Change of speaker at tonight's Holocaust Remembrance event
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The East Valley JCC is hosting its fourth annual Holocaust Remembrance event tonight at the Chandler Center for the Arts. The scheduled speaker, Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger, had to cancel tonight’s appearance due to a medical emergency and survivor Samuel Harris will speak instead.
The event starts at 6:30 p.m. and includes the showing of “An Article of Hope,” a documentary about a tiny Torah scroll that survived World War II in a concentration camp and was taken to Israel after the war. It accompanied Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon into space on the 2003 Columbia shuttle, which disintegrated on re-entry into the earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
At tonight’s event, Harris will share his experience during the Holocaust. He splits his residences between Arizona and the Chicago suburbs and is the author of the book, “Sammy: Child Survivor of the Holocaust.” He speaks extensively about his experiences and lessons of the Holocaust and wrote the book in order to help keep alive the memory of what happened to European Jews during the Holocaust, especially in the face of revisionists who claim the Holocaust never happened.
Tonight’s event is presented by the East Valley Jewish Community Center in partnership with the City of Chandler and Chandler Unified School District, and is intended to focus attention on the lessons of the Holocaust to help prevent future acts of hate, intolerance and genocide.
Tickets are $10 adults, $7 seniors and students, and are available at chandlercenter.org or evjcc.org. After 3 p.m., they can be purchased at the Chandler Center for the Arts box office. The center is located at 250 N. Arizona Ave. in Chandler.
For more information, call the EVJCC at 480-897-0588.
05 Apr, 2011 >