In Honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
2023-01-29 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Phoenix) | Temple Solel, 6805 E McDonald Dr, Paradise Valley, Arizona, 85253
*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
2023-02-15 17:00
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 shoulders of a simple and beautiful game.

Café Europa
2023-02-19 13:00 - 15:00 | 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, 85260, United States
F E B R U A R Y 1 9 , 2 0 2 3 @ 1 : 0 0 P M
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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
OR 480-246-9551

Teacher Workshop and Tik Tok Competition
2023-02-23 09:00 - 11:00 | Arizona Jewish Historical Society, 122 E. Culver, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, 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

Holding onto the Hate Let the Haters Win
2023-02-24 10:00 - 12:00
Friday, February 24, 2023, 10AM-12PM (MST)
Featured Guest: Holocaust Survivor, Andrew Schot
Andrew Schot was 9 years old in 1940 when the Germans invaded the Netherlands. He was almost two years younger than Anne Frank and about 5 years younger than her sister Margot.
Jewish students were banned from educational institutions, forced into smaller Jews only schools, this is where Andrew met Anne and through Anne, her sister Margot. While Andrew did not grow up in a Jewish home and was not considered a Jew according to Jewish Law (Andrew’s father was Jewish, his mother was not), Andrew was labeled a full blooded Jew by the anti-Semitic Nuremberg Laws. He was forced to wear a yellow star and recalls a sign in a store window: “No Jews allowed when humans are on the premises”.
His father, after receiving a relocation notice, went into hiding, returning to his home on weekends. He was caught and Andrew later found out he was taken to Bergen-Belsen. Andrew and his sister who was six years older, went into hiding, explaining to their mother that it would be better for all if they left. After surviving on the run for two years, careful to never stay in one place for more than a day, they were caught, loaded into trucks then cattle cars, separated from one another, Andrew’s sister’s train went to Dachau, Andrew’s was destined for Bergen-Belsen.
After liberation Andrew made his way to the United States, where was drafted into the U.S. Army, later transferring to the Air Force where he served for 26 years. Andrew didn’t tell anyone — including his wife and kids — about his own family’s World War II tragedy until the mid 90s. Since then Andrew has spoken to countless students, adults, military, and every graduating class of the Tucson Police Department. Andrew shares the importance of speaking up against prejudice and greed, not forgetting but also not permitting hate to have a role in his life.
REGISTER: https://www.azjhs.org/holocaust-survivor-conversations

3GAZ Multi-Generational Purim Celebration
2023-03-05 15:00 - 17:00 | Horizon Park, 15444 N. 100th Street, scottsdale, AZ, 85260, United States
Sunday, March 5th 3-5 pm (In-person)
Horizon Park Ramada #2
15444 N. 100th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
RSVP by March 1 at 3gaz@phxha.com

Erev Purim
2023-03-06
Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther

Online Discussion Miriam Friedmann
2023-03-08 17:00
Witness—The Art Legacy of Holocaust Survivor
David Friedman
Wednesday, March 8
5:00pmMST
Registration: https://tinyurl.com/28ss88ve
Please join PHA for an online discussion with Miriam Friedman
Miriam Friedman Morris will talk about her father, David Friedman’s life through art and her
journey to find his Nazi-looted art and preserve her father’s legacy. Austrian born David
Friedman(n) 1893-1980 was a Holocaust survivor whose drawings of persecution gave him
purpose to fight antisemitism and racial hatred. An accomplished painter, he was renowned
for his portraits drawn from life and leading Berlin press artist of the 1920’s. Friedman’s life’s
work was Nazi-looted and his promising career was destroyed. He survived the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz to paint again

