The Arts and Judaism have been intrinsically linked since the beginning of time. There are an overwhelming number of Jews creating or performing in the areas of music, visual arts, creative writing, dance and theater. And if they’re not performing, they are attending and supporting! Culture has always been one of the pillars of Judaism that helps to weave together the colorful tapestry of Jewish life and bring communities together.
Arizona Jewish Historical Society
Cutler Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center
Dr. Lawrence Bell, Ph.D., Executive Director
Jeffrey Schesnol, PMP, Project Manager
Mark Sendrow, President
122 E Culver St.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
602-241-7870, Fax: 602.264.9773
[email protected], www.azjhs.org
Preserves the rich heritage of Arizona’s Jewish communities and educates the public on the Jewish contribution to Arizona and American life. Building was Phoenix’s first Jewish synagogue and is rented frequently for lifecycle and holiday events for people of all faiths, plus meetings for up to 250 people. Visit “Judaism in the Desert” exhibit of the varied congregational life and what it means to be Jewish in Arizona. Monthly films, book discussions and panels.
Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival
Robert Segelbaum, Executive Director
Barry Singer, Treasurer
PMB 234, Suite 103
6501 E Greenway Parkway
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
602-908-8007, Fax: 602-589-0869
[email protected], www.gpjff.org
Celebrating its 19th year, the Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival brings an exciting and entertaining slate of cultural films to the Valley from Feb. 8 to 22, 2015. The Festival showcases dramas, documentaries, comedies and docudramas at three locations – Peoria, Scottsdale and Chandler – with post-screening speakers and discussions. “Films in the Schools” is the Festival’s community outreach program which seeks to educate students by teaching tolerance and brotherhood in public and private schools.
The Holocaust History Center
at the Jewish History Museum
Judy Rose Sensibar, Executive Director
Barry A Friedman, MD, President of the Board
Catherene J. Morton, Ph.D., J.D., 1st Vice-President
564 S Stone Ave.
Mail: PO Box 889
Tucson, AZ 85702
520-670-9073
[email protected], www.jewishhistorymuseum.org
The mission of the Holocaust History Center is to preserve the memory and lessons of the Holocaust through the life stories of the survivors and their descendants who over the years have been residents of Southern Arizona. The Museum will exhibit and highlight the survivors’ experiences during the Holocaust, their perspectives on those events and their subsequent accomplishments in life.
The Jewish History Museum
Judy Rose Sensibar, Executive Director
Barry A Friedman, MD, President of the Board
Catherene J. Morton, Ph.D., J.D., 1st Vice-President
564 S Stone Ave.
Mail: PO Box 889
Tucson, AZ 85702
520-670-9073
[email protected], www.jewishhistorymuseum.org
The mission of the Jewish History Museum is the collection, preservation, exhibition and teaching of the history of the Jewish experience in the Southwest, and the preservation of the first synagogue building in the Arizona Territory.
Musical Instrument Museum (MIM)
Maureen O’Brien, Development Director
Jill Moore, Events Manager
Annabel Rimmer, School and Group Tour Coordinator
4725 E Mayo Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85050
480-478-6000 Fax: 480-471-8690
[email protected], www.MIM.org
Explore the world through music at MIM. This unique museum, which displays more than 5,000 instruments and related objects from every country in the world, is ranked Phoenix’s number one attraction on TripAdvisor and the fourth Best Museum for Families nationwide by USA Today Travel.
Plotkin Judaica Museum
at Congregation Beth Israel
10460 N 56th St.
Scottsdale, AZ 85253
480-951-0323
www.cbiaz.org
Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework
Desert Cactus Chapter
4533 E Maya Way
Cave Creek, AZ 85331
480-585-8420
www.pomegranateguild.org
Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework Tucson Chapter
c/o Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona – Northwest Division
190 W Magee Road, Ste. 162
Oro Valley, AZ 85704
520-577-9393, ext. 130
www.pomegranateguild.org
Tucson International Jewish Film Festival
c/o Tucson JCC
3800 E River Road
Tucson, AZ 85718
520-299-3000, ext. 106
www.tucsonjcc.org/arts
Tucson Association of Jewish Libraries
on-line resource to search nine synagogue/JCC libraries
www.tucsonjewishlibrary.org
Theater Works
Peoria Center for the Performing Arts
Daniel Schay, Executive Director
8355 W Peoria Ave.
Peoria, AZ 85345
623- 815-7930
[email protected], www.theaterworks.org
Theater Works at the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts serves as a West Valley home for professionally produced theater, concerts, special events, and educational programs. 2014-15 MasterWorks series: I Get a Kick out of Cole, How To Succeed In Business…, The Quiltmaker’s Gift, Shifting Gears, Follies, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Also offering YouthWorks, PuppetWorks, Classical and Jazz concerts, comedy, and more!
Tucson JCC Sculpture Garden
3800 E River Road
Tucson, AZ 85718
520-299-3000, ext. 106
www.tucsonjcc.org/arts
