Phoenix Holocaust Association

Little Boy, I Know Your Name A Second-Generation Memoir from Inherited Holocaust Trauma
2025-02-19 10:30 (America/Phoenix)
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

February Café Europa
2025-02-09 13:00 - 15:00 | 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.

We Were the Lucky Ones
2025-01-23 18:00 - 21:00 | Chaparral High School, 6935 east Gold Dust Ave, Scottsdale, az, 85253
Online registration has closed. Admission at the door on January 23rd will be $40/person, payable by cash or check only.

In partnership with the Center for Jewish Philanthropy, please join the Phoenix Holocaust Association for an evening with New York Times bestselling author Georgia Hunter and Critics’ Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actress Winner Busy Philipps.
When Georgia Hunter was fifteen years old, she discovered that she came from a family of Holocaust survivors. Years later, she embarked on a journey of intensive research, determined to unearth and record her family’s remarkable story. The result is the New York Times best seller, We Were the Lucky Ones, which has been published in over 20 languages and adapted for television by Hulu as an eight-part limited series. Hunter’s searing novel is the story of a Jewish family ripped away from each other at the start of the German and Russian occupation of Poland on the eve of World War II, and their extraordinary journey back to each other—a story based on Hunter’s grandfather’s real Holocaust survival story.

Ms. Hunter will be interviewed by Chaparral High School alumna actress Busy Philipps, who has starred in many critically acclaimed television series including Dawson’s Creek, Cougar Town and Girls5eva, and whose filmography includes Made of Honor, He’s Just Not That Into You and Mean Girls.

Event Sponsors (in formation)
Julee Landau & Robert Shahon
Buchanan Programme & Marley Kornreich
ASU Jewish Studies
Arizona Jewish Historical Society
Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival
Valley Beit Midrash
The Driver Provider

January Café Europa
2025-01-12 13:00 - 15:00
To Pay online: PHXHA.COM/CONNECT/
Contact Susan Getz: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM

AJHS Book Discussion We Were the Lucky Ones
2025-01-09 14:00
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.

Chanukah: 8 Candles
2025-01-01
Hanukkah; the Jewish festival of rededication

Chanukah: 7 Candles
2024-12-31

Chanukah: 6 Candles
2024-12-30

Chanukah in Carefree Nightly Menorah Lighting
2024-12-29 17:30 - 19:00 | Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion, 101 Easy Street, Carefree, AZ, 85377, United States
For More Information: https://chanukahincarefree.com/

Chanukah: 5 Candles
2024-12-29

Chanukah: 4 Candles
2024-12-28

Chanukah: 3 Candles
2024-12-27

Chanukah: 2 Candles
2024-12-26

Chanukah: 1 Candle
2024-12-25

Book Discussion of Georgia Hunter's We Were the Lucky Ones
2024-12-22 14:00 - 15:30
RSVP FOR DECEMBER BOOK DISCUSSION TO: lesliefeldman.pha@gmail.com
January Event Link: https://phoenixhsa.formstack.com/forms/an_evening_with_georgia_hunter

December Café Europa
2024-12-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Beth El Congregation, 1118 W Glendale Ave,, Phoenix, AZ, 85021
To Pay online:

PHXHA.COM/CONNECT/
or
Contact Susan Getz:
SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM

Courage and Memory: Bridging Holocaust Education with Commemoration of October 7th
2024-12-11 19:00 - 20:30
Registration: https://tinyurl.com/5bv5w7rs

3GAZ Spring Planning Meeting
2024-11-24 10:00 - 12:00 | Coffee Plantation, 7366 E. Shea Blvd. #101, Scottsdale, AZ, 85260, United States
RSVP: 3GAZ@phxha@gmail.com

Visiting the Past: An online discussion with 3Gs Jennifer Sosnow and Adena Bernstein
2024-11-14 18:30 - 20:00
REGISTER: 3gaz@phxha.com

Café Europa
2024-11-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Congregation Beth Israel, 10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85253

Keynote Speaker: Carl Wilkens
2024-10-29 15:30 - 16:30 | Arizona Jewish Historical Society, 122 E. Culver, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, United States
The Keynote is Open to the Community

Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSem7Cc0VLQeSX7M0yTa8B9DXwXXP05IgRR9KVzoRAmGSelBKA/viewform

Murray & Sabina Zemel z"l Educators Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide
2024-10-29 09:30 - 15:30 | Burton Barr Library, 1221 N. Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ, 85004
The program will be held at Burton Barr Library in Phoenix and will conclude with renowned keynote speaker Carl Wilkens – the only American rescuer who remained in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. Sessions include the opportunity to hear the testimony of a local Holocaust survivor, and to learn from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History’s Arizona History Teacher of the Year Mr. Ashley Crose.
The entire program is free.
Books will be available for teachers and their students at no cost. Please bring a bag or two for the free books you select.
Participants will obtain a certificate for CE units.
Please contact us at info@phxha.com if you have any questions.
We look forward to seeing you on October 29.
Registration: The Murray and Sabina Zemel z”l Educators Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide | Jewish Studies (asu.edu)

Simchat Torah
2024-10-25
Day of Celebrating the Torah

Shmini Atzeret
2024-10-24
Eighth Day of Assembly

Sukkot VII (Hoshana Raba)
2024-10-23
Feast of Booths

Sukkot VI (CH''M)
2024-10-22

Sukkot V (CH''M)
2024-10-21

Café Europa
2024-10-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Beth El Congregation, 1118 W Glendale Ave,, Phoenix, AZ, 85021
To Pay online : https://phoenixhsa.formstack.com/forms/cafe_europa_in_a_bag

Contact Susan Getz : SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM

Sukkot IV (CH''M)
2024-10-20

Circle of Sharing Event: In a Sukkah Under the Stars
2024-10-19 19:00 - 21:00
