Sukkot VI (CH''M)
2024-10-22 | Arizona
Feast of Booths

Sukkot VII (Hoshana Raba)
2024-10-23 | Arizona

Shmini Atzeret
2024-10-24 | Arizona
Eighth Day of Assembly

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

Murray & Sabina Zemel z"l Educators Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide
2024-10-29 09:30 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | 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)

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

Café Europa
2024-11-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Congregation Beth Israel, 10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85253
To Pay online:
PHXHA.COM/CONNECT/
or
Contact Susan Getz:
SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM

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

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

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

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

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

Chanukah: 1 Candle
2024-12-25 | Arizona
Hanukkah; the Jewish festival of rededication

Chanukah: 2 Candles
2024-12-26 | Arizona

Chanukah: 3 Candles
2024-12-27 | Arizona

Chanukah: 4 Candles
2024-12-28 | Arizona

Chanukah: 5 Candles
2024-12-29 | Arizona

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: 6 Candles
2024-12-30 | Arizona

Chanukah: 7 Candles
2024-12-31 | Arizona

Chanukah: 8 Candles
2025-01-01 | Arizona

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

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

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
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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.

Little Boy, I Know Your Name A Second-Generation Memoir from Inherited Holocaust Trauma
2025-02-19 10:30 | Arizona
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

Film screening of "The Property" with 3GAZ
2025-03-02 15:00 - 19:00 | Shea Harkins, 7354 E Shea Blvd, scottsdale, AZ, 85260 Most popular places at this ad, United States
Join 3GAZ for a film screening of “The Property” during the Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 3:00 pm. Join us for a no-host dinner after the film/talk at 5:30pm at Pita Jungle. If you’d like to join us for the dinner after the film/talk RSVP at: 3gaz@phxha.com.
Purchase tickets for the film: https://gpjff.org/events/property/

*This event features a post-screening talkback right after the movie with Dr. Anna Cichopek-Gajraj from ASU’s School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies. The film plus talkback is a total of 2 1/2 hours.

March Café Europa
2025-03-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Beth El Congregation, 1118 W Glendale Ave,, Phoenix, AZ, 85021
March 9, 2025 @ 1:00pm at Beth El Congregation 1118 W. Glendale Ave., Phoenix, AZ
To Pay online: PHXHA.COM/CONNECT/
Contact Elaine Goldenthal: elainegoldenthal@gmail.com

Erev Purim
2025-03-13 | Arizona
Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther

Book Talk by Charlotte Adelman and Mala Blomquist
2025-03-30 12:00 - 15:00 | Beth El Congregation, 1118 W Glendale Ave,, Phoenix, AZ, 85021
REGISTER: https://www.bethelphoenix.com/event/charlotte
Holocaust survivor Charlotte Adelman and writer/editor Mala Blomquist discuss and read passages from their new book, Charlotte: A Holocaust Story of Strength, Courage, and Hope. Dessert reception to follow.
Charlotte Adelman was born on March 26, 1932, in Paris, France. She grew up in a traditional Jewish household with her mother, Rose, her father, Herszle, and her brother, Max. Her early years were marked by a picturesque childhood, filled with love and happiness.
Everything changed when Charlotte was just ten years old. The Nazi invasion of France and occupation of Paris brought terror and upheaval to her life.
For the next four years, Charlotte lived in constant danger, fleeing for her safety on six separate occasions. During this time, the Nazis were systematically rounding up Jews for deportation to concentration camps in Eastern Europe. Tragically, her mother, Rose, was among those deported and perished in Auschwitz, a notorious concentration camp in Poland.
By the end of the war, Charlotte had been separated from her family for nearly five years. She was reunited with her father shortly after the war ended and, following two years of tireless searching through Red Cross facilities, she was finally reunited with her brother, Max.
After the war, Charlotte returned to Paris and lived there until 1957 when she immigrated to Montréal, Canada. It was there that she met Alex, the love of her life. Together, they built a life filled with love and joy, sharing 50 years of marriage until Alex’s passing in 2011. They raised two wonderful children and became proud grandparents to two grandsons.
Today, Charlotte is an active member of the Phoenix Holocaust Survivors Association, where she attends regular meetings and contributes to the community. In collaboration with Steven Spielberg and the Shoah Foundation, Charlotte’s story was documented on video. Her testimony is preserved and available at each of the six major Holocaust museums worldwide.
Charlotte’s story stands as a powerful testament to resilience and remembrance. Among the 76,000 Parisians who perished in the Holocaust, her mother, Rose, is honored at the Holocaust Museum in Paris, built in 2005 to memorialize those who were lost.
