May 2 – East Valley Yom Hashoah Program
East Valley JCC, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler
The Center for Holocaust Education and Human Dignity of the East Valley Jewish Community Center will host a daylong program commemorating the victims of the Holocaust in observance of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Registration is required for all programs. To register, click here. All programs are free except for the Open Beit Midrash guided tour, which includes a kosher lunch. To make a payment, click here.
- Self-guided tours (Noon-3 p.m.): “Through the Eyes of Youth: Life and Death in the Bedzin Ghetto” is an exhibit created by the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University that tells the story of young people in the Jewish ghetto of Bedzin, Poland, before, during and after the Holocaust. Reservations are required.
- Guided tour and lunch (11 a.m.): Bjorn Krondorfer, director of the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University, will lead a tour of the above exhibit as part of Open Beit Midrash. The cost is $14, which includes a kosher lunch following the tour. Reservations are required by April 29.To register, click here. To make a payment, click here.
- Screening of “Shalom Italia” (1 p.m.): This documentary by Tamar Tal Anati tells the story of three Italian Jewish brothers set off on a journey through Tuscany, in search of a cave where they hid as children to escape the Nazis. Their quest, full of humor, food and Tuscan landscapes, straddles the boundary between history and myth, both of which really, truly happened. Reservations are required.
- Teacher’s workshop (4-5:30 p.m.): In this free workshop, Bjorn Krondorfer, director of the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University, will lead a tour of the exhibit and discuss how to approach stories from the Holocaust with students. The program is geared toward teachers who teach high school or college students. Reservations are required.
- Yom Hashoah ceremony (6 p.m.): Procession of survivors and their descendants and a candle-lighting ceremony; presentation by Holocaust survivor Marion Weinzweig, author of “Lonely Chameleon”; presentation by Bjorn Krondorfer, who will share his story about finding out as an adult that his father was a German soldier at a slave labor camp in Poland; and reading of names, Mourner’s Kaddish, El Maleh Rachamim led by Rabbi Michael Beyo. Reservations are required.
Partners of this East Valley JCC program include The Martin-Springer Institute of Northern Arizona University, Temple Emanuel of Tempe, Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley and the Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation.
May 2 – Yom Hashoah Remembrance
Northwest Division/Olson Center for Jewish Life, 190 W. Magee Road #162, Oro Valley
Yom Hashoah Remembrance at Northwest Division/Olson Center for Jewish Life from 3:30 to 5 pm. Guest speakers, learn about the Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center’s Mapping Migration Photographic Memoir Project and Rabbi Billy will lead lighting yahrzeit candles and kaddish and Emily Ellentuck will lead song. RSVP to 520-505-4161 or jfsa.org/nwyomhashoah.
May 2 – 80 Years Later – What Does “Never Again” Mean?
Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale at 7 pm
Dr. Alex Alvarez, Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, NAU
Sheila Polk, Yavapai County Attorney
Moderated by: Rabbi Pinchas Allouche, Congregation Beth Tefillah
Sponsored by The Phoenix Holocaust Association in collaboration with The Bureau of Jewish Education & The Jewish Community Relations Council
Fore more information, visit 80yearslater.eventbrite.com.
May 5 – Community-wide Yom Hashoah Commemoration
Congregation Or Tzion, 16415 N. 90th St., Scottsdale
Please join the Phoenix Holocaust Association for the community-wide Yom HaShoah (Holocaust) Commemoration. Included in the commemoration will be candle lighting by Survivors to represent the 6 Million lost, a Survivor reflection, as well as songs with local Cantors and Cantorial Soloists.
This year the Yom HaShoah Commemoration will take place at Congregation Or Tzion – 16415 N 90th St. Scottsdale from 3-4:30 pm.
For more information, please visit phoenixhsa.org or contact 602-788-7003.
All are welcome to attend.
May 5 – 2019 Yom Hashoah Commemoration
Tucson JCC, 3800 E. River Road, Tucson
This program will mark 80 years since the outbreak of WWII by remembering Jewish life and culture before the destruction. Free. Event begins at 2 pm.
- Survivor processional and candle lighting
- Reception hosted by Temple Beth Shalom Green Valley
For more information, visit tucsonjcc.org.
