Local Yom Hashoah commemorations
- What: Special screening of the award-winning documentary film, "Paperclips"
- When: 7 p.m. Monday, May 2
- Where: Neeb Hall at Arizona State University, Tempe
- Speakers: Rabbi Barton Lee, executive director of ASU Hillel, will introduce the film. Dr. Delia Saenz, director of the ASU Intergroup Relations Center, will moderate open discussion.
- Call: 480-965-9011
- Information: "Paperclips" tells the story of how students at a Tennessee middle school decided to honor those killed during the Holocaust by collecting 6 million paperclips. Visit www.paperclipsmovie.com.
- What: Yom Hashoah communitywide program
- Who: Phoenix Holocaust Survivors Association
- When: 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4
- Where: Har Zion Congregation, 6140 E. Thunderbird Road, Scottsdale
- Call: 480-991-0720
- Information: At 5:30 p.m., the Men's Club Survivor's Wall will be dedicated. The program begins at 6 p.m. and features "Songs from Terezin," with Rabbi Mark Bisman and soloists Ashley Jacobson and Cantor Bernard Savitz. Violinist Coralie Hurst will play selections from "Schindler's List" and Bloch.
- What: Holocaust Remembrance Day service
- When: 10 a.m. Thursday, May 5
- Where: St. Elizabeth Seton Church, 9728 Palmaras Drive, Sun City
- Speaker: Magda Herzberger, author of "Survival"
- Information: Herzberger also wrote some of the music to be performed, including "Prayer for Assistance," which will be sung by Herzberger's daughter Monica Wolfson, a mezzo-soprano with the Arizona Opera Company. Also participating is Rabbi Leo Abrami of Beth Emeth Congregation.
- What: A Shabbat service that includes prayers for Holocaust victims and survivors
- When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 6
- Where: Temple Beth Shalom, 12202 N. 101st Ave., Sun City
- Call: 623-977-3240
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