March Café Europa
2026-03-15 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Phoenix) | 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
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
Passover; the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Pesach I
2026-04-02

Pesach II
2026-04-03

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

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

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

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

Pesach VII
2026-04-08

Pesach VIII
2026-04-09

2026 Community-wide Yom HaShoah Commemoration
2026-04-12 16:00 - 17:30 | Beth El Congregation, 1118 W Glendale Ave,, Phoenix, AZ, 85021
Register for our community-wide Yom HaShoah Commemoration
Sunday, April 12, 2026
4:00 pm
Beth El Congregation
1118 W Glendale Ave, Phoenix, AZ

2026 Yom HaShoah Book of Remembrance

As part of our Yom HaShoah Commemoration, we pay tribute to those family members who perished in the Shoah and honor those who survived in a Book of Remembrance.
Click the button below to submit your tribute.

Erev Shavuot
2026-05-21
Festival of Weeks

Shavuot I
2026-05-22

Shavuot II
2026-05-23

Erev Tish'a B'Av
2026-07-22
The Ninth of Av

Tish'a B'Av
2026-07-23

Erev Rosh Hashana
2026-09-11
The Jewish New Year

Rosh Hashana 5787
2026-09-12

Rosh Hashana II
2026-09-13

Erev Yom Kippur
2026-09-20
Day of Atonement

Yom Kippur
2026-09-21

Erev Sukkot
2026-09-25
Feast of Booths

Sukkot I
2026-09-26

Sukkot II
2026-09-27

Sukkot III (CH''M)
2026-09-28

Sukkot IV (CH''M)
2026-09-29

Sukkot V (CH''M)
2026-09-30
