World Premiere of the documentary on Hanna's life story i was 8814
2025-11-18 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Phoenix) | 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, 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.

3GAZ Hanukkah Party
2025-12-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Homestead Community Center, 18600 N. 98 St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85255
RSVP: https://phoenixholocaustassociation.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/phoenixholocaustassociation/event.jsp?event=214&

8th Night of Chanukah Phoenix Holocaust Association
2025-12-21 17:30 - 19:30 | Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion, 101 Easy Street, Carefree, AZ, 85377, United States
Sunday, December 21st
5:30pm MST
8th NIGHT
Phoenix Holocaust Association

Featured Speaker: Holocaust Survivor Dr. Michael Markson

For More Information: Chanukah in Carefree – Carefree, AZ
Livestream Available

(Traditional sufganiyot and hot coffee will be served.)

January Café Europa Annual Meeting and Elections
2026-01-11 13:00 - 15:00 | AZ
To Pay online: https://phoenixholocaustassociation.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/phoenixholocaustassociation/event.jsp?event=226&
Contact Susan Getz: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM or 480-246-9551
RSVP with Susan by Wednesday, January 7th.
January 11, 2026 @ 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

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Event Featuring Author Lois Lowry
2026-01-26 | Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, az, 85254
In Honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Two-time Newbery Medal Awardee author Lois Lowry will discuss her motivation for writing Number the Stars and the impact that it has had on Holocaust education.

Two program times available:

Program #1: 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Talk and Q&A followed by 45-minute book signing and light refreshments.
Program #1 is SOLD OUT

Program #2: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Talk and Q&A followed by 45-minute book signing and light refreshments.
Registration has closed. Walk-ins for Session 2 may arrive at 6:30pm and purchase tickets at the check-in table.

Monday, January 26, 2026
The Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus
$36/ticket for non PHA members
$18/ticket for PHA members
Students are Free

Copies of Number the Stars may be purchased during registration at a discounted tax-free rate:
Paperback: $5.69
Distribution will occur at two valley locations in early January, or you may pick up your copy the evening of the event.

Event Sponsor: Buchanan Programme & Marley Kornreich

FOR THE LIVING
2026-02-03 16:30 - 19:30 | AZ

2026 Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival Featured Holocaust Films
2026-02-12 - 2026-03-01 | AZ
It’s that time of year! The 2026 Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival is almost here, featuring powerful and moving films about the Holocaust.

February 12 – March 1, 2026

The Phoenix Holocaust Association is proud to co-sponsor the documentary Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire, screening Sunday, February 22. https://gpjff.org/events/eliewiesel/

Don’t miss this unforgettable film and an outstanding festival lineup.
Get tickets and learn more: https://gpjff.org/

February Café Europa
2026-02-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Congregation Beth Israel, 10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85253
FEBRUARY 15, 2026 @ 1:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
10460 N 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
CONTACT SUSAN GETZ: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM OR 480-246-9551

Documentary Film Screening: Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire
2026-02-22 15:00 | AZ
Ticket Purchase: Elie Wiesel: Soul On Fire – Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival
Experience the most intimate portrait ever made of Elie Wiesel. With exclusive access to his family and told through his own voice, Soul on Fire moves beyond the headlines to reveal the husband, father, and teacher. Featuring stunning painted animation and rare archival footage, this film traces his path from a childhood in the Holocaust to his emergence as a global humanitarian. It is a deeply moving celebration of a soul who transformed his own survival into a message of hope for the world. Don’t miss this opportunity to see how the world changed Wiesel, and how he, in turn, changed the world.
Followed by Q & A with Director Oren Rudavsky. Co-sponsored by the Phoenix Holocaust Association and the Hilton Family Holocaust Education Center
Harkins Chandler Fashion February 22, 2026, at 3:00pm.

March Café Europa
2026-03-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Congregation Beth Israel, 10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85253
March 15, 2026 @1:00pm
Congregation Beth Israel
10460 N 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
Contact Susan Getz: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM or
480-246-9551

The Teacher of Lost Orphans
2026-03-22 15:00 - 16:00 | AZ
Join 3GAZ and Phoenix Holocaust Association for a discussion and reading with local 3G author Malka Daskal, featuring her new novel The Teacher of Lost Orphans.

