Phoenix Holocaust Association

February Café Europa
2025-02-09 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Phoenix) | Congregation Beth Israel, 10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85253
February 9, 2025 @1:00pm
Congregation Beth Israel
10460 North 56th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85253
To Pay online: PHXHA.COM/CONNECT/
Contact Susan Getz: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM
RSVP by Wednesday, Feb 5th.

Little Boy, I Know Your Name A Second-Generation Memoir from Inherited Holocaust Trauma
2025-02-19 10:30 | AZ
Presented by Mitchell Raff
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025

There are two time slots this day to hear Mr. Raff speak

At the East Valley JCC from 10-11:30 a.m.
Mr. Raff will also speak at a residence in Scottsdale 5-6:30 p.m. on (The address will be sent after registration.)

Mitchell Raff is a second-generation Holocaust survivor who grew up in Los Angeles. “Little Boy, I Know Your Name: A Second-Generation Memoir from Inherited Holocaust Trauma” is his first, intensely personal book.

There is no charge to attend, registration is required. The program will be held at the East Valley JCC.
NOTE: This presentation contains sensitive information that may not be appropriate for guests under age 18. Topic is most appropriate for 2Gs and 3Gs or anyone who else grew up with survivors. Questions? Contact Karen Perna, ksperna@yahoo.com.
Registration: Generations After – EVJCC

Film screening of "The Property" with 3GAZ
2025-03-02 15:00 - 19:00 | Shea Harkins, 7354 E Shea Blvd, scottsdale, AZ, 85260 Most popular places at this ad, United States
Join 3GAZ for a film screening of “The Property” during the Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 3:00 pm. Join us for a no-host dinner after the film/talk at 5:30pm at Pita Jungle. If you’d like to join us for the dinner after the film/talk RSVP at: 3gaz@phxha.com.
Purchase tickets for the film: https://gpjff.org/events/property/

*This event features a post-screening talkback right after the movie with Dr. Anna Cichopek-Gajraj from ASU’s School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies. The film plus talkback is a total of 2 1/2 hours.

March Café Europa
2025-03-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Beth El Congregation, 1118 W GLENDALE AVE, PHOENIX, Glendale, AZ, 85021
March 9, 2025 @ 1:00pm at Beth El Congregation 1118 W. Glendale Ave., Phoenix, AZ
To Pay online: PHXHA.COM/CONNECT/
Contact Elaine Goldenthal: elainegoldenthal@gmail.com

Book Talk by Charlotte Adelman and Mala Blomquist
2025-03-30 12:00 - 15:00 | Beth El Congregation, 1118 W GLENDALE AVE, PHOENIX, Glendale, AZ, 85021
REGISTER: https://www.bethelphoenix.com/event/charlotte
Holocaust survivor Charlotte Adelman and writer/editor Mala Blomquist discuss and read passages from their new book, Charlotte: A Holocaust Story of Strength, Courage, and Hope. Dessert reception to follow.
Charlotte Adelman was born on March 26, 1932, in Paris, France. She grew up in a traditional Jewish household with her mother, Rose, her father, Herszle, and her brother, Max. Her early years were marked by a picturesque childhood, filled with love and happiness.
Everything changed when Charlotte was just ten years old. The Nazi invasion of France and occupation of Paris brought terror and upheaval to her life.
For the next four years, Charlotte lived in constant danger, fleeing for her safety on six separate occasions. During this time, the Nazis were systematically rounding up Jews for deportation to concentration camps in Eastern Europe. Tragically, her mother, Rose, was among those deported and perished in Auschwitz, a notorious concentration camp in Poland.
By the end of the war, Charlotte had been separated from her family for nearly five years. She was reunited with her father shortly after the war ended and, following two years of tireless searching through Red Cross facilities, she was finally reunited with her brother, Max.
After the war, Charlotte returned to Paris and lived there until 1957 when she immigrated to Montréal, Canada. It was there that she met Alex, the love of her life. Together, they built a life filled with love and joy, sharing 50 years of marriage until Alex’s passing in 2011. They raised two wonderful children and became proud grandparents to two grandsons.
Today, Charlotte is an active member of the Phoenix Holocaust Survivors Association, where she attends regular meetings and contributes to the community. In collaboration with Steven Spielberg and the Shoah Foundation, Charlotte’s story was documented on video. Her testimony is preserved and available at each of the six major Holocaust museums worldwide.
Charlotte’s story stands as a powerful testament to resilience and remembrance. Among the 76,000 Parisians who perished in the Holocaust, her mother, Rose, is honored at the Holocaust Museum in Paris, built in 2005 to memorialize those who were lost.

