Wednesday, Jan. 11 | 10-11:30 a.m. Guest speaker: Holocaust survivor and author Dirk Van Leenen The free program will be held at the East Valley JCC. Refreshments will be provided. Reservations are required. Dirk Van Leenen was born in 1940 just after the war had begun in The Netherlands. He has several degrees in horticulture and floral design and has spent his life working with flowers. At the University of Leiden, he studied English and he worked a number of years in Holland as an English teacher. For years, he used to tell stories about his experiences during the Second World War in Holland and his children and grandchildren always urged him to write a book about those difficult times....

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  6 p.m. Jan. 22, 2023 Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Tickets $18, $36 and $54 Purchase at the center's box office or online at scottsdaleperformingarts.org   MusicaNova Orchestra and ASU's Center for Jewish Studies present one man's story of finding hope and love in an all-Jewish orchestra as Nazi oppression accelerated in 1930s Germany. The evening begins with the movie Winter Journey, based on classical radio host Martin Goldsmith's book, The Inextinguishable Symphony, followed by a Q&A with Mr. Goldsmith. The orchestra performs the final piece the Jewish orchestra rehearsed: an ironic slap at their oppressors, Nielsen's Fourth Symphony powerfully proclaims that "music is life, and like life, inextinguishable." Local choirs join the orchestra for the finale, Sibelius’...

*Please mark this important event in your calendars. January 29, 2023 7:00 p.m. Temple Solel 6805 E McDonald Dr, Paradise Valley, AZ 85253 How Can we Understand Contemporary Antisemitism? Michael Berenbaum, a Holocaust scholar who played a leading role in the creation of the USHMM and the content of its permanent exhibition, will address this difficult topic. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at the American Jewish University. Event is free and open to public. Questions contact Tara Marcaussen @ tmarcussen@templesolel.org This event is sponsored by NAU’s Martin-Springer Institute, Temple Solel, and the Phoenix Holocaust Association.