Phoenix Holocaust Association

PHA in Person Social Gathering
2022-03-16 11:30 (America/Phoenix) | 14858 N Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd, 14858 N Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd, Scottsdale, Arizona, 85260
PHOENIX HOLOCAUST ASSOCIATION
IS INVITING YOU TO JOIN US FOR LUNCH
IN PERSON – OUTDOOR DINING. SELF PAY.
PITA JUNGLE
14858 N Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ
(Major cross streets are Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd and Thompson Peak Pkwy) Phone: (480)949-7482
WED MARCH 16, 2022 @ 11:30
Email Susan @ suze0000@gmail.com

Erev Purim
2022-03-16
Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther

Café Europa
2022-03-06 16:00 - 17:00
Sunday March 6, 2022 Meals will be delivered between 1-3pm
Join us on ZOOM @ 4:00pm
for our Special Guests Carol Goldstein the New Senior Concierge for JFCS followed with Entertainment by Joe Bousard
RSVP with Elaine @ elainegoldenthal@gmail.com Meals are free for Holocaust survivors. additional meals can also be ordered for $25

Catching the Body Collector
2022-03-06 11:00
Join 3GAZ for this Exciting Online Event!
Catching the Body Collector
Meet Hans Knoop, the legendary Dutch journalist who was instrumental in exposing one of the worst war criminals in Dutch history. Hear how Mr. Knoop and Chaviv (Bibi) Kanaan helped bring justice to the Kanaan family and countless other Holocaust victims. Local Phoenix resident and grandson of Chaviv Kanaan, Erez Kanaan (3G), and Erez’s father David Kanaan (2G) will be joining us for this riveting presentation about their family’s story.
Sunday, March 6, 2022
11:00 am MST
via Zoom
Register: Catching the Body Collector Registration, Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite

The 2022 Holocaust Educator Conference
2022-02-28 16:30 - 21:00
Keynote speaker will be author and award-winning podcast host, Rachael Cerrotti. Rachael is the author of a book and podcast of the same name, We Share the Same Sky. She also cohosts the Memory Generation podcast with oral historian Stephen D. Smith, a project of the USC Shoah Foundation.

Register for Online Event: LINKS.ASU.EDU/BJECONFERENCE

Join other 3Gs in-person to hear about Rachael Cerrotti's presentation and tour the Holocaust By Bullets Exhibit
2022-02-27 15:00 | Hayden Library at ASU, 300 E Orange Mall, Tempe, Arizona, 85281
Join other 3Gs in-person to hear about Rachael Cerrotti’s presentation and tour the Holocaust By Bullets Exhibit. Rachael Cerrotti is an award-winning author, photographer, educator and audio producer.
Her work explores the intergenerational impact of war and the inheritance of memory. She will share her decade long journey to retrace her grandmother’s war story. After the presentation, we will meet outside room C34 and as a 3G group tour the Holocaust by Bullets Exhibit.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2022 @ 3:00 PM
ASU TEMPE CAMPUS, HAYDEN LIBRARY

Register required for Rachael Cerrotti:
https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=663253&
Per ASU campus policy, face coverings required.

We Share The Same Sky: The Stories of Unsung Heroes
2022-02-27 15:00 | Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe
Documentary storyteller Rachael Cerrotti, will tell the story of the rescue of the Danish Jews through the experience of her grandmother, Hana Dubova, who was the only Holocaust survivor in her family. Hana escaped Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia for Denmark in 1939 at the age of 14 and Rachael has spent over a decade retracing her history. Using photography, video, audio and personal storytelling, Rachael will talk about how teaching history with modern media and through a contemporary lens can empower students to reflect on their own individual actions and family histories.

Rachael is the author of a book and narrative podcast, both by the name We Share The Same Sky. The award-winning podcast, produced in partnership with USC Shoah Foundation, comes with classroom-ready resources developed by Echoes & Reflections.

Event Location: Hayden Library, ASU Tempe Campus
Following Rachael’s talk, guest are welcome to tour the exhibit, Holocaust by Bullets also in the Hayden Library
Register: https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=663253&

Holocaust by Bullets
2022-02-27 - 2022-04-17 | Hayden Library at ASU, 300 E Orange Mall, Tempe, Arizona, 85281
The Holocaust by Bullets exhibit will be open at ASU’s Hayden Library from
February 27 through April 17.
*Hayden Library will be closed Sunday March 6.

The exhibition “Holocaust by Bullets 10 Years of Investigation” presents the results of Yahad-In Unum’s research in Eastern Europe.
It also underscores the “Holocaust by Bullets” as a precursor and model for mass murder crimes today. The exhibit showcases the painstaking research uncovering the step-by-step nature of the crimes committed against Jews and Roma by the Nazi killing units. The exhibition is built around the five steps of the crime identified by Yahad-In Unum researchers based on eyewitness accounts.