Café Europa
2023-03-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Beth El Congregation, 1118 W GLENDALE AVE, PHOENIX, Glendale, AZ, 85021
Please Join Us For A Purim Celebration and Enjoy the Company of Friends and Some Yummy Hamantaschen
Sunday March 19, 2023 @ 1 PM
Beth El Congregation
1118 W Glendale Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85021
FREE FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS & DRIVERS GUEST MEALS – $20 (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE OR AT THE DOOR) MAIL CHECKS TO: PHA,
12701 NORTHSCOTTSDALE ROAD #122 SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85254
or you can pay online at https://phoenixhsa.formstack.com/forms/cafe_europa_in_a_bag
CONTACT SUSAN GETZ: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM

A Twist of Fate
2023-03-24 10:00 - 12:00
Friday, March 24, 2022 – 10AM-12PM (MST)
SPEAKER: Karen Zubkoff Perna

Karen Perna, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, is fortunate enough to have known her great-grandparents and grandparents, who fled Germany with her mother and aunt to escape the darkest days of human history, arriving in the US in March 1940. Karen has had a lifelong desire to share her family’s history to enrich others not only about the Holocaust, but also about genocides still happening in our world today. Karen found the Phoenix Holocaust Association (PHA) and realized the organization aligns with her beliefs. She feels honored to serve on the PHA Board, as Coordinator of the PHA Speakers Bureau (arranging Holocaust speakers for schools and other organizations), and as a 2G (second generation of a Holocaust survivor) speaker.
Register: https://www.azjhs.org/our-parents-stories

Educators' Conference
2023-03-28 17:00 - 20:00 | Arizona Jewish Historical Society, 122 E. Culver, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, United States
Tue, Mar 28, 2023, 5:00 PM MST
Free, including pizza and salad dinner and door prizes, including many classroom resources. Every teacher will receive a certificate for 3 seat hours.
Where: Arizona Jewish Historical Society
For teachers of grades 6-12 in any discipline who are either new teachers or new to teaching about the Holocaust.
Special prizes for the first 25 registrants who attend.
Registration: http://tinyurl.com/y9jtbyj5

David de Jong talks about his book, Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties
2023-04-03 17:00 - 19:00
Please join us for an online discussion with author David de Jong on Monday April 3, 2023 5 pm MST (8 pm EST, 7 pm CST)
A groundbreaking investigation of how Germany’s wealthiest men helped the Nazis grab power and how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II. In this landmark work of investigative journalism, David de Jong reveals the true story of how Germany’s wealthiest business dynasties amassed untold money and power by abetting the atrocities of the Third Reich. De Jong shows how these tycoons seized Jewish businesses, procured slave laborers, and ramped up weapons production to equip Hitler’s army as Europe burned around them. The brutal legacy of the dynasties that dominated Daimler-Benz, cofounded Allianz, and still control Porsche, Volkswagen, and BMW has remained hidden in plain sight.
Registration: https://tinyurl.com/m32fe35e

Erev Pesach
2023-04-05
Passover; the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Pesach I
2023-04-06

Pesach II
2023-04-07

Pesach III (CH''M)
2023-04-08

Pesach IV (CH''M)
2023-04-09

Pesach V (CH''M)
2023-04-10

Pesach VI (CH''M)
2023-04-11

Pesach VII
2023-04-12

Pesach VIII
2023-04-13

Yom HaShoah Commemoration 2023
2023-04-16 15:00 - 17:00 | Congregation Beth Israel, 10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85253
Phoenix Holocaust Association Invites the Community to
Holocaust Remembrance
Yom HaShoah Commemoration
Nissan 25, 5783
Sunday, April 16 at 3 pm
Congregation Beth Israel
10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale, AZ 85253
Registration: https://phoenixhsa.formstack.com/forms/2023_yom_hashoah_rsvp
We will honor the memory of those who perished during the Holocaust and recognize those who survived. Visitors will select one of two concurrent sessions which will be followed by a commemoration program including a procession of survivors, candle lighting in memory of the 6 million, presenting the Shofar Zakhor Awards to recognize those who educate the community about the Holocaust, and musical pieces organized by Cantor Seth Ettinger.
Concurrent sessions preceding program:
Making an Emotional Connection to the Holocaust: Reflections of local survivors
or
Close Quarters: Victims and Perpetrators Sharing the Kitchen in Postwar Germany
Margarete Myers Feinstein, PhD, Loyola Marymount University
*Click Link to Download Flyer
Community wide Yom HaShoah flyer white

