HANUKKAH CELEBRATION Sunday Dec 18, 2022 @ 1 PM Beth El Congregation 1118 W Glendale Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85021 Musical Entertainment by Pianist Deena Cukier 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 CONTACT SUSAN GETZ: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM OR 480-246-9551

  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

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....

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  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’...