In Person Events

  Monday, October 24th at 7:00 pm AZ/Pacific Featuring Third Generation Holocaust Descendants: Adena Bernstein Astrowsky, Jennifer Sosnow & Jennifer Blohm 3GAZ leaders will share the narratives of their grandparents and loved ones who survived the Holocaust. Adena will speak about her beloved bubbie, Mania Lichtenstein, A Story of Love and Strength in the Ghetto; Jennifer Sosnow will speak about her grandfather, an Auschwitz survivor, A Message that Peace is the Most Important Thing; and Jennifer Blohm will speak about her cousin, Gitle Roshtein, An Account of Courage and Resilience in the Ukraine and Beyond.   Registration: https://apm.activecommunities.com/valleyofthesunjcc/Activity_Search/2309 Registration is free but is required for all in-person or online attendees

  Tuesday, October 25 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. ASU Tempe Campus Keynote Speaker: Ellen Germain The Murray and Sabina Zemel z"l Educators Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide aims to aid Arizona teachers in building programs, developing curricula and sharing best practices in educating on the Holocaust and other genocides. The conference is free and open to the public. The first 50 teachers enrolling will also receive funding to cover substitute teachers for the day of the conference.

  Ellen Germain, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, U.S. Department of State Ellen Germain assumed her duties as Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues on August 23, 2021. She is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. Ms. Germain served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018-2021. Her previous positions include director of the Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (2015-2017), head of the U.S. Consulate General in Krakow, Poland (2012-2015), and postings as deputy political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad (2007-2008) and at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York (2008-2012) where she was responsible for issues relating to the Middle East,...

Wednesday, November 9, 2022. Reception at 6:00PM - Program Begins at 6:30PM. Please join us for an extraordinary experience a new exhibition, Stories of Survival: An Immersive Journey Through the Holocaust, which includes an interactive hologram of local survivor Oskar Knoblauch. Be among the first to see and interact with this new technology. Includes hors d’oeuvres reception. Dietary laws observed. Seating is limited. RSVP today! Register: https://www.azjhs.org/kristallnacht-remembrance-ceremony

  Nov 13, 2022 @ 1 PM Chompies 3212 E Cactus Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85032 Entertainment by accomplished violinist Moshe Bukshpan   FREE FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS & DRIVERS GUEST MEALS - $20 (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE OR AT THE DOOR) MAIL CHECKS TO: PHA, 12701 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD #122 SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85254 CONTACT SUSAN GETZ: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM PLEASE LET PHA KNOW IF YOU NEED A RIDE. ONLY ATTEND IF YOU ARE FEELING WELL AND HAVEN’T BEEN EXPOSED TO ANYONE WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID.

  HANUKKAH CELEBRATION Sunday Dec 18, 2022 @ 1 PM Beth El Congregation 1118 W Glendale Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85021 Musical Entertainment by Pianist Deena Cukier FREE FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS & DRIVERS GUEST MEALS - $20 (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE OR AT THE DOOR) MAIL CHECKS TO: PHA, 12701 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD #122 SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85254 CONTACT SUSAN GETZ: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM OR 480-246-9551

  Dr. Hersch Altman will be present to share his experiences during the Holocaust and provide great insight into his amazing story of survival. For More Information: https://www.carefree.org/holidays-in-carefree

Wednesday, Jan. 11 | 10-11:30 a.m. Guest speaker: Holocaust survivor and author Dirk Van Leenen The free program will be held at the East Valley JCC. Refreshments will be provided. Reservations are required. Dirk Van Leenen was born in 1940 just after the war had begun in The Netherlands. He has several degrees in horticulture and floral design and has spent his life working with flowers. At the University of Leiden, he studied English and he worked a number of years in Holland as an English teacher. For years, he used to tell stories about his experiences during the Second World War in Holland and his children and grandchildren always urged him to write a book about those difficult times....

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  6 p.m. Jan. 22, 2023 Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $18, $36 and $54 Purchase at the center's box office or online at scottsdaleperformingarts.org   MusicaNova Orchestra and ASU's Center for Jewish Studies present one man's story of finding hope and love in an all-Jewish orchestra as Nazi oppression accelerated in 1930s Germany. The evening begins with the movie Winter Journey, based on classical radio host Martin Goldsmith's book, The Inextinguishable Symphony, followed by a Q&A with Mr. Goldsmith. The orchestra performs the final piece the Jewish orchestra rehearsed: an ironic slap at their oppressors, Nielsen's Fourth Symphony powerfully proclaims that "music is life, and like life, inextinguishable." Local choirs join the orchestra for the finale, Sibelius’...

*Please mark this important event in your calendars. January 29, 2023 7:00 p.m. Temple Solel 6805 E McDonald Dr, Paradise Valley, AZ 85253 How Can we Understand Contemporary Antisemitism? Michael Berenbaum, a Holocaust scholar who played a leading role in the creation of the USHMM and the content of its permanent exhibition, will address this difficult topic. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at the American Jewish University. Event is free and open to public. Questions contact Tara Marcaussen @ tmarcussen@templesolel.org This event is sponsored by NAU’s Martin-Springer Institute, Temple Solel, and the Phoenix Holocaust Association.

  F E B R U A R Y 1 9 , 2 0 2 3 @ 1 : 0 0 P M C O N G R E G A T I O N O R T Z I O N 1 6 4 1 5 N 9 0 T H S T S C O T T S D A L E , A Z 8 5 2 6 0 MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT BY GUITARIST GAL DRIMMER FREE FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS & DRIVERS GUEST MEALS - $20 (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE OR AT THE DOOR) MAIL CHECKS TO: PHA, 12701 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD #122 SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85254 To RSVP and pay online for Café Europa https://phoenixhsa.formstack.com/forms/cafe_europa_in_a_bag CONTACT SUSAN GETZ: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM...