Making Monsters: Why Dehumanization Matters at GAW at ASU West Valley Campus

ASU West Campus 4701 W Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ

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...

Pesach I

Passover; the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Pesach II

Passover; the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Pesach VII

Passover; the Feast of Unleavened Bread

2025 Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration

Symphony Hall 75 N 2nd St, Phoenix, AZ

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

Arizona Jewish Historical Society 122 E. Culver, Phoenix, AZ, 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...