German Family History and “Ordinary” Antisemitism

SPEAKER: Björn Krondorfer, Regents' Professor   The question of "ordinary antisemitism" will be explored through a personal story about the effects of the Holocaust and war memories in  German society after 1945, especially as they are passed on generationally. The speaker's parents were 18years old when the war ended. His father was drafted into the German army at age 16 and ended up in the near vicinity of a Jewish slave labor camp in Poland; his mother escaped from the advancing Soviet Army. The talk concludes with remarks on the value of dialogical engagement between the communities affected by historical trauma due to state-sponsored violent ideologies.

Cafe Europa

  Join us on Zoom in welcoming the New Year with fellow survivors at Cafe Europa. Meals will be delivered between 1pm and 3pm. Meals are free for Holocaust survivors and $25 for non survivors. Café Europa Menu Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls Rice Pilaf with Roasted Bell Pepper Strips and Green Bean Almondine Honey Bread Pudding CHOICE OF: Honey-Soy Glazed Roasted Chicken Breast or Teriyaki Glazed Salmon RSVP for Zoom and Meal order at: sbronkesh@gmail.com  

General Mari K. Eder Book Presentation

PHA is honored to host a presentation with General Eder on her newest book Mari K. Eder, retired U.S. Army Major General, is a renowned speaker and author, and a thought leader on strategic communication and leadership. General Eder is the author of The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women who Changed the Course of WWII. To register for the event go to https://tinyurl.com/ydf3xmaj It is not necessary to have read the book to be part of this event.

The Light of Days

by Judy Batalion Discussion led by Jay Levinsohn   Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland—some still in their teens—helped transform the Jewish youth groups into resistance cells to fight the Nazis. With courage, guile, and nerves of steel, these “ghetto girls” paid off Gestapo guards, hid revolvers in loaves of bread and jars of marmalade, and helped build systems of underground bunkers. They flirted with German soldiers, bribed them with wine, whiskey, and home cooking, used their Aryan looks to seduce them, and shot and killed them. They bombed German train lines and blew up a town’s water supply. They also nursed...

Teaching Genocide Comparatively Workshop.

Arizona State University Tempe Campus, Tempe

Location: Coor Hall 4403, ASU Tempe Campus. Speakers include PHA President Sheryl Bronkesh, Professors Volker Benkert and Jason Bruner. Holocaust education, and genocide education more broadly, is an area in which humanities scholars and scholarship can make important contributions to civic education. While many U.S. states include the Holocaust and other genocides in their history and social studies standards, there are relatively few resources for high school teachers to teach these atrocities in a way that is sensitive to the historical particularities of each genocide and provides their students with a meaningful comparative framework. In this event, we will briefly introduce a framework that we developed from an eight-year interdisciplinary collaboration on genocide, including a short curricular framework for the...

Descendants’ Forum: The View from Warsaw – Jewish Life in Poland Today with Helise Lieberman

An Online: Event The Descendants’ Forum of Greater Phoenix hosts a gathering of children (2G) and grandchildren (3G) of Holocaust survivors. Everyone is welcome to attend. Meetings are free. Topic: Helise Lieberman is the Director of the Taube Center for the Renewal of Jewish life in Poland since 2009. She has lived in Warsaw since 1994 when she became the founding principal of the Lauder-Morasha Day School. She is also a consultant to the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Rothschild Foundation and to the JDC–Baltics. 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.

Cafe Europa

Sunday November 7, 2021 Meals will be delivered between 1-3pm Menu Sweet and sour chicken Vegetable fried rice Apple turnover Remember to 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 $18

I Never Saw Another Butterfly

Chaparral High School 6935 east Gold Dust Ave, Scottsdale, az

  Chaparral Theatre Company Proudly Presents I Never Saw Another Butterfly Event begins at 6:00pm with special guest speakers: Tue 11/9 and Fri 11/12: Eva Flaster ( Daughter of Terezin Holocaust survivor) Wed 11/10: Steve Hilton ( Son of Terezin Holocaust survivor) Sat 11/13: Marge Rich ( Terezin Holocaust survivor) Art installment on Terezin concentration camp 7:00pm 30min play performance Purchase Tickets Here: ShowTix4U – Free Online Ticketing – Schools, Community, Regional

I Never Saw Another Butterfly

Chaparral High School 6935 east Gold Dust Ave, Scottsdale, az

Chaparral Theatre Company Proudly Presents I Never Saw Another Butterfly Event begins at 6:00pm with special guest speakers: Wed 11/10: Steve Hilton ( Son of Terezin Holocaust survivor) Fri 11/12: Eva Flaster ( Daughter of Terezin Holocaust survivor) Sat 11/13: Marge Rich ( Terezin Holocaust survivor) Art installment on Terezin concentration camp 7:00pm 30min play performance Purchase Tickets Here: ShowTix4U – Free Online Ticketing – Schools, Community, Regional

Veterans Day Teen Holocaust Forum

    We are pleased to present the 7th annual Veterans Day Teen Holocaust Forum for high school juniors and seniors. The Forum will be on Zoom. Those who register will receive the Zoom link a few days in advance of the event. Registration can be done through the BJE website: www.bjephoenix.org by linking to the Veterans Day Teen Holocaust Forum from the main page menu. Or email   elaineh@bjephoenix.org   There is no charge for this program.