Chanukah: 2 Candles
2025-12-15 | Arizona
Hanukkah; the Jewish festival of rededication

Chanukah: 3 Candles
2025-12-16 | Arizona

Chanukah: 4 Candles
2025-12-17 | Arizona

Chanukah: 5 Candles
2025-12-18 | Arizona

3GAZ Hanukkah Party
2025-12-18 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Phoenix) | Homestead Community Center, 18600 N. 98 St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85255
RSVP: https://phoenixholocaustassociation.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/phoenixholocaustassociation/event.jsp?event=214&

Chanukah: 6 Candles
2025-12-19 | Arizona

Chanukah: 7 Candles
2025-12-20 | Arizona

Chanukah: 8 Candles
2025-12-21 | Arizona

8th Night of Chanukah Phoenix Holocaust Association
2025-12-21 17:30 - 19:30 | Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion, 101 Easy Street, Carefree, AZ, 85377, United States
Sunday, December 21st
5:30pm MST
8th NIGHT
Phoenix Holocaust Association

Featured Speaker: Holocaust Survivor Dr. Michael Markson

For More Information: Chanukah in Carefree – Carefree, AZ
Livestream Available

(Traditional sufganiyot and hot coffee will be served.)

We Share the Same Sky — Book Discussion
2026-01-08 19:00 - 20:00 | Arizona
Featuring Rachael Cerrotti
Conversation Moderated by Kim Klett
Thursday, January 8th at 7:00pm
We Share the Same Sky tells the intertwined stories of Holocaust survivor Hana Dubová and her granddaughter, Rachael Cerrotti.

January Café Europa Annual Meeting and Elections
2026-01-11 13:00 - 15:00 | Arizona
To Pay online: https://phoenixholocaustassociation.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/phoenixholocaustassociation/event.jsp?event=226&
Contact Susan Getz: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM or 480-246-9551
RSVP with Susan by Wednesday, January 7th.
January 11, 2026 @ 1:00 PM
Congregation Beth Israel
10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale, AZ
Free for Holocaust survivors and drivers.
Guest meals $25 Payable in advance, online, by mail or at the door.
Mail checks to: PHA,
12701 North Scottsdale Road #122
Scottsdale, AZ 85254

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Event Featuring Author Lois Lowry
2026-01-26 | Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, az, 85254
In Honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Two-time Newbery Medal Awardee author Lois Lowry will discuss her motivation for writing Number the Stars and the impact that it has had on Holocaust education.

Two program times available:

Program #1: 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Talk and Q&A followed by 45-minute book signing and light refreshments.
Program #1 is SOLD OUT

Program #2: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Talk and Q&A followed by 45-minute book signing and light refreshments.
Registration has closed. Walk-ins for Session 2 may arrive at 6:30pm and purchase tickets at the check-in table.

Monday, January 26, 2026
The Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus
$36/ticket for non PHA members
$18/ticket for PHA members
Students are Free

Copies of Number the Stars may be purchased during registration at a discounted tax-free rate:
Paperback: $5.69
Distribution will occur at two valley locations in early January, or you may pick up your copy the evening of the event.

Event Sponsor: Buchanan Programme & Marley Kornreich

FOR THE LIVING
2026-02-03 16:30 - 19:30 | Arizona

2026 Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival Featured Holocaust Films
2026-02-12 - 2026-03-01 | Arizona
It’s that time of year! The 2026 Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival is almost here, featuring powerful and moving films about the Holocaust.

February 12 – March 1, 2026

The Phoenix Holocaust Association is proud to co-sponsor the documentary Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire, screening Sunday, February 22. https://gpjff.org/events/eliewiesel/

Don’t miss this unforgettable film and an outstanding festival lineup.
Get tickets and learn more: https://gpjff.org/

February Café Europa
2026-02-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Congregation Beth Israel, 10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85253
FEBRUARY 15, 2026 @ 1:00PM
Congregation Beth Israel
10460 N 56th Street, Scottsdale, AZ

FREE FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND DRIVERS.
GUEST MEALS $25 PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, ONLINE, BY MAIL 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

