Photo credit Maarten De Boer The March 12 event in Los Angeles will honor Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren and philanthropist Moses Libitzky with the Museum’s National Leadership Award; Brown University student and TEDx presenter Emma Blankstein will deliver keynote address LOS ANGELES (February 16, 2024) — Amid the current surge of antisemitism…
If you live in Arizona, there is an important event happening this Thursday, March 30 at the Valley of the Sun JCC. But don’t worry, if you live anywhere else, you can watch the event virtually. There is no charge, but registration is required: https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/wcarizonastpp0323
Click here to Reserve your seat Living a Life That Matters: from Nazi Nightmare to American Dream We are very honored to have Ben Lesser as our Holocaust speaker this year. Tickets are available now for the Chandler Center for the Arts. In this engaging, inspiring, and educational Holocaust survivor memoir, Ben Lesser invites you to…
A Beautiful Place – a 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 by using their imaginations and the remarkable power of art. The legacy of these…
https://azjewishlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/91-YEAR-OLD.png When I arrived in Eretz Israel and saw, for the first time in my life, the Jewish guard, the Jewish soldier, I realized that my life’s dream is coming true – a dream of a country, but mine. A dream that I have been missing ever since as a child when I was afraid…
The Phoenix Holocaust Association will hold its annual communitywide Yom HaShoah Commemoration to honor the memory of those who perished during the Holocaust and recognize those who survived. Local leaders will also be honored at the event The virtual event will be held on May 1, 2022 at 11 a.m. The theme of the…
Israeli-American Council Dedicates Coast-to-Coast Walk-Run in Memory of One and a Half Million Child Victims of Holocaust From the “Rocky” steps at Philadelphia’s Museum of Art to the Holocaust Museum LA, people from coast to coast are running and walking this month to remember the Holocaust and spotlight rising antisemitism in the Israeli-American Council’s #6MillionSteps…
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum honored Suzi and Steve Hilton of Phoenix with its National Leadership Award for their contributions to preserving Holocaust history and for rallying against antisemitism, genocide and Holocaust denial on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. The annual “What You Do Matters” Western Region Tribute event…
Renowned historian of the Holocaust and Jewish history, Deborah Lipstadt, was finally confirmed this past Wednesday as an ambassador to combat antisemitism for the Department of State. The grueling eight-month process of hearings and delays only seemed to strengthen the resolve of Jewish groups supporting her nomination. Groups as diverse as the Orthodox Union and…
