Phoenix Holocaust Association

Erev Tish'a B'Av
2022-08-06
The Ninth of Av

You Are My Liberator
2022-07-08 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Phoenix)
Friday, July 8, 2022 – 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (MST)
SPEAKER: US Liberator of World War II, Vernon Schmidt
Register: afusco@azjhs.org

Rescued
2022-06-24 10:00 - 12:00
RESCUED Friday, June 24, 2022 – 10:00 am to 12:00 pm MST
SPEAKER: Holocaust Survivor, Suly Chenkin. Suly Chenkinwas born in Kovno, Lithuania. As a ten month old, Suly’s family, together with about 40,000 other Jews were interned in the Kovno Ghetto. Her life was spared at 3 1/2 when her parents sent her into hiding with a woman named Miriam Shulman. Please join us as Suly tells her incredible story of perseverance
and courage and how she eventually came to be reunited with her family.
Register: afusco@azjhs.org

The Birds Sang Eulogies
2022-06-10 10:00 - 12:00
Friday, June 10 2022 – 10AM-12PM (MST)
SPEAKER: Mirla G. Raz, daughter of Holocaust Survivors
Mirla Geclewicz Raz is the daughter of Holocaust survivors. Her father was living in Lodz when the Germans entered in September 1939. Draconian laws were put into place immediately. In March 1940, the Jews of Lodz were trapped inside the Lodz Ghetto. When the Lodz Ghetto was liquidated in August 1944, her father and his remaining family members were shipped to Auschwitz. Ms. Raz’s mother was living in the city of Lvov (now Lviv in Ukraine) when Hitler broke his pact with Stalin. Her mother and her family were forced into the Lvov Ghetto. She escaped into Germany where she worked as a maid in a German household. A quiet woman, she expressed her emotions of living through those horrific years in her poetry.
Ms. Raz will present her parents incredible stories of survival and what it was like growing up as a child of survivors. Ms. Raz will read a couple of her mother’s very emotive poems.
Register: The Birds Sang Eulogies — Arizona Jewish Historical Society (azjhs.org)

Shavuot II
2022-06-06
Festival of Weeks

Shavuot I
2022-06-05

Erev Shavuot
2022-06-04

CAFE´ EUROPA
2022-05-22 16:30
Join us on ZOOM @ 4:30pm for a poetry reading by
Susan Getz. Susan’s mother was a Holocaust survivor,
and she will be reading from her manuscript
“Holocaust Memories and Other Poems”. We would also like to
encourage anyone attending to read one of their favorite poems.
Email Elaine: elainegoldenthal@gmail.com

Whew...We Got Out of There
2022-05-20 10:00
Whew…We Got Out of There. Friday May 20, 2022 @ 10:00AM MST.
SPEAKER: Holocaust Survivor, John Kessler. Join us on Friday May
20th, when John will share with us his story of survival and how he and
his family GOT OUT OF THERE…WHEW! To Register:
afusco@azjhs.org

The Story Behind the Making of the Play The Last Boy.
2022-05-18 17:00
Please join PHA In Our Upcoming
Online Discussion with Steve Fisher
Steve Fisher is a New York based, award-winning playwright. For 25 years Steve was a full-time choral director, travelling the world and transforming the lives of young people through the power of music. His choir was the first in history to travel to and perform in Antarctica. With the pandemic, he decided to retire from music education so that he could pursue his playwriting avocation full time. Mr. Fisher will talk about his most recent work, The Last Boy…a new play with music. It was inspired by the 100 boys in Terezin concentration camp who fought the Nazis
with poems, and the 1 boy who saved them. The Last Boy..a new play with music had its world premiere Off Broadway in July of 2021. In January, the drama won four Broadway World Awards for Best New Play, Best Production, Best Direction, and Best Performance. You can learn more about the play at https://thelastboy.info/

A Beautiful Place
2022-05-06 19:00 - 2022-05-07 15:00
A Beautiful Place is a new musical inspired by the true story of artist and educator Friedl Dicker-Brandeis
A reading of the new musical celebrating the life of artist Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, who was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1942. There, Friedl secretly taught classes to hundreds of children, giving them the ability to escape the world around them using their imaginations and the remarkable power of art. Their legacy continues to inspire, reminding us how beauty and hope can exist within the darkness of despair.
Friday May 6, 2022 @ 7:00pm
Saturday May 7, 2022 @ 3:00pm
Get your tickets today at phoenixtheatre.com/beautiful

Pesach VIII
2022-04-23
Passover; the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Pesach VII
2022-04-22

Pesach VI (CH''M)
2022-04-21

Pesach V (CH''M)
2022-04-20

Pesach IV (CH''M)
2022-04-19

Pesach III (CH''M)
2022-04-18

Pesach II
2022-04-17

Pesach I
2022-04-16

Erev Pesach
2022-04-15

Café Europa
2022-04-14 16:00 - 17:00
Thursday April 14
Meals will be delivered between 1-3pm
Special Passover Menu
Join us on ZOOM @ 4:00pm to discuss Passover memories through the years
RSVP with Elaine @ elainegoldenthal@gmail.com

Hidden Children: The Resilience of Survivors
2022-04-13 11:00 - 12:30
Wednesday, April 13 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
The program will be held on Zoom.
Register below to receive the link, which will be sent the day before the program.
Go to this page for Registration
Generations After – EVJCC