Docent-Led Exhibit Tours Open to the Public
Mondays from 5–7 pm and Sundays from 1–3 pm from Feb. 28–April 17
Hayden Library at Arizona State University, 300 E Orange Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281
Masks Required
*Hayden Library will be closed Sunday March 6.

Visit the Holocaust by Bullets Website for More information about the events: Holocaust by Bullets (holocaustbybulletsphoenix.com)

Echoes and Reflections: Contemporary Antisemitism
2022-02-23 16:00 - 18:00
Spotlight on Contemporary Antisemitism

Description
Read the news and it is clear: antisemitism is not a relic of the past, but a hatred the world struggles with today. It is important that educators have the resources and tools to feel prepared to talk about contemporary manifestations of antisemitism and hate with students. This learning opportunity explores classroom materials to support effective teaching of contemporary antisemitism, its global reach, and its expression in the form of hate speech, violence, denial, and distortion of the Holocaust. Educators will also explore ways to support students’ commitment and ability to actively respond to and prevent antisemitism and other forms of prejudice in their communities.
This program is sponsored by Tucson Jewish Museum and Holocaust Center.

Time

Feb 23, 2022 04:00 PM
Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIuc-qsqjojGNclhkfEHCG_rAYfI5dXCCFZ

Martin Pear JCC
2022-02-21 12:30 - 14:00 | 12701 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, 12701 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, Arizona, 85254
Monday, February 21, 2022
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Martin Pear JCC
12701 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale

Our February speaker is Ruth Rotkowitz. Ruth is the daughter of Holocaust survivors and has
become an expert on inherited trauma. She holds a B.A. and M.A. in English. In New Jersey, she taught writing at two
community colleges. In New York, Ruth taught English at one of the city’s specialized high schools.
After moving to Arizona, she joined the Phoenix Holocaust Association, an organization dedicated to preserving the Shoah
memory. As a representative of the organization, she gives talks throughout the Phoenix area on Holocaust-related books
and programs.
Ruth is the author of two novels, Escaping the Whale and the prequel, The Whale Surfaces. The protagonist of Escaping the
Whale, in addition to struggling with inherited trauma, must also deal with the issues facing her as a woman.
Guests are welcome with a $5.00 fee at the door.
RSVPs are required so that we will have enough chairs:
Merrill Kalman mskbflo@aol.com

Tommy Schnurmacher: Makeup Tips from Auschwitz
2022-02-16 17:30
Wednesday February 16, 2022 at 5:30 PM MST; 7:30 EST; 4:30 PST
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/3jhyk5t4
Make Up Tips from Auschwitz. Join us to listen to the widely-recognized Canadian author, journalist, show-business columnist, broadcaster, Board member -Foundation for Genocide Education….and raconteur extraordinaire, Tommy Schnurmacher, as he offers us a very unique post-Holocaust memoir about how his mother got two infamous Nazis to save her life … and the profound impact her chutzpah had on their unusual and turbulent relationship.
Be prepared to laugh, cry, and scratch your head.

Echoes & Reflections Workshops: Analyzing Propaganda and Teaching Media Literacy
2022-02-16 16:00 - 18:00
Analyzing Propaganda and Teaching Media Literacy: The Holocaust as a Case Study

Description
Media literacy skills have become essential for young people to successfully navigate and critically assess the ever-increasing amount of information they receive throughout their day – on social media, advertisements, television, and film. Therefore, it is crucial for students to comprehend and identify how media, both historically and in contemporary society, can be used as a tool to incite hate and violence against certain groups. This learning opportunity examines the events of the Holocaust through the lens of media, by examining propaganda deployed by the Nazis to discriminate against Jews and other minorities. Educators will gain the tools to facilitate classroom discussions on the role and impact of Nazi propaganda during the Holocaust and support their students to critically analyze media in today’s world.
This program is sponsored by Tucson Jewish Museum and Holocaust Center.

Time

Feb 16, 2022 04:00 PM
Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqcuChrDkoGNR5zFMGspdRJxElUAx0YQ-f

Café Europa
2022-02-13 16:00 - 17:00
Menu
Schnitzel
Grilled Veggies
Rice
Dessert
Brownies
Sunday Feb 13, 2022,
free meals will be delivered to
survivors between 1pm-3pm.
ZOOM starts @ 4:00pm.
RSVP with Elaine @
elainegoldenthal@gmail.com
Meals are free for Holocaust survivors.
additional meals can also be ordered for $25

26th Annual Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival
2022-02-10 - 2022-02-27
The 26th Annual Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival, showcasing the best in international Jewish films, will stream from February 10-27, 2022. With your safety in mind, the Festival is virtual, allowing you to view great Jewish films from the comfort and safety of your own home.