Genocide Awareness Week 2023
2023-04-17 09:00 - 2023-04-21 19:00 | Lattie F. Coor Hall, suite 4465, 976 S. Forest Mall, Tempe, AZ, 85281
April 17-21, 2023
#NotOnOurWatch #GAW2023
The 11th Rosenbluth Family Charitable Foundation Genocide Awareness Week, held April 17-21, 2023, is a series of lectures, exhibits and storytelling by distinguished survivors, scholars, politicians, activists, artists, humanitarians and members of law enforcement. This week-long event seeks to address how we, as a global society, confront violent actions and current and ongoing threats of genocide throughout the world, while also looking to the past for guidance and to honor those affected by genocide.
Lattie F. Coor Hall
976 S. Forest Mall
Tempe, AZ 85281

https://shprs.asu.edu/gaw2023?fbclid=IwAR027wckZ0MaDOi39AsY7ajccb1sKtVtZ2xxOwZ2r0eNMTNqxcZUtu2_tLo

Premiere of our Descendants’ Video “Inheriting the Holocaust” Meet the Cast and Director
2023-04-23 15:30 - 17:00 | Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, az, 85254
WHEN: Our viewing and discussion is on Sun April 23, 2023
TIME: 3:30 PM– 5:00 PM
WHERE: Valley of the Sun JCC
12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale
This 34 minute film highlights some of the experiences of five 2nd generation descendants here in the Phoenix area. The director, Josh Kasselman and the cast will be available to discuss the film with us. We look forward to sharing this experience with you on April 23rd.
RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST
RSVP to Elaine Goldenthal
elainegoldenthal@gmail.com

Israel at 75 Community-Wide Celebration
2023-04-30 14:00 - 17:00 | 12701 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, 12701 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, Arizona, 85254
Join PHA to celebrate Israel’s 75th birthday!! The PHA will be represented with a table at the event, with educational activities and prizes. Please stop by our table and say “Hi.”
Event Name: Israel at 75 Community-Wide Celebration
Date: April 30th 2023
Time: 2PM-5PM
Location: Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, Scottsdale, Arizona
Details:
Join us for a community-wide celebration in honor of Israel’s 75th birthday! Nearly 50 local Jewish organizations are coming together to host a fun, interactive event for all ages. There will be something for everyone!
Food trucks
Shuk
Camel Interaction
Arts & crafts
Kids games
Live music
Beer garden
And more!
Free admission, open to all!

He Survived 10 Camps and Married an Underground Operative
2023-05-17 17:00
Online Discussion with Anna Salton Eisen
Wednesday May 17, 2023 5pm AZ, 8pm EST, and 5pm PST
Registration: https://tinyurl.com/mr46m3jm
Anna Salton Eisen will share the stories of her two Holocaust survivor parents, George and Ruth Salton. In her dynamic, multimedia presentation, Anna travels with her family back to Poland to uncover their secrets – George, as a survivor of ten concentration camps in Poland, Germany, and France; and Ruth, a witness to the German invasion of Warsaw in September 1939 and later an underground operative for the Bricha movement. Through her father’s original Holocaust artwork (housed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Yad Vashem) and her archival research as an Ambassador to the Arolsen Archives, Anna searches for and discovers the children of her father’s fellow concentration camp prisoners and several of his American liberators and shares these emotional reunions.

Café Europa
2023-05-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Congregation Beth Israel, 10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85253
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To RSVP and pay online for Café Europa: https://phoenixhsa.formstack.com/forms/cafe_europa_in_a_bag

Erev Shavuot
2023-05-25
Festival of Weeks

Shavuot I
2023-05-26

Shavuot II
2023-05-27