Rosenbluth Family Charitable Foundation Genocide Awareness Week 2025
2025-03-31 - 2025-04-04 | AZ
With special focus on the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide and the murder and displacement of Native American communities, Genocide Awareness Week 2025 will bring different cultures of remembrance, memorialization and repair after genocide in conversation with each other. The importance of survivor testimony, the need to bring perpetrators to justice, the power and limits of representation in text and art, as well as the difficulty to represent the complexity of genocide through memorialization are shared features of confronting genocide. Equally important is the need to counter genocide denial and distortion. Starting from common themes such as these, GAW fosters dialogues among survivors, academics, activists, artists, and government officials through presentations, performances, discussions, and exhibits.
https://jewishstudies.asu.edu/GAW25

Red Hand - Film Screening and Panel Discussion: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons at GAW ASU West Valley Campus
2025-03-31 17:00 - 19:00 | ASU West Campus, 4701 W Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ, 85306
The event is free and no RSVP needed (the QR Code on the flyer is campus map), though there will be a charge for parking.
Monday, March 31, 20205, 5 – 7 PM, CLCC Lect 110
Join us to view this short but important film about missing and murdered Indigenous persons, written and directed by Octavia Endischee, an ASU graduate from the The Sidney Poitier New American Film School, who will lead in a panel discussion after the screening. Joining her will be Raymond Meza and Jessica Antonio, who will share their own experiences, each having lost a sister. Since this topic can be traumatic and may be triggering to some, Indigenous healers will be on site to provide support and smudging.

Lived Experience of Genocide: A Conversation with Survivors at GAW ASU West Valley Campus
2025-04-01 15:00 - 17:00 | ASU West Campus, 4701 W Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ, 85306
This event is free so there is no RSVP needed (the QR Code on the flyer is campus map), though there will be a charge for parking .
Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 3 – 5 PM, CLCC 246.
Learn the personal stories of five genocide survivors: Branislav Vujic (Bosnia), Margaret “Marge” Rich (Holocaust), Rosine Kamugisha (Rwanda), Rafi Zaw Win (Rohingya) , and moderator Sarah Adams. What was the experience living in a country where you were targeted for elimination? How does one live with the consequences of that experience? What are the warning signs of genocide that we should be aware of? What resources exist for learning about, and confronting, acts of genocide? What can you do to help victims of genocide? A Candlelight Vigil to remember victims of genocides will be will be held in Delph Courtyard beginning at 5:30pm.

Making Monsters: Why Dehumanization Matters at GAW at ASU West Valley Campus
2025-04-03 15:00 - 17:00 | ASU West Campus, 4701 W Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ, 85306
This event is free so there is no RSVP needed (the QR Code on the flyer is campus map), though there will be a charge for parking.
Thursday, April 3, 2025, 3 – 5 PM, SANDS 101
David Livingstone Smith is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of New England and the award-winning author of “Less than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others,” “On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It,” and most recently “Making Monsters: The Uncanny Power of Dehumanization.” Described in the NY Times Literary Supplement as “a philosopher seeking not just to interpret the world but to change it,” his work on dehumanization, race, and related matters is often featured in the national and international media.

2025 Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration
2025-04-27 17:00 - 18:30 | Symphony Hall, 75 N 2nd St, Phoenix, AZ, 85004
Attendance at the commemoration requires an RSVP. Please note that RSVPs will be accepted until Saturday evening, April 26, at 7 PM. You are required to show proof of registration (on your phone or printed copy of the email you received from PHA.
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Sunday, April 27, 2:00 PM | Symphony Hall

Mazel
2025-04-29 18:00 - 20:30 | Arizona Jewish Historical Society, 122 E. Culver, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, United States
Register: https://phoenixhsa.formstack.com/forms/mazel

