Former Los Angeles County Supervisor and Los Angeles City Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky will give the keynote speech at the virtual Yom HaShoah observance. (photo courtesy of Holocaust Museum LA)

Holocaust Museum LA will hold its annual Yom HaShoah observance virtually on Sunday, May 1, at 2 p.m.

Participants will remember those who perished, honor survivors and highlight the experience of Eastern European Jews during the Holocaust. The ceremony will also reflect on the devastating war in Ukraine and growing humanitarian and refugee crises.

Former Los Angeles County Supervisor and Los Angeles City Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky will give the keynote speech. Other participants include Mayor Eric Garcetti; Holocaust survivor Dana Schwartz, who was born in Lviv, Ukraine; Jeffrey Abrams, regional director of ADL Los Angeles; Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin; Consul General of Israel Dr. Hillel Newman; and Consul General of Poland Jaroslaw Lasinski. The ceremony will also feature a live performance of Ukrainian composer Joachim Stutschewsky’s “Moods for Unaccompanied Oboe.”

The virtual event will be livestreamed, and a viewing link will be sent to those who register at 31418.blackbaudhosting.com/31418/Yom-HaShoah-Commemoration.