AJHS Book Discussion We Were the Lucky Ones
2025-01-09 14:00 (America/Phoenix)
We Were the Lucky Ones
By Georgia Hunter
Discussion led by Sheryl Bronkesh, Phoenix Holocaust Association
Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 2PM
Discussion via ZOOM
Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite—We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.
It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer. The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships threatening Jews in their hometown of Radom, Poland. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable and the Kurcs will be flung to the far corners of the world, each desperately trying to navigate his or her own path to safety.
As one sibling is forced into exile, another attempts to flee the continent, while others struggle to escape certain death, either by working grueling hours on empty stomachs in the factories of the ghetto or by hiding as gentiles in plain sight. Driven by an unwavering will to survive and by the fear that they may never see one another again, the Kurcs must rely on hope, ingenuity, and inner strength to persevere.
An extraordinary, propulsive novel, We Were the Lucky Ones demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century’s darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive.

Rosenbluth Family Charitable Foundation Genocide Awareness Week 2025
2025-03-31 - 2025-04-04
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

Author Discussion
2025-10-12 13:00 - 14:00
Award-winning author Mark Hass will discuss his acclaimed historical novel, The Days Before Tomorrow.
Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XeklzV2VRfKhxDLXtCHEYw
Winner of the 19th Annual National Indie Excellence Award for New Fiction, The Days Before Tomorrow is a gripping coming-of-age novel set in Eastern Europe between the World Wars. When violence shatters their world, siblings Wolchi and Leja embark on a perilous journey that exposes the depths of history and humanity.

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.)