The Theatre Artists Studio, Phoenix Holocaust Association, and Arizona Jewish Historical Society are proud to present a staged reading and talk-back of the play “Mazel”.
Based on the experiences of Holocaust survivor Jack Sittsamer, who survived eight concentration camps, “Mazel” follows Sittsamer as he comes to America after the war and begins a new life in Pittsburgh, marrying and raising a family there. Like many survivors, Sittsamer buried his past and refused to speak to his children about his experiences. Now at the other end of his life, as depicted in Mazel, Sittsamer has begun speaking out. He finds an urgent need and a sense of purpose in these lectures. And that, unfortunately, does nothing to soothe his prickly relationship with his daughter Pearl. When she was a child, he would never talk about this essential fact of his life. Now she sees him sharing it with strangers. Things go from unsteady to much worse with the arrival of Martin, a 19-year-old German spending a year abroad learning about and working with Holocaust survivors. Pearl not only doesn’t forgive the Germans, she can’t see why anyone should … especially her father, who has taken Martin under his wing.

The talk-back will feature Mazel’s esteemed playwright, Amy Hartman, the show’s cast, and acclaimed director, Kathleen Butler, who will be flying in from New York to direct this compelling piece of theatre.

Tuesday, April 29 6:00-8:30pm
Arizona Jewish Historical Society
Cutler Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center
122 E. Culver St.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Tickets: $36/person
Refreshments will be served.
All ticket proceeds will support the Holocaust education initiatives of PHA and AZJHS.

May Cafe Europa
2025-05-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Congregation Beth Israel, 10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85253
May 18, 2025 @1:00pm
Congregation Beth Israel
10460 North 56th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85253
To Pay online: PHXHA.COM/CONNECT/
Contact Susan Getz: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM

Café Europa
2025-06-22 13:00 - 15:00 | Beth El Congregation, 1118 W GLENDALE AVE, PHOENIX, Glendale, AZ, 85021
June 22, 2025 @ 1:00pm at Beth El Congregation 1118 W Glendale Ave. Phoenix, AZ
Free for Holocaust survivors and drivers.
Guest meals $25 Payable in advance, online, by mail or at the door.
Mail checks to: PHA,
12701 North Scottsdale Road #122
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
To Pay online: PHXHA.COM/CONNECT/
Contact Susan Getz: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM or 480-246-9551
RSVP with Susan by Wednesday June 18.

A Day at the Heard Museum is Cancelled
2025-06-25 13:00 - 15:00 | The Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, 85004
PHA invites you to join us for a memorable tour of artistic
exploration and engaging company at the Heard Museum.
Experience the rich and vibrant world of American Indian art,
showcasing a diverse range of traditional and contemporary works.
Cost: $13.00 per person (20 person limit)
June 25, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Location: 2301 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004
*The tour is about two hours long. We will NOT be
providing transportation through Envoy but will do
our best to personally pick up anyone who may need
a ride.

PHA Annual Ice Cream Social
2025-07-27 13:00 - 14:30 | Beth El Congregation, 1118 W GLENDALE AVE, PHOENIX, Glendale, AZ, 85021
Pay online: https://phoenixhsa.formstack.com/forms/cafe_europa
RSVP: Susan Getz: suze0000@gmail.com or 480-246-9551

Jewish Community Day with the Arizona Diamondbacks
2025-08-10 13:00 | Chase Field, 401 E Jefferson St, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, United States
We’re excited to be a part of Jewish Community Day with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday, August 10, 2025, at 1:10 pm, at Chase Field! This annual event brings together hundreds from across our Jewish community for a day of baseball, pride, and connection.
Date: Sunday, August 10, 2025
Location: Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ
Opponent: Colorado Rockies
Organized by: Center for Jewish Philanthropy of Greater Phoenix
Event Website: phoenixcjp.org/diamondbacks
Ticket Information

Special Event Ticket Package: Includes a D-backs Hebrew clear drawstring bag (limited quantity available).
Youth Tickets (15 & under): $25 with a free upgrade to the seating location for additional tickets. Limit of 2 youth per 1 adult discounted Special Event ticket.
To Obtain Youth Ticket Code: Contact Johanna Imperial at jimperial@dbacks.com or text 602.462.4113 with your full name and number of children under 15.
Pricing ranges from $27-$70 per person based on section.