Sunday, March 22 | 3:00–4:00 PM
North Scottsdale
(location shared upon registration)
Free event | Registration required
Seating is limited
Set in the Cyprus internment camps after the Holocaust, this powerful work of historical fiction highlights a little-known chapter of Jewish history, as survivors rebuilt their lives and prepared for a future in a Jewish homeland. Inspired by the author’s own family story, the novel blends careful research with personal legacy.

Sam Hilton Educators Conference
2026-03-24 09:00 - 15:30 | Scottsdale Community, 9000 E Chaparral Rd, Scottsdale, az, 85256
Teaching the Holocaust Using the Humanities

Sign-in: Begins at 8:30 AM, with a light breakfast served.
Morning Session: Teaching the Holocaust Using the Humanities.
All morning programming and lunch will take place at SCC, Indigenous Cultural Center. Lunch will be provided.
Afternoon Session: Begins at 1:00 PM at the Tempe History Museum.
This session will focus on Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein and liberator Kurt Klein.
Teachers who attend the full day will earn 6 CEUs.
Substitute reimbursement is available for 20 teachers—first come, first served.
This event is free, but teachers must register.
Open to all teachers, grades 6 -12, ELA, social studies, and other disciplines
For questions, contact Kim Klett: kimklett5@gmail.com

Making the Unbearable a Bit More Bearable
2026-03-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Scottsdale Community, 9000 E Chaparral Rd, Scottsdale, az, 85256
The Work of Forensic Anthropologists and Archaeologists in Bosnia
In partnership with Scottsdale Community College Anthropology Department and Arizona State University, PHA invites you to our next speaker series event, Making the Unbearable a Bit More Bearable: The Work of Forensic Anthropologists and Archaeologists in Bosnia.
Thursday, March 26, 2026
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Through case studies from post-war Bosnia, this presentation explores how forensic evidence contributes to historical documentation, judicial accountability, and the restoration of dignity to victims and their families, while highlighting the ethical and humanitarian dimensions of this work.

Event Speaker: Dr. Lisa Marsio
Dr. Lisa Marsio is a professor of archaeology and biological anthropology at Scottsdale Community College. She received a B.A in Classical Archaeology, and an M.A, and Ph.D in Near Eastern Archaeology all from the University of Arizona. Her fieldwork focuses on Late Bronze and Iron Age sites in Northern Israel. Her research on the work of forensic anthropologists in Bosnia is a result of a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship awarded the summer of 2017.
Refreshments will be provided.
This event is free and open to the public.

2026 Community-wide Yom HaShoah Commemoration
2026-04-12 16:00 - 17:30 | AZ
Register for our community-wide Yom HaShoah Commemoration
Sunday, April 12, 2026
4:00 pm
Advance registration is requested. The event location in Central Phoenix will be provided after registration confirmation.

2026 Yom HaShoah Book of Remembrance

As part of our Yom HaShoah Commemoration, we pay tribute to those family members who perished in the Shoah and honor those who survived in a Book of Remembrance.
Click the button below to submit your tribute.

Rosenbluth Family Charitable Foundation Genocide Awareness Week 2026
2026-04-13 - 2026-04-16 | AZ
Monday, April 13 – Thursday, April 16, 2026

The theme of GAW 2026 is to examine some of the ways in which the global retreat from democracy and new authoritarianism connect with historic and contemporary cases of genocide. In the present era, the world is experiencing a resurgence in extremism, exclusionary nationalism, and authoritarianism. At the same time, democracies, even longstanding, stable ones, have experienced erosion and backsliding in democratic processes, practices, and institutions. These trends are highly concerning given that authoritarian states are particularly prone to genocide and mass violence.

Book & Author event with National Magazine Award-winning journalist Bonny Reichert
2026-04-30 18:30 - 20:00 | AZ
Thursday, April 30, 2026
6:30pm-8:00pm

Private home in Scottsdale (address will be provided after registering)
Join PHA for an intimate evening with award-winning 2G author Bonny Reichert who will discuss her book How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love and Plenty.
Light fare will be served.
Discounted copies of How to Share an Egg may be purchased in the RSVP link until April 1.
This event is limited to 40 guests.

May Café Europa
2026-05-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Beth El Congregation, 1118 W Glendale Ave,, Phoenix, AZ, 85021