Documentary Film Screening: Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire
2026-02-22 15:00 | Arizona
Ticket Purchase: Elie Wiesel: Soul On Fire – Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival
Experience the most intimate portrait ever made of Elie Wiesel. With exclusive access to his family and told through his own voice, Soul on Fire moves beyond the headlines to reveal the husband, father, and teacher. Featuring stunning painted animation and rare archival footage, this film traces his path from a childhood in the Holocaust to his emergence as a global humanitarian. It is a deeply moving celebration of a soul who transformed his own survival into a message of hope for the world. Don’t miss this opportunity to see how the world changed Wiesel, and how he, in turn, changed the world.
Followed by Q & A with Director Oren Rudavsky. Co-sponsored by the Phoenix Holocaust Association and the Hilton Family Holocaust Education Center
Harkins Chandler Fashion February 22, 2026, at 3:00pm.

Erev Purim
2026-03-02 | Arizona
Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther

March Café Europa
2026-03-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Congregation Beth Israel, 10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85253
March 15, 2026 @1:00pm
Congregation Beth Israel
10460 N 56th Street, Scottsdale, AZ

Free for Holocaust survivors and drivers.
Guest meals-$25 Payable in advance, online, by mail, 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

The Teacher of Lost Orphans
2026-03-22 15:00 - 16:00 | Arizona
Join 3GAZ and Phoenix Holocaust Association for a discussion and reading with local 3G author Malka Daskal, featuring her new novel The Teacher of Lost Orphans.

Sunday, March 22 | 3:00–4:00 PM
North Scottsdale
(location shared upon registration)
Free event | Registration required
Seating is limited
Set in the Cyprus internment camps after the Holocaust, this powerful work of historical fiction highlights a little-known chapter of Jewish history, as survivors rebuilt their lives and prepared for a future in a Jewish homeland. Inspired by the author’s own family story, the novel blends careful research with personal legacy.

Sam Hilton Educators Conference
2026-03-24 09:00 - 15:30 | Scottsdale Community, 9000 E Chaparral Rd, Scottsdale, az, 85256
Teaching the Holocaust Using the Humanities

Sign-in: Begins at 8:30 AM, with a light breakfast served.
Morning Session: Teaching the Holocaust Using the Humanities.
All morning programming and lunch will take place at SCC, Indigenous Cultural Center. Lunch will be provided.
Afternoon Session: Begins at 1:00 PM at the Tempe History Museum.
This session will focus on Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein and liberator Kurt Klein.
Teachers who attend the full day will earn 6 CEUs.
Substitute reimbursement is available for 20 teachers—first come, first served.
This event is free, but teachers must register.
Open to all teachers, grades 6 -12, ELA, social studies, and other disciplines
For questions, contact Kim Klett: kimklett5@gmail.com

Making the Unbearable a Bit More Bearable
2026-03-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Scottsdale Community, 9000 E Chaparral Rd, Scottsdale, az, 85256
The Work of Forensic Anthropologists and Archaeologists in Bosnia
In partnership with Scottsdale Community College Anthropology Department and Arizona State University, PHA invites you to our next speaker series event, Making the Unbearable a Bit More Bearable: The Work of Forensic Anthropologists and Archaeologists in Bosnia.
Thursday, March 26, 2026
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Through case studies from post-war Bosnia, this presentation explores how forensic evidence contributes to historical documentation, judicial accountability, and the restoration of dignity to victims and their families, while highlighting the ethical and humanitarian dimensions of this work.

Event Speaker: Dr. Lisa Marsio
Dr. Lisa Marsio is a professor of archaeology and biological anthropology at Scottsdale Community College. She received a B.A in Classical Archaeology, and an M.A, and Ph.D in Near Eastern Archaeology all from the University of Arizona. Her fieldwork focuses on Late Bronze and Iron Age sites in Northern Israel. Her research on the work of forensic anthropologists in Bosnia is a result of a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship awarded the summer of 2017.
Refreshments will be provided.
This event is free and open to the public.

Erev Pesach
2026-04-01 | Arizona
Passover; the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Pesach I
2026-04-02 | Arizona

Pesach II
2026-04-03 | Arizona

Pesach III (CH''M)
2026-04-04 | Arizona

Pesach IV (CH''M)
2026-04-05 | Arizona

Pesach V (CH''M)
2026-04-06 | Arizona

Pesach VI (CH''M)
2026-04-07 | Arizona

Pesach VII
2026-04-08 | Arizona

Pesach VIII
2026-04-09 | Arizona