Join Generations After to learn about children who were hidden during the Holocaust. The program includes a video about hidden children and Q&A with Holocaust survivor Marion Weinzweig, one of the youngest living witnesses to the horrors of the Holocaust.
Marion was born in German-occupied Poland. To save her life, her family hid her with Christians. After being exposed, she fled and lived in convents masquerading as a Catholic. She shared her story in “Lonely Chameleon; Memoir of a Child Holocaust Survivor.”
Please call EVJCC if you have any difficulty register

3GAZ Happy Hour In-Person
2022-04-10 16:00 | Luci’s at the Grove, 7400 N Via Paseo Del Sur, Scottsdale, Arizona, 85258
RSVP Renee Neier @ rneier@gmail.com

ECHOES & REFLECTIONS: ANALYZING PROPAGANDA AND TEACHING MEDIA LITERACY
2022-04-09 09:00 - 14:00 | Scottsdale Community, 9000 E Chaparral Rd, Scottsdale, az, 85256
UPCOMING PROGRAM
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2022 | 9 AM – 2PM
Scottsdale Community College| 9000 E Chaparral Rd |
Scottsdale, AZ 85256
For more information and to register, contact:
Lisa Marsio, lisa.marsio@scottsdalecc.edu
PROGRAM GOALS
Through this program, educators will:
Explore a sound pedagogy for the planning and
implementation of Holocaust education in the
classroom,
Receive a framework to guide students as they build
media literacy skills through a critical examination
of the role of Nazi propaganda during the Holocaust,
Identify opportunities to connect the lessons of the
Holocaust with more current examples of hate-oriented propaganda; and
Build confidence and capacity to teach about media
literacy and propaganda

The Current State of Antisemitism
2022-04-06 17:00
3GAZ will be one the sponsors for this upcoming event on The Current State of Antisemitism a virtual conversation with fellow 3G Josh Lipowsky.

April 6, 2022

5:00pm AZ
8:00pm EST

Register Here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fGfm0h6ETFqO0QCneFLe-w

Keynote Presentation by Father Patrick Desbois: ﻿Holocaust by Bullets and Relevance to Modern Genocides
2022-04-04 18:30 | Memorial Union on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University, 301 E. Orange St, Tempe, Arizona, 85281
April 4, 2022, 6:30 pm

Father Patrick Desbois will be the keynote speaker for Genocide Awareness Week. Father Desbois is a distinguished author, university professor, historian, forensic detective and world-renowned human-rights activist. He has dedicated his life to fighting the bigotry that fuels genocide and to bridging the divide between faiths. His ongoing work helps brings closure to victims and survivors of genocide and calls for legal justice for the perpetrators.

Father Desbois will speak at the Memorial Union, Arizona Ballroom, on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University. Limited seating. Reservations required. When you sign up, you can indicate if you want to attend in-person or virtually. Father Desbois’ book, In Broad Daylight, will be available for sale or bring your copy of his books for signing.

Registration: Keynote Speech by Father Patrick Desbois: Holocaust by Bullets and Relevance to Modern Genocides – New Registration (eventscloud.com)

The Phoenix Boys Choir will perform prior to Father Desbois presentation.

Klezmer Band Concert
Free and Open to the Public
5pm-6pm
Between The Memorial Union and Hayden Library, ASU Tempe Campus

Genocide Awareness Week
2022-04-04 - 2022-04-09 | Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe
Not on Our Watch

The 10th Rosenbluth Family Charitable Foundation Genocide Awareness Week, held April 4-9, 2022, 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.
For more information on Genocide Awareness Week and scheduled events visit Genocide Awareness Week 2022 | School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies (asu.edu)

Meet the Author and Book Launch Linda Pressman, 2G and PHA member Jewish Girls Gone Wild
2022-04-03 14:00 - 15:30 | 12701 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, 12701 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, Arizona, 85254
Sunday, April 3, 2022 @ 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Martin Pear JCC
12701 N. Scottsdale Rd. Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Cost: Members free/Non-Members $5
Refreshments will be served
Books will be available for purchase

Linda Pressman is a freelance writer, editor, instructor, and author. She currently
teaches Life Stories through the city of Scottsdale and Memoir Through a Jewish Lens
in the Jewish community. Her first book, Looking Up: A Memoir of Sisters, Survivors
and Skokie, won the Grand Prize in the Writer’s Digest 20th Annual Book Contest.

Congregation Beth Tefillah
2022-03-27 19:00 | 6529 E Shea Blvd, 6529 E Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, az, 85254
Sunday, March 27th
Registration opens at 6:45 PM
Dessert Reception begins at 7:00 PM

Did you know that acts of antisemitism have increased in our local communities and are ongoing? Come hear from StandWithUs speakers about what they are doing to combat this hate, and how you can help!
This event is free. Register to attend: swuandtbt.paperform.co
Congregation Beth Tefillah
6529 E Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Please invite your friends and family for this informative event. For more information about StandWithUs, visit www.StandWithUs.com

The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
2022-03-23 12:00
Please Join PHA in an Online Discussion with Lucy Adlington
Date and time

Wed, Mar 23, 2022, 12:00 PM MST
Register: https://tinyurl.com/4fm9k2w5
