Phoenix Holocaust Association

Simchat Torah
2022-10-18
Day of Celebrating the Torah

Shmini Atzeret
2022-10-17
Eighth Day of Assembly

CAFÉ EUROPA
2022-10-16 13:00 (America/Phoenix) | 6529 E Shea Blvd, 6529 E Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, az, 85254
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
CONGREGATION BETH TEFILLAH
6529 E Shea Blvd, Scottsdale @ 1 PM
MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT BY GUITARIST GAL DRIMMER
FREE FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS & DRIVERS
GUEST MEALS – $20 (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE OR AT THE DOOR) MAIL CHECKS TO: PHA,
12701 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD #122 SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85254

SURVIVORS: PLEASE TELL THE PERSON THAT REGULARLY CALLS YOU THAT YOU WANT TO ATTEND OR CONTACT SUSAN GETZ: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM OR 480-246-9551

Sukkot VII (Hoshana Raba)
2022-10-16
Feast of Booths

Sukkot VI (CH''M)
2022-10-15

Sukkot V (CH''M)
2022-10-14

Sukkot IV (CH''M)
2022-10-13

Online Discussion with Jeremy Schonfeld
2022-10-12 17:00
“Iron & Coal” is a powerful and deeply personal rock-opera by critically acclaimed composer and performer, Jeremy Schonfeld. Taking inspiration from his father Gustav’s memoir, “Absence of Closure,” Schonfeld traces his father’s attempts to create a life out of the ashes, having spent a year in concentration camps at the age of ten. Schonfeld weaves together memories of his own childhood, growing up under the long shadows of Auschwitz, all while coming to terms with the death of his father and the birth of his own son. The ghosts of a distant, vanished world, both of horror and the iron will to survive, mix with the present in this soaring, emotional, and spiritual tribute.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/ns86ctwn

Iron & Coal is available for viewing prior to the presentation at https://vimeo.com/295417921/129cd8ac94.

Sukkot III (CH''M)
2022-10-12

Sukkot II
2022-10-11

Sukkot I
2022-10-10

Erev Sukkot
2022-10-09

Yom Kippur
2022-10-05
Day of Atonement

Erev Yom Kippur
2022-10-04

Rosh Hashana II
2022-09-27
The Jewish New Year

Rosh Hashana 5783
2022-09-26

Erev Rosh Hashana
2022-09-25

CAFÉ EUROPA
2022-09-11 13:00 | Beth El Congregation, 1118 W Glendale Ave,, Phoenix, AZ, 85021
CAFÉ EUROPA
WELCOME 5783 WITH DELICIOUS
LUNCH, MUSIC AND FRIENDS
SEPTEMBER 11, 2022
BETH EL CONGREGATION
1118 W GLENDALE AVE, PHOENIX @ 1 PM
MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT
NO COST FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
GUEST MEALS – $20
(PAYABLE IN ADVANCE OR AT THE DOOR)
CHECKS CAN BE MAILED TO:
12701 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD #122
SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85254
RSVP BEFORE SEPTEMBER 7, 2022.
PLEASE TELL THE PERSON FROM PHA OR JFCS THAT
CALLS YOU REGULARLY THAT YOU WANT TO ATTEND
OR
CONTACT SUSAN GETZ: SUZE0000@GMAIL.COM
OR 480-246-9551
PLEASE LET PHA KNOW IF YOU NEED A RIDE.
ONLY ATTEND IF YOU ARE FEELING WELL AND
HAVEN’T BEEN EXPOSED TO ANYONE WHO TESTED
POSITIVE THE WEEK BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11, 2022.
ALL FOOD SERVICE STAFF WILL WEAR MASKS.
TABLES WILL HOLD A REDUCED NUMBER OF SEATS

Living among the Dead
2022-08-28 15:00 | Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, az, 85254
3GAZ is pleased to present an author talk and discussion with Adena Bernstein Astrowsky. Adena Bernstein Astrowsky is the grandchild of two Holocaust survivors. She is the VP of the Phoenix Holocaust Assocation and a founding member of 3GAZ. Adena’s novel “Living among the Dead” is the story of her grandmother, Mania Lichtenstein, and her journey and survival of the Holocaust.

Date: Sunday, August 28th @ 3:00 pm
Location: Valley of the Sun JCC
Address: 12701 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85254

Registration: Meet the Author: Living Among the Dead (activecommunities.com)

To view or purchase Living among the Dead
http://mybook.to/ManiaL

Sevek & the Holocaust The Boy Who Refused to Die
2022-08-12 10:00 - 12:00
Friday, August 12, 2022 – 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (MST)
SPEAKER: Holocaust survivor, Sidney “Sevek” Finkel
Sidney “Sevek” Finkel is the author of Sevek and the Holocaust, The Boy Who Refused to Die. This Holocaust seminar will focus on an eight-year-old Sevek, capturing the emotions of a boy who loses his home, his family and ultimately his humanity by the time he reaches the age of fourteen. This seminar is used to help with recently passed legislation that offers teachers an opportunity to apply this session in their curriculum in the State of Arizona, Join is on August 12 as Finkel will share his story, relaying a message of tolerance, hope and love.
Sidney Finkel received the Philip K Weiss Award for Storytelling for Peace and Human Rights in 2013.
Learn more about Sidney Finkel’s work with schools and education at his website http://holocaustspeaker.com/
RSVP: afusco@azjhs.org

Tish'a B'Av (observed)
2022-08-07
The Ninth of Av

Erev Tish'a B'Av
2022-08-06

You Are My Liberator
2022-07-08 10:00 - 12:00
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
