Twelve mitzvah projects in 15 days. That’s an accomplishment to be proud of for the 26 teens who spent the first two weeks of July on Hebrew High’s 15th annual summer Care-a-van. “I have gained so much perspective about the less fortunate. Because of my Care-a-van experience, I have learned to be grateful and to…
“Mommy has a disease,” I hear my husband explaining to my 12-year-old son. I can’t quite make out the rest of the conversation through my quiet sobbing upstairs in the bedroom. But I catch some of it. “Will she be OK?” Eli asks. “Will I have the disease too? Will I have to take medicine…
Ongoing: Club J at the Valley of the Sun JCC After-school programming ranging from sports to cooking and crafts to Israeli culture and more for grades K-8. Transportation from nearby schools available. Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center, 12701 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale. 480-634-4949 or youth@vosjcc.org, vosjcc.org. J Care at the East Valley JCC…
It’s been a busy year for the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix, so they’re gearing up to celebrate. In the first year of its Life & Legacy program, the foundation and its 12 community partners exceeded their goal and secured 347 legacy commitments, totaling an estimated $17.2 million, to support local Jewish organizations. “I…
Pictured above: Experienced hiking guide Debra Rosenberg will lead Project Jewish Love’s Climb Higher hikes Jennifer Gale was thinking about her own dating future when the idea of Project 40 Love first popped into her head. The name was a play on words using the concept of a tennis match. She requested set-ups and blind…
FEDERATION NOTES In Phoenix, summer is typically a time when things slow down; people take vacations and recharge before school starts and our calendars begin to fill with holiday and other obligations. Unfortunately, this summer has been a time of elevated concern for the world and for our country. Divisiveness seems to be at an…
JEWISH ADULT ED Beth Emeth Congregation of the West Valley, 13702 W Meeker Blvd., Sun City West will offer adult classes weekly throughout the month of September, taught by Rabbi Leo Michel Abrami. All are welcome to register for these classes whether they are members of the congregation or not. Topics include “Kabbalah: a Spiritual…
Through Sept 6 Monsters Under the Bed – Paintings & Drawings by Curt Kiwak at the Tucson Jewish Community Center, 3800 E River Road, Tucson. 520-299-3800 or tucsonjcc.org. Through Sept 29 Mapping Q, an innovative community arts education program where LGTBQ+ youth explore representations of self within art, museums, and the wider community, at the…
