Local Yom Hashoah commemorations

  • What: Yom Hashoah commemoration, annual meeting
  • Who: Phoenix AIPAC
  • When: 9 a.m. Sunday, April 18
  • Where: Arizona Biltmore Resort, 2400 E. Missouri Ave., Phoenix
  • Speaker: Helen Handler
  • Cost: $18, includes kosher breakfast

  • What: Screening of "Theresienstadt: Gateway to Auschwitz: Recollections from Childhood"
  • Who: Or Adam Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
  • When: 10 a.m. Sunday, April 18
  • Where: Tri-City Jewish Community Center, 1521 S. Indian Bend Road, Tempe
  • Speaker: Executive Producer Leon Gildin
  • Call: 480-663-7788 or e-mail info@oradam.org

  • What: Middle East Forum to address the Holocaust and its relationship with Israel
  • When: 11 a.m.-noon Sunday, April 18
  • Where: KKNT AM 960
  • Speakers: Host William Wolf; Harry Fern, Holocaust survivor; Rabbi Arthur Lavinsky of Beth El Congregation; history professor Steve Carol

  • What: "L'Dor V'Dor: The Next Generation"
  • Who: Phoenix Holocaust Survivors' Association
  • When: 3 p.m. Sunday, April 18
  • Where: Temple Chai, 4645 E. Marilyn Road, Phoenix
  • Call: 602-788-7003

  • What: Holocaust memorial service
  • Who: Temple Beth Sholom, Temple Emanuel, Tri-City JCC, Hillel at Arizona State University, several departments of ASU
  • When: 7 p.m. Sunday, April 18
  • Where: Temple Beth Sholom, 3400 N. Dobson Road, Chandler
  • Speaker: Bert Lewyn
  • Call: 480-965-4789

  • What: Holocaust Remembrance Day service
  • Who: Sun Cities Area Ministerial Association
  • When: 10 a.m. Monday, April 19
  • Where: First Presbyterian Church, 12225 N. 103rd Ave., Sun City
  • Speakers: Esther Koppel, Oscar and Mina Deutsch and Rabbi Leo Abrami
  • Call: Temple Beth Shalom, 623-977-3240; Beth Emeth Congregation, 623-584-7210.

  • What: "On the Run in Nazi Berlin: Holocaust Memoirs
  • Who: Temple Beth Sholom, Temple Emanuel, Tri-City JCC, Hillel at Arizona State University, several departments of ASU
  • When: 7 p.m. Monday, April 19
  • Where: Armstrong Hall, ASU main campus, Tempe
  • Speaker: Bert Lewyn
  • Call: 480-965-4789

  • What: "Growing Up Jewish in Nazi Germany"
  • Who: Temple Beth Sholom, Temple Emanuel, Tri-City JCC, Hillel at Arizona State University, several departments of ASU
  • When: 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, April 20
  • Where: Memorial Union, Room 218, on ASU main campus, Tempe
  • Speaker: Bert Lewyn
  • Call: 480-965-4789


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