Event Highlights

National Anthem: Performed by the Jewish Community Choir.
Holocaust Survivor Kathy Gross to throw the first pitch!
Kosher Food Truck: Back by popular demand, we will have a kosher food truck from Fata Morgana available for anyone to purchase delicious kosher food from during the day.
Community Area: Organized by the Center for Jewish Philanthropy, located under/behind Banner Health Centered Field near Section 145W.

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PHA Back to School Night
2025-08-14 17:00 - 20:00 | Scottsdale Community, 9000 E Chaparral Rd, Scottsdale, az, 85256
PHA has a host of wonderful programs in store for educators this school year. Learn more by joining our Back-to-School Night
Register: https://phoenixhsa.formstack.com/forms/back_to_school_night_for_teachers

3GAZ Sunday Brunch
2025-08-17 09:30 - 11:30 | Little Pickle, 2525 E. CAMELBACK RD, Phoenix, Arizona, 85016
August 17th @ 9:30-11:30 am at Little Pickle at the Esplanade.
Come and hang out with other 3Gs! https://www.littlepickleaz.com/
RSVP: by August 16th @ 3GAZ@phxha.com

Introduction to Jewish History
2025-09-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Scottsdale Community, 9000 E Chaparral Rd, Scottsdale, az, 85256
Registration: https://jewishstudies.asu.edu/teachhistory
In partnership with Scottsdale Community College Anthropology Department and Arizona State University Jewish Studies, PHA invites you to our inaugural speaker series event, “Introduction to Jewish History.”
Introduction to Jewish History is a crash course in the Jewish historical experience from Late Antiquity to the Holocaust. It presents the major periods, geographies, trends, and concepts that have shaped Jewish history.
This is event is free and open to the public.

Event Speaker: Dr. Stanley Mirvis
Director, Center for Jewish Studies
Associate Professor, History
Harold and Jean Grossman Chair of Jewish Studies
School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies
Arizona State University

Café Europa
2025-09-14 13:00 - 15:00 | Congregation Beth Israel, 10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85253
September 14 @ 1:00pm
CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL, 10460 NORTH 56TH STREET, SCOTTSDALE, AZ
FREE FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND DRIVERS.
GUEST MEALS $25 PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, ONLINE,
BY MAIL OR AT THE DOOR.
MAIL CHECKS TO: PHA, 12701 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD #122 SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85254
TO PAY ONLINE: PHXHA.COM/CONNECT/
CONTACT SUSAN GETZ: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM
RSVP with Susan by Wednesday, September 10. Cancellations within two days of the event will incur a $25 charge per guest.

3GAZ Babka Bake
2025-09-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Homestead Community Center, 18600 N. 98 St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85255
You’re invited to join us for a fun evening of baking! We welcome all 3Gs and their guests who are in 5th grade and up.
For just $36 per person, you’ll get everything you need to make a delicious Chocolate Babka, including all supplies and ingredients.
Mark your calendars for September 18, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Registration: https://phoenixhsa.formstack.com/forms/3g_babka_bake_1

Location: Homestead Community Center, 18600 N 98th St, Scottsdale, AZ 85255

3GAZ Sukkot Circle of Sharing
2025-10-11 19:00 - 21:00 | AZ
Saturday, October 11th, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
RSVP By October 10th: http://bit.ly/4nFEFua

October Café Europa
2025-10-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Beth El Congregation, 1118 W GLENDALE AVE, PHOENIX, Glendale, AZ, 85021
To RSVP and pay online: https://phoenixholocaustassociation.app.neoncrm.com/event.jsp?event=156&

The Murray and Sabina Zemel z”l Educators Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide
2025-11-04 09:00 - 16:30 | Franciscan Renewal Center, 5802 E. Lincoln Drive, Scottsdale, AZ, 85253
Register: jewishstudies.asu.edu/zemel2025

Please join us for a free all-day professional development opportunity for teachers.
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Franciscan Renewal Center
5802 E. Lincoln Drive, Scottsdale, AZ

