Next Meeting of Generations

East Valley JCC 908 N Alma School Rd, Chandler

Jan. 12 at 11 am  Location: East Valley JCC located at 908 N Alma School Rd, Chandler, AZ    Topic: Experiences of Being Child or Grandchild of Survivors. Other family members are welcome.   This is a meeting for ourselves, the family members of survivors and any guest we choose to invite. We can share documents, pictures, precious family things and stories that made us who we are.   Please RSVP to the front desk at EVJCC if you and any guests are coming. 480-897-0588 https://www.evjcc.org/   This is an in-person meeting. Because of Covid, vaccines and masks are required indoors. No snacks, just water is offered.

Ksenia Coffman: Wikipedia and the Holocaust Sleuth

    Phoenix Holocaust Association is Honored to Host A Discussion with: Ksenia Coffman   In November 2015, Ksenia Coffman discovered something amiss in a Wikipedia article about a notorious Nazi and a Holocaust perpetrator. The article drew an apologist picture of an SS death squad's commander who happened to come up with the idea of mobile vans to gas Jews. It was shocking and incomprehensible, as if in a parallel universe. Ms. Coffman dug further into related Wikipedia articles, their sources and individual footnotes. To her surprise and dismay, she found that misrepresentations and glorification of Nazis abounded on Wikipedia. Recognizing this, Ms. Coffman became a one-woman sleuth intent on reducing misinformation related to the crimes of the Nazi...