Café Europa

      Phoenix Holocaust Association Wishes You A HAPPY HANUKKAH PHA will deliver a free dinner to Holocaust survivors on Sunday December 5, 2021 between 1pm-3pm. Non-survivors have the option to purchase a meal for $30   Back by Popular Demand we have Abe Wagen providing the entertainment @ 4:00pm on Zoom RSVP with Elaine @ elainegoldenthal@gmail.com

Chanukah in Carefree

Chanukah Menorah Lighting Sunday, December 5 5:30 pm MST 8th Night: Temple Chai Musical Night with Cantor & Adult Choir - This evening will feature Cantor Ross Wolman & Temple Chai’s Adult Choir under the direction of Daniel Kurek. They will sing some classics and some new tunes. It will be a musical night to remember For more information or to access the livestream visit: Chanukah in Carefree Arizona - Visit Carefree Arizona

Virtual Event: THE CRATE: A Story Of War, A Murder, And Justice

Deborah Vadas Levison, an award-winning journalist, tells the extraordinary account of her parents' ordeals during the Holocaust, one of the darkest times in world history. Written in searing, lyrical prose, THE CRATE: A Story Of War, A Murder, And Justice examines man’s seemingly limitless capacity for evil... but also, his capacity for good. RSVP Here for Event THE CRATE: A Story Of War, A Murder, And Justice Registration, Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite

The Descendants’ Forum: “So Many Miracles” a 1987 Documentary by Saul Rubinek about visiting his Parents’ Polish Hiding Place

        Saul Rubinek, was born in Föhrenwald Displaced Persons Camp outside of Munich, Germany, the son of Frania and Israel Rubinek, Holocaust survivors from Poland. His father was a Yiddish theater actor in Poland before the war. Saul is a Canadian Actor and 2G. This documentary film was released in 1987 and shows the trip he took to Poland with his parents to visit the place and people who hid them during the Shoah. Watch the documentary before our meeting and let’s discuss. Here is the link to the documentary: https://vimeo.com/252157168. We will meet via ZOOM to discuss. To receive your ZOOM link to this event before the scheduled time you must RSVP. RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST...

An Interview with Amy Spitalnick Learn about the important work of the IFA and the landmark federal trial

An Interview with Amy Spitalnick Learn about the important work of the IFA and the landmark federal trial Tuesday, January 11, 2021 at 6:00pm MST 8:00 pm EST on Zoom Amy Spitalnick, a 3G, is Executive Director at Integrity First for America. Amy has extensive experience in government, politics, and advocacy, including as Communications Director and Senior Policy Advisor to the New York Attorney General and Communications Advisor and Spokesperson for the New York City Mayor. Amy has been named a Women in Power Fellow at the 92nd Street Y, a Truman National Security Project Fellow, a City & State 40 Under 40 Rising Star, and a NY Jewish Week 36 Under 36 Changemaker. Perhaps most notably, Amy and the team behind this...

Next Meeting of Generations

East Valley JCC 908 N Alma School Rd, Chandler, AZ, United States

Jan. 12 at 11 am  Location: East Valley JCC located at 908 N Alma School Rd, Chandler, AZ    Topic: Experiences of Being Child or Grandchild of Survivors. Other family members are welcome.   This is a meeting for ourselves, the family members of survivors and any guest we choose to invite. We can share documents, pictures, precious family things and stories that made us who we are.   Please RSVP to the front desk at EVJCC if you and any guests are coming. 480-897-0588 https://www.evjcc.org/   This is an in-person meeting. Because of Covid, vaccines and masks are required indoors. No snacks, just water is offered.

Ksenia Coffman: Wikipedia and the Holocaust Sleuth

    Phoenix Holocaust Association is Honored to Host A Discussion with: Ksenia Coffman   In November 2015, Ksenia Coffman discovered something amiss in a Wikipedia article about a notorious Nazi and a Holocaust perpetrator. The article drew an apologist picture of an SS death squad's commander who happened to come up with the idea of mobile vans to gas Jews. It was shocking and incomprehensible, as if in a parallel universe. Ms. Coffman dug further into related Wikipedia articles, their sources and individual footnotes. To her surprise and dismay, she found that misrepresentations and glorification of Nazis abounded on Wikipedia. Recognizing this, Ms. Coffman became a one-woman sleuth intent on reducing misinformation related to the crimes of the Nazi...

Café Europa

      Sunday Jan 16, 2022 Meals will be delivered between 1-3pm Join us on ZOOM @ 4:00pm   RSVP with Elaine @ elainegoldenthal@gmail.com Meals are free for Holocaust survivors. additional meals can also be ordered for $25

Online Book Discussion: We Share the Same Sky: A Memoir of Memory & Migration by Rachael Cerrotti

We Share the Same Sky: A Memoir of Memory & Migration by Rachael Cerrotti Discussion led by Sheryl Bronkesh, President of Phoenix Holocaust Association Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 2PM (MST) A granddaughter's decade-long journey to retrace her grandmother's wartime escape and weave together the thin threads of family history. In 2009, Rachael Cerrotti, a college student pursuing a career in photojournalism, asked her grandmother, Hana, if she could record her story. Rachael knew that her grandmother was a Holocaust survivor and the only one in her family alive at the end of the war. Rachael also knew that she survived because of the kindness of strangers. It wasn't a secret. Hana spoke about her history publicly and regularly. But,...

Descendants’ Forum Judith Greenberg “Cypora’s Echo” – the story of family members during World War II in Poland.

              Judith Greenberg holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Yale University and had been writing and teaching about trauma and literature for years before she discovered the history of the last days of the Jews of Siedlce, Poland recorded by her own relative, Cypora Jablon Zonszajn. Cypora understood that the only chance for her baby daughter, Rachel, lay outside the ghetto. Cypora gave Rachel to her Catholic friends from childhood. Cypora’s friends raised Rachel and buried their friend’s written pages, which are now held at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. RSVP: RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST so we can add you to the participant list. RSVP to Elaine Goldenthal elainegoldenthal@gmail.com Or phone 480.330.1547.

Teacher’s Workshop: Teaching the Holocaust

      Teaching the Holocaust Workshop - FEB. 8, 2022 Includes a virtual tour of the Holocaust Center, survivor presentation/Q&A, and lessons from the new Holocaust curriculum for middle and high school students. From 4-7 PM MST. Participants will receive a certificate for 3 seat hours. Register Here: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/YnrrVeXLY7AlWxj3TfZlwQ

EVJCC Generations After Meeting

    Register below to receive the link. The topic is the “Holocaust by Bullets” exhibit. Learn more about the exhibit There is no Zoom link in this email. To Register for Zoom Link you must go to the EVJCC page. https://www.evjcc.org/generations-after/ About the speaker: Doris Lazarus is the proud daughter of two Holocaust survivors. Both of her parents survived the ghetto, over 2 years in Auschwitz-Birkenau, the death march and subsequent camps. Together they survived a total of 7 death camps. They met and married in a Displaced Persons camp 1 year after liberation.  Doris has dedicated her life to Holocaust education and remembrance.  She worked for Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation from 1993-1997 and interviewed over 125 Holocaust survivors from the Midwest as part...