Film information, screening schedules and ticket sales
available at WWW.GPJFF.ORG

EVJCC Generations After Meeting
2022-02-09 11:00 - 12:30
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 of that project.

Doris is a founding member of both the U.S. Holocaust Museum and the Illinois Holocaust Museum. In 1998, she participated in the U.S. Museum’s first mission to Auschwitz. She has given many lectures on the Holocaust and has been a docent at the Illinois Holocaust Museum for 13 years. She is also a certified speaker on the Museum’s 2nd generation Speaker’s Bureau. In addition, she is a moderator for the Illinois Holocaust Museum’s Survivor Hologram Technology. In 2019, while in Phoenix, she served as a docent for the Holocaust By Bullets Exhibition.
Please use the web page Generations After – EVJCC

Teacher's Workshop: Teaching the Holocaust
2022-02-08 16:00 - 19:00
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

Descendants' Forum Judith Greenberg “Cypora’s Echo” - the story of family members during World War II in Poland.
2022-01-27 18:00 - 19:00
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.

Online Book Discussion: We Share the Same Sky: A Memoir of Memory & Migration by Rachael Cerrotti
2022-01-20 14:00
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, Rachael wanted to document it as only a granddaughter could. So, that’s what they did: Hana talked and Rachael wrote
Upon Hana’s passing in 2010, Rachael discovered an incredible archive of her life. There were preserved albums and hundreds of photographs dating back to the 1920s. There were letters waiting to be translated, journals, diaries, deportation and immigration papers as well as creative writings from various stages of Hana’s life.
Rachael digitized and organized it all, plucking it from the past and placing it into her present. Then, she began retracing her grandmother’s story, following her through Central Europe, Scandinavia, and across the United States. She tracked down the descendants of those who helped save her grandmother’s life during the war. Rachael went in pursuit of her grandmother’s memory to explore how the retelling of family stories becomes the history itself.
We Share the Same Sky weaves together the stories of these two young women — Hana as a refugee who remains one step ahead of the Nazis at every turn, and Rachael, whose insatiable curiosity to touch the past guides her into the lives of countless strangers, bringing her love and tragic loss. Throughout the course of her twenties, Hana’s history becomes a guidebook for Rachael in how to live a life empowered by grief.
Register Here: We Share the Same Sky — Arizona Jewish Historical Society (azjhs.org)

Café Europa
2022-01-16 16:00 - 17:00
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

Ksenia Coffman: Wikipedia and the Holocaust Sleuth
2022-01-12 19:00
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 regime. Ms. Coffman will discuss her work, on one of the most popular sites on the Internet, to correct historical distortions about the Holocaust and the Second World War.
RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/553bcc28

Next Meeting of Generations
2022-01-12 11:00 | East Valley JCC, 908 N Alma School Rd, Chandler, AZ, 85224, 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.

An Interview with Amy Spitalnick Learn about the important work of the IFA and the landmark federal trial
2022-01-11 18:00
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 case were recently dubbed “21st Century Nazi hunters” by the Forward.

This event, sponsored by 3GNY, 3GAZ, 3GDC, 3GNJ, 3GPhilly, 3GMiami, Boston 3G, and the JFCS Holocaust Center – 3GSF is free and open to the public.

The Descendants’ Forum: “So Many Miracles” a 1987 Documentary by Saul Rubinek about visiting his Parents’ Polish Hiding Place
2021-12-23 17:30 - 18:30
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 so we can add you
to the participant list. RSVP to Elaine Goldenthal
elainegoldenthal@gmail.com Or phone 480.330.1547.

Virtual Event: THE CRATE: A Story Of War, A Murder, And Justice
2021-12-15 19:00
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

Chanukah in Carefree
2021-12-05 17:30
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

Café Europa
2021-12-05 16:00 - 17:00
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: 8 Candles
2021-12-05
Hanukkah; the Jewish festival of rededication

Chanukah in Carefree
2021-12-04 17:30
Chanukah Menorah Lighting
Saturday December 4
5:30 pm MST
7th Night:
Jewish Social Group of
Cave Creek & Carefree
(Havdallah)
For more information or to access the livestream visit:
Chanukah in Carefree Arizona – Visit Carefree Arizona

Chanukah: 7 Candles
2021-12-04

Chanukah in Carefree
2021-12-03 17:30
Chanukah Menorah Lighting
Friday, December 3
5:30 pm MST
6th Night:
The Bauman Family
(Shabbat)- The Baumans’s are a
local family who have been doing a heartwarming family Shabbat during Chanukah for
all five years of this event in Carefree.
For more information or to access livestream visit:
Chanukah in Carefree Arizona – Visit Carefree Arizona
