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Aug
30
Sun
Jewish Tucson: Free Bagel Brunch @ Jewish Community Center
Aug 30 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Jewish Tucson: Welcoming newcomers and those interested in connecting to Tucson’s Jewish community!

Join us for brunch and a chance to connect with local synagogues, organizations, and agencies.

We will also have Cheri’s Desert Harvest joining us with a variety of all natural jellies and other locally made, kosher goodies, indigenous to the Sonoran Desert, to taste.

www.jewishtucson.org

RSVPs appreciated! Contact Ori Parnaby at 299-3000 x241 or [email protected]

Jun
11
Sat
Tikkun Leil Shavuot: A Guide to the Evening of Shavuot @ Congregation Anshei Israel
Jun 11 @ 8:00 pm – 11:45 pm

Annual program to observe the celebration of the anniversary of the day Moses received the Ten Commandments from God. Includes service, dairy dinner, two study sessions, dessert and the reading of the Book of Ruth.

Ma’ariv/Shavuot Service 8:00pm; dairy dinner 8:15pm
Study Session 1 at 8:45pm: Rabbi Robert Eisen will present “Megillat Ruth: The Character of the Characters”
Study Session 2 at 9:40pm: Rabbi Ruven Barkan will present “Is the Torah True? What Happened at Sinai?”
Dessert 10:30pm; Reading of the Book of Ruth 11:00pm

$8 per person to attend dinner; no charge for service, study sessions & dessert.
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED by June 8 TO ATTEND ANY PORTION OF TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOT.

Nov
9
Thu
Jews on the Move: Geography of Jewish Survival
Nov 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Jews on the Move: Geography of Jewish Survival

They call us “wandering Jews.” But, in the US, As roughly 90% of all Jews now reside in either Israel or North America, it can be ar21st century in the US, it can be argued that the Jewish people have at last achieved a level of demographic stability. Yet, a closer look at the demographic trends in the U.S., reveals that within this population concentration, Jewish inter-regional migration rates are on the increase.

Join Michael Weil, economist and one of the Forward’s 50 most influential Jews in America to learn more about how modern Jewish geography relates to our survival.

 

Thursday, November 9, 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

ORGANIZED BY Valley Beit Midrash

PRICE $18.00 free for VBM Members

 

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