an article on the URI blog with details of how you can get involved:

Bay Area CCs launch Yezidi genocide awareness campaign