Chanukah in Carefree Fifth Night

Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion 101 Easy Street, Carefree, AZ, United States

  Dr. Hersch Altman will be present to share his experiences during the Holocaust and provide great insight into his amazing story of survival. For More Information: https://www.carefree.org/holidays-in-carefree

Generations After ‘No Greater Love…’

Wednesday, Jan. 11 | 10-11:30 a.m. Guest speaker: Holocaust survivor and author Dirk Van Leenen The free program will be held at the East Valley JCC. Refreshments will be provided. Reservations are required. Dirk Van Leenen was born in 1940 just after the war had begun in The Netherlands. He has several degrees in horticulture and floral design and has spent his life working with flowers. At the University of Leiden, he studied English and he worked a number of years in Holland as an English teacher. For years, he used to tell stories about his experiences during the Second World War in Holland and his children and grandchildren always urged him to write a book about those difficult times....

CAFÉ EUROPA

P H A  A N N U A L M E E T I N G & I N S T A L L A T I O N J A N U A R Y  2 2 , 2 0 2 3 @ 1 2 : 0 0 P M C O N G R E G A T I O N O R T Z I O N 1 6 4 1 5 N 9 0 T H S T , S C O T T S D A L E , A Z 8 5 2 6 0   FREE FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS & DRIVERS GUEST MEALS - $20 (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE OR AT THE DOOR) MAIL...

Love, Music, and Resiliency In The Shadow Of The Holocaust

  6 p.m. Jan. 22, 2023 Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $18, $36 and $54 Purchase at the center's box office or online at scottsdaleperformingarts.org   MusicaNova Orchestra and ASU's Center for Jewish Studies present one man's story of finding hope and love in an all-Jewish orchestra as Nazi oppression accelerated in 1930s Germany. The evening begins with the movie Winter Journey, based on classical radio host Martin Goldsmith's book, The Inextinguishable Symphony, followed by a Q&A with Mr. Goldsmith. The orchestra performs the final piece the Jewish orchestra rehearsed: an ironic slap at their oppressors, Nielsen's Fourth Symphony powerfully proclaims that "music is life, and like life, inextinguishable." Local choirs join the orchestra for the finale, Sibelius’...

In Honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Temple Solel 6805 E McDonald Dr, Paradise Valley, Arizona

*Please mark this important event in your calendars. January 29, 2023 7:00 p.m. Temple Solel 6805 E McDonald Dr, Paradise Valley, AZ 85253 How Can we Understand Contemporary Antisemitism? Michael Berenbaum, a Holocaust scholar who played a leading role in the creation of the USHMM and the content of its permanent exhibition, will address this difficult topic. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at the American Jewish University. Event is free and open to public. Questions contact Tara Marcaussen @ tmarcussen@templesolel.org This event is sponsored by NAU’s Martin-Springer Institute, Temple Solel, and the Phoenix Holocaust Association.

Online Book Discussion with Author Dan Grunfeld: By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy and an Unprecedented American Dream

  By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy and an Unprecedented American Dream Feb 15th @ 5:00 pm MST Register: https://tinyurl.com/mr3ebppa Dan Grunfeld is 3rd Generation Holocaust Descendant, a former professional basketball player, an accomplished writer, and a proud graduate of Stanford University. Join us when he discusses his family's multi-generational epic detailing history's only known journey from Auschwitz to the NBA. From the grips of the Nazis to the top of the Olympic podium, from the cheap seats to center stage at Madison Square Garden, from yellow stars to silver spoons, this complex tale traverses the spectrum of the human experience to detail how perseverance, love, and legacy can survive through generations, carried on the...

Café Europa

C O N G R E G A T I O N O R T Z I O N 1 6 4 1 5 N 9 0 T H S T, scottsdale, AZ, United States

  F E B R U A R Y 1 9 , 2 0 2 3 @ 1 : 0 0 P M C O N G R E G A T I O N O R T Z I O N 1 6 4 1 5 N 9 0 T H S T S C O T T S D A L E , A Z 8 5 2 6 0 MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT BY GUITARIST GAL DRIMMER FREE FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS & DRIVERS GUEST MEALS - $20 (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE OR AT THE DOOR) MAIL CHECKS TO: PHA, 12701 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD #122 SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85254 To RSVP and pay online for Café Europa https://phoenixhsa.formstack.com/forms/cafe_europa_in_a_bag CONTACT SUSAN GETZ: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM...

Teacher Workshop and Tik Tok Competition

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

Teacher training will be focused on using TikTok in the classroom and using Survivor oral histories to teach the Holocaust. Thursday, February 23, 2023 from 9AM to 11AM (MST) at the Arizona Jewish Historical Society, 122 E. Culver, Phoenix, AZ 85004. There are financial incentives for teachers. To Learn more Visit: https://www.azjhs.org/azjhs-oskar-knoblauch-tiktok-contest