Challah Programme Carries Holocaust Memory Across Generations

Two Los Angeles sessions on October 11 combine challah baking with Holocaust survival stories, bringing food and intergenerational memory together.

Jewish Federation Los Angeles is advertising two L’Dough V’Dough sessions on October 11, 2026, in the city’s Fairfax District. Participants will braid and bake challah while reflecting on how Holocaust survival stories pass from one generation to the next.

A story while the bread bakes

The programme is part of the Federation’s October Community Service Day. Its name plays on L’Dor V’Dor, meaning from generation to generation, and connects preparing bread with the transmission of personal and family memory. Repair the World also lists the programme in its Los Angeles calendar.

According to the announcement, a survivor, a child of survivors or a grandchild of survivors will share a story of survival and perseverance while the challah bakes. The guest has not been named, so the programme should not be understood as a guarantee that a Holocaust survivor will speak at each session.

Two opportunities to participate

The first session runs from 10:00 to 12:00 California time (PDT, UTC−7), which is 20:00 to 22:00 in Israel (IDT, UTC+3). The second runs from 13:30 to 15:30 in California, corresponding to 23:30 on October 11 through 01:30 on October 12 in Israel. These are two sessions of one programme, not separate events.

The Federation’s listings provide registration controls and identify the Fairfax District, but do not disclose a street address. The practical next step for prospective participants is registration or an enquiry to Melissa York at MYork@JewishLA.org.

A price, age requirement and booking deadline were not established in the reviewed announcements. The published format centres on active participation: making challah creates the setting for listening and conversation, with family testimony carrying the programme’s historical focus.