Kristallnacht Shabbat Dinner
2025-11-07 18:00 - 21:00 | Congregation Beth Tefillah, 10636 N 71st Pl, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254
RSVP: Shabbat Dinner – Event – Congregation Beth Tefillah of Arizona
Family and friends are welcome!
If you are a 3G (grandchild of a Holocaust survivor), please add “3GAZ” in the notes section when registering.
Friday, November 7, 20256:00 PM – 9:00 PMCongregation Beth Tefillah10636 N 71st Pl, Scottsdale, AZ 85254Featuring a special guest speaker from 3GAZ

Echoes from the Night of Broken Glass
2025-11-09 16:00 - 17:30 | Temple Kol Ami, 15030 N 64th Street, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254
Register: https://phoenixholocaustassociation.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/phoenixholocaustassociation/event.jsp?event=4&
Survivors and descendants of survivors will be sharing how their families experienced and survived the Night of Broken Glass in November 1938 and how those events ultimately spurred all of them to flee Germany or Austria forever. Following their testimonies, Sheryl Ochayon, Project Director for Yad Vashem’s Echoes & Reflections, will speak about the legacy of the Night of Broken Glass and its echoes today, as we confront contemporary antisemitism.
This event is co-hosted by Phoenix Holocaust Association and Arizona Jewish Historical Society.
It will be held in the sanctuary of Temple Kol Ami.
15030 N 64th Street
Scottsdale AZ 85254

Fractured Childhoods
2025-11-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Scottsdale Community, 9000 E Chaparral Rd, Scottsdale, az, 85256
Registration: https://phoenixholocaustassociation.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F25204

In partnership with Scottsdale Community College Anthropology Department and Arizona State University Jewish Studies, PHA invites you to our speaker series event, “Fractured Childhoods: A conversation with Holocaust Survivor Hana Miley and Indian Boarding School Survivor Dr. Ramona Klein.”
Free to attend, but you must register
November 10, 2025 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Scottsdale Community College
9000 E Chaparral Rd, Scottsdale, AZ

November Café Europa
2025-11-16 13:00 - 15:00 | Congregation Beth Israel, 10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85253
To Pay online: https://phoenixholocaustassociation.app.neoncrm.com/event.jsp?event=6&
Contact Susan Getz: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM or 480-246-9551
RSVP with Susan by Wednesday, November 12th.
November 16, 2025 @ 1:00 PM
Congregation Beth Israel
10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale, AZ
Free for Holocaust survivors and drivers.
Guest meals $25 Payable in advance, online, by mail or at the door.
Mail checks to: PHA,
12701 North Scottsdale Road #122
Scottsdale, AZ 85254

World Premiere of the documentary on Hanna's life story i was 8814
2025-11-18 17:00 - 20:00 | Herberger Theater Center, 222 E Monroe St, Phoenix,, Phoenix, AZ, 85004
The documentary i was 8814, the story of Hanna Zack Miley’s life––a story of forgiveness and reconciliation––features Hanna, a Jewish Holocaust survivor and Verena Lang, the daughter of a Nazi leader who opened the door for Hitler’s annexation (Anschluss) of Austria in 1938. The film will be screened for its World Premiere on November 18 at the beautiful historic Herberger Theater in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona. We invite you to join us. Ticket Purchase: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/82549908/i-was-8814documentary-world-premiere-phoenix-events-the-herberger-theater-center?gclid=

The program:
5:00 PM: Welcome and Reception
6:00 PM: Film Screening
7:30 PM: Q&A with Hanna and the film team
8:00 PM: Meet & Greet (Buy a copy of Hanna’s autobiography, A garland for Ashes, and have her personally sign it.)
Tickets:
We created 3 tiers of tickets to make this event as accessible as possible to friends, family, students and community members.
+ Student Admission: $8
+ General Admission: $18
+ VIP Admission: $48 (Includes premium seating, a signed copy of Hanna’s autobiography, and a full color film poster)

December Café Europa
2025-12-14 13:00 - 15:00 | Beth El Congregation, 1118 W GLENDALE AVE, PHOENIX, Glendale, AZ, 85021
December 14, 2025 @ 1:00 PM
To Pay online: https://phoenixholocaustassociation.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/phoenixholocaustassociation/event.jsp?event=213&
Beth El Congregation
1118 W Glendale Ave, Phoenix
Free for Holocaust survivors and drivers.
Guest meals $25 Payable in advance, online, by mail 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
RSVP with Susan by Wednesday, December 12th.
