Israel Solidarity Shabbat at 9 am at Congregation Anshei Israel, 5550 E Fifth St in Tucson.
This special Shabbat service will acknowledge and celebrate the State of Israel. Join us as we show our solidarity in honor and celebration of Tucson Celebrates Israel 67. Two high school students from Kiryat Malakhi, Israel will speak about their experiences. caiaz.org
Simchat Shabbat, an inclusive service for all Jews and their families, sponsored by the
Council for Jews with Special Needs
at noon at Congregation Beth Israel, 10460 N 56th St, Scottsdale.
Free and open to all.
480-629-5343, cjsn.org
Casino Night at Temple Kol Ami to benefit the Early Childhood Center.
6:30 pm at 15030 N 64 St. in Scottsdale.
$40 per person includes dinner, entertainment and a wonderful silent auction.
Call Temple Kol Ami Early Childhood Center at 480-951-5825.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25 6:30 PM “BSTC Saturday Night at the Movies and a Nosh”
Presenting “Ireland, ” a film about Ireland’s remarkable, yet little known story of how Irish Jews participated in the creation of both Ireland and Israel.
$5.00 Per Person includes Popcorn and a Sandwich
Send check to BSTC, P.O. Box 884, Green Valley, AZ,85622 (mark Ireland on your check ) contact Merle Sobol 520-300-6770.
Beth Shalom Temple Center, 1751 North Rio Mayo, Green Valley, AZ
For Information: phone 520-648-6690 or visit www.bstc.us
Men’s Club Breakfast Meeting – Sunday, Apr. 26, 9:30am
Join us for our guest Beth Alpert Nakhai, Ph.D., with the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies. She will bring a 200-year old Sefer Torah which was donated anonymously to the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies at The University of Arizona in 2009. This sacred scroll, which was written in Europe in a Sephardic script, has been the subject of a multi-year restoration project. Its history is unknown, but the scribes who have been working to restore it have some intriguing ideas about its past. You will have the opportunity to see the scroll, to learn what we know about its past, and to see about what is being done to repair and restore it. Includes our delicious breakfast buffet. No charge for Men’s Club members; guests $4. For more information, contact Mark Levine at 520-886-8825 or marsher18@gmail.com
Phoenix Community Kollel Women’s Division honors Cindy Landesman for ten years of devoted service to the community at their
Spice of Life luncheon
at 10 am at the Pardes Jewish Day School Social Hall on the Ina Levine Jewish Community campus, 12753 N Scottsdale Road.
Guest speaker is Aliza Bulow.
$54. RSVP to programming@aztorah.com
The Valley’s Israel Center, led by director Shahar Edry, is hosting a joyous party for Israel’s 67th Birthday with the theme of Peace, Love and Zionism. The Israel 67 Celebration is being held 11 am-3 pm on April 26 at the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 11270 N Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale.
The festivities begin with an Israeli breakfast followed by an afternoon of music and celebration with activities for all ages. “We’re hoping the Jewish community comes out in force to celebrate and show their support for Israel- now more than ever, ” says Shahar. The event is free and open to the public.
shahare@vosjcc.org
BY CHILDSPLAY – THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
Sunday, April 26: 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
PRESENTED BY CHILDSPLAY – THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
(Tempe, Ariz.) Childsplay and local artist Zarco Guerrero present El Puente, Childsplay’s third Theatre Festival and Mask Procession! Taking place at Tempe Center for the Arts (TCA) on Sunday, April 26 from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., this unique celebration for families features an afternoon of food, music and art.
Free admission to the festival includes mask-making, fun drama activities for kids, dynamic performances by local artists and other craft activities. Plus, the first 400 people in attendance will receive free admission to the 4pm performance of Childsplay’s The Three Javelinas.
The free performances will begin at 2 p.m. and will continue through the afternoon, featuring:
- Quetzalli Ballet Folklórico
- Desert Sounds Mariachi “Sones del Desierto”Â
- Zarco Guerrero’s Face to Face in a Frenzy
- DJ Sean Derek
- Ballet Folklórico Ollin Yoliztli
Families will also see appearances by Axé Capoeira, La Frida & La Flaca Puppets, and more! To conclude the festival, the community can join a masked procession of kids, families, performers and The Three Javelinas on the beautiful pedestrian bridge crossing Tempe Town Lake. The procession will start around 6:00 p.m.
The festival is the third in a series of events aimed at reaching new audiences and broadening Childsplay’s reach in the community. The events will be held in conjunction with Childsplay productions and are meant to deepen the audience’s connection with the performance.
“The word ‘Puente’ literally means ‘Bridge,'” explains Guerrero. “In every language the word ‘Bridge’ conjures up universal metaphors of transformation, enlightenment, freedom and even our passing into the afterlife. Here in the southwest the metaphor has special significance, as it represents the crossing of the Arizona-Mexican border, migration and the hope of a better life. In our Valley, we are blessed with the perfect locale to create a unique site-specific festival utilizing the bridge to bring this metaphor to life.”
To kick start this year’s festival, Guerrero will be holding mask-making workshops with local groups, nonprofits and community centers throughout the Valley.
The “El Puente Project” is supported by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, with a focus on building demand for the performing arts through work with a Resident Artist. Childsplay is using the $155,000 grant to plan and implement this residency program that seeks to make theatre for young audiences a vital part of Latino families’ cultural experience.
www.childsplayaz.org
Join Generations After at 2 pm, April 26, for a discussion of the book After Long Silence by Helen Fremont, who was raised as a Roman Catholic. It wasn’t until she was an adult, practicing law in Boston, that she discovered her parents were Jewish Holocaust survivors living invented lives. Not even their names were their own. In this powerful memoir, Helen Fremont delves into the secrets that held her family in a bond of silence for more than four decades, recounting with heartbreaking clarity a remarkable tale of survival, as vivid as fiction but with the resonance of truth.
Generations After was started in 2013 to serve as an additional resource to the descendants of Holocaust survivors. The book discussion is at the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road.
RSVP to: phx2g3g@gmail.com