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.
RSVPs appreciated! Contact Ori Parnaby at 299-3000 x241 or [email protected]
Participate in three rotating “mini” classes, followed by haroset tasting. (Each 20-minute class taught only once.)
- Rabbi Robert Eisen presents “Korech: The Hillel Sandwich… The Seder as a Remembrance of the Temple”
- Cantorial Soloist NIchole Chorney presents “Transforming Your Seder into a Song”
- Rabbi Ruven Barkan presents “The Moss Hagaddah: An Artistic Midrashic Exploration”
Admission: One box of matza per family for the “Matza & More” Passover Food Drive. Please RSVP by Apr. 1.
The community is invited to learn about the messages of Passover through activities, foods & a decadent chocolate seder. No charge to attend, but RSVP needed by Apr. 12 to Rabbi Ruven Barkan.
Participate in one of Judaism’s most beautiful and meaningful festivals. Share great dialogue, family participation; supervised children’s play; traditional dinner by Handmaker Catering. CAI Members: adult $45; child $30; Non-members: adult $55; child $40; College & military $37. Reservations due by Apr. 18. Seating is limited.
September 7: Rabbi Robert Eisen presents “The Testament of Abraham”
September 14: Rabbi Ruven Barkan presents “Teshuva and The 12 Steps”
September 21: Cantorial Soloist Nichole Chorny presents “Nusah: The Melody Which Gives Meaning”
3-week series $18 per person PLUS food donation for the Community Food Bank. Please bring item(s) to class. RSVP required by Sept. 2.
September 7: Rabbi Robert Eisen presents “The Testament of Abraham”
September 14: Rabbi Ruven Barkan presents “Teshuva and The 12 Steps”
September 21: Cantorial Soloist Nichole Chorny presents “Nusah: The Melody Which Gives Meaning”
3-week series $18 per person PLUS food donation for the Community Food Bank. Please bring item(s) to class. RSVP required by Sept. 2.
September 7: Rabbi Robert Eisen presents “The Testament of Abraham”
September 14: Rabbi Ruven Barkan presents “Teshuva and The 12 Steps”
September 21: Cantorial Soloist Nichole Chorny presents “Nusah: The Melody Which Gives Meaning”
3-week series $18 per person PLUS food donation for the Community Food Bank. Please bring item(s) to class. RSVP required by Sept. 2.
“Special Needs” – “Disability” – “Inclusion” – so many ways to describe individuals in our community who have differences. Come hear what those words mean to a mother of a young adult, a disability agency, and an individual. Rabbi Nate Crane will moderate a panel through which these speakers can tell their stories sharing what support means to them in both the secular and Jewish communities. Learn how best to help in various situations and get involved in a way that makes sense to you.
Panelists Amy DL Hummell of Gesher Disability Resources, Sharon Landay, and Barton. Facilitated by Rabbi Crane of Congregation Or Tzion and Hagigah.
Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival and Gesher Disability Resources present Hava Nagila the movie.
FREE TO ATTEND
SENSORY-SENSITIVE SCREENING OF THIS HILARIOUS DOCUMENTARY
“IT’S NOT JUST A SONG, IT’S AN EVENT,” OFFERS JOSH KUN, ONE OF THE ACADEMICS WHO SPEAKS ON THE MYSTERY, HISTORY AND MEANING OF “HAVA NAGILA.”
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