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Aug
5
Sun
Glass in the Garden @ Butterfly Wonderland
Aug 5 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Experience a very special exhibition of botanical art glass at Butterfly Wonderland by resident artist, Newt Grover. Newt has created beautiful glass floral and foliage art. Included with admission.

Tucson Portraits by Lauri Kaye @ Tucson Jewish Community Center
Aug 5 @ 9:00 am

“Wearing Our Stories” is an exhibit of mixed media drawings sub-dyed onto textiles and meant to be touched, worn, stretched, and used. Creating wearable art is an exciting opportunity to make art more accessible and approachable taking it beyond gallery walls and out onto the streets. Every body every shape and every color changes the aesthetic of the original artwork in a unique and exciting way. For more information about Lauri Kaye, visit her website.

JCC Fine Art Gallery Hours:
Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Friday & Sunday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Closed Saturdays and Jewish holidays.
All are welcome.

Men’s Mishnah Class Sundays @ Congregation Chofetz Chayim
Aug 5 @ 7:15 pm – 8:15 pm

Learn the Mishnah every morning with Rabbi Israel Becker: Monday-Friday 6:15 AM, Shabbos 8:15 AM, Sundays and Major Secular Holidays 7:15 AM.

Aug
6
Mon
Men’s Mishnah Class Mon-Fri @ Congregation Chofetz Chayim
Aug 6 @ 6:15 am – 7:15 am

Learn the Mishnah every morning with Rabbi Israel Becker, Monday-Friday 6:15 AM, Shabbos 8:15 AM and Sundays and Major Secular Holidays 7:15 AM.

Glass in the Garden @ Butterfly Wonderland
Aug 6 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Experience a very special exhibition of botanical art glass at Butterfly Wonderland by resident artist, Newt Grover. Newt has created beautiful glass floral and foliage art. Included with admission.

Tucson Portraits by Lauri Kaye @ Tucson Jewish Community Center
Aug 6 @ 9:00 am

“Wearing Our Stories” is an exhibit of mixed media drawings sub-dyed onto textiles and meant to be touched, worn, stretched, and used. Creating wearable art is an exciting opportunity to make art more accessible and approachable taking it beyond gallery walls and out onto the streets. Every body every shape and every color changes the aesthetic of the original artwork in a unique and exciting way. For more information about Lauri Kaye, visit her website.

JCC Fine Art Gallery Hours:
Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Friday & Sunday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Closed Saturdays and Jewish holidays.
All are welcome.

Make It Mondays @ Children’s Museum Tucson
Aug 6 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Celebrate summer every Monday at the museum with $3 admission, extended hours and special guests. Guests will be at the museum from 3 to 6 pm and the museum is open until 7 pm. For more information, visit childrensmuseumtucson.org.

Book Launch ~ Pirkei Avot: A Social Justice Commentary @ Temple Chai
Aug 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Please join Valley Beit Midrash as we celebrate the launch of Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz’s latest book, Pirkei Avot: A Social Justice Commentary.

Pirkei Avot is the urtext of Jewish practical wisdom. In many ways, the words of Pirkei Avot were the first recorded manifesto of social justice in Western civilization. This commentary explores the text through a lens of contemporary social justice and moral philosophy, engaging both classical commentators and modern thinkers.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.
All proceeds from this event will go to further the mission of Valley Beit Midrash.

Aug
7
Tue
Men’s Mishnah Class Mon-Fri @ Congregation Chofetz Chayim
Aug 7 @ 6:15 am – 7:15 am

Learn the Mishnah every morning with Rabbi Israel Becker, Monday-Friday 6:15 AM, Shabbos 8:15 AM and Sundays and Major Secular Holidays 7:15 AM.

Glass in the Garden @ Butterfly Wonderland
Aug 7 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Experience a very special exhibition of botanical art glass at Butterfly Wonderland by resident artist, Newt Grover. Newt has created beautiful glass floral and foliage art. Included with admission.

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