Calendar

Jan
1
Fri
Champagne Chardonnay New Year’s Shabbat Evening Service @ Temple Emanu-El
Jan 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Celebrate the New Year and Shabbat in style – come dressed in your finery for this festive Shabbat. We start with a champagne, cheese and fruit oneg at 5 pm, then Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon leads a festive, musical hour-long Shabbat evening service at 5:45 pm. All are welcome.

Jan
22
Fri
Tu B’Shevat Wine Tasting Seder & Shabbat Shirah Service in Song @ Temple Emanu-El
Jan 22 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Celebrate Tu B’Shevat Wine Tasting Seder at 5:30 pm with premium French kosher wines, fruits and nuts, and rituals, followed by a festive dinner. Then at 7:30 pm Shabbat Shirah – the Sabbath of Song, celebrating the music of Jewish composers. All are welcome.  Childcare available with RSVP by 1/20.

Mar
9
Wed
“Not Your Grandchildren’s Purim” Adult Ed. Kollel @ Congregation Anshei Israel
Mar 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Rabbis Robert Eisen and Ruven Barkan will delve into what Purim is really about and why it is so important to reclaim its form and function as adults. It’s not all hamentaschen and groggers!

7:00-8:00pm – “The Rest of Esther” with Rabbi Robert Eisen
Review of the Additions to the Book of Esther found in the Apocrypha, especially in terms of the questions and issues they address, and why they were not included as part of our scripture.

8:00-9:00pmMitzvah… or Not?!with Rabbi Ruven Barkan
Exploration of two “controversial mitzvot” connected with the Festival of Purim and look at what it is we “should” be doing.

Mar
16
Wed
“Not Your Grandchildren’s Purim” Adult Ed. Kollel @ Congregation Anshei Israel
Mar 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Rabbis Robert Eisen and Ruven Barkan will delve into what Purim is really about and why it is so important to reclaim its form and function as adults. It’s not all hamentaschen and groggers!

7:00-8:00pm – “The Rest of Esther” with Rabbi Robert Eisen
Review of the Additions to the Book of Esther found in the Apocrypha, especially in terms of the questions and issues they address, and why they were not included as part of our scripture.

8:00-9:00pmMitzvah… or Not?!with Rabbi Ruven Barkan
Exploration of two “controversial mitzvot” connected with the Festival of Purim and look at what it is we “should” be doing.

Mar
23
Wed
“Purim Palooza” Party at CAI @ Congregation Anshei Israel
Mar 23 @ 5:05 pm – 9:00 pm

The fun begins at 5:05pm!
Everyone is invited to come dressed in costume for this festive occasion! Four bounce houses, carnival games, prizes, street artists, popcorn & cotton candy for the kids; Hurricanes/beer for those 21+.
Pasta dinner with sides at 5:55pm
The “WHOLE” Megillah at 6:36pm; costume parade & hamentaschen.
“After Party” 7:30-9:00pm with DJ & ice cream bar (alcoholic drinks continue; bounce houses remain up).

Free fun, free food, free drinks! RSVP required by Mar. 21. (All children 2 & under free).

Sep
14
Wed
Israel in the Media: Beyond the Headlines @ Temple Kol Ami
Sep 14 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee & Temple Kol Ami cordially invite you to Israel in the Media: Beyond the Headlines featuring author and journalist Matti Friedman.

Matti Friedman is the author of Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story, a war memoir of the often forgotten events that took place in the 1990s at the Pumpkin, a small military outpost in Lebanon. His first book, The Aleppo Codex, won the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize, the American Library Association’s Sophia Brody Medal, the Canadian Jewish Book Award and other honors. It was published in Israel, Australia, Holland, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia and South Korea.

Friedman’s reporting has taken him from Israel to Lebanon, Morocco, Moscow and the Caucasus, and his writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and elsewhere. He is a former Associated Press correspondent and a regular contributor to Tablet Magazine. Two essays he wrote about media coverage of Israel after the 2014 Gaza War, for Tablet and The Atlantic, triggered intense discussion and have been shared together on Facebook more than 100,000 times. He was born in Toronto and lives in Jerusalem.

Join us for a fascinating lecture and discussion at Temple Kol Ami.

Please visit www.aipac.org/PHXEOC/ to register or call 602-277-3318.

Event Details

Cost: $18 (Advanced registration required: please RSVP by September 8)

Date: Wednesday, September 14

Location: Temple Kol Ami (15030 N 64th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85254)

Time: 6PM Registration & Reception | 6:30PM Program

Feb
12
Tue
Fresh Perspective: Supporting Jews With Special Needs @ Congregation Or Tzion
Feb 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

“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.

 

 

 

Mar
21
Thu
EVJCC Purim Experience @ East Valley JCC
Mar 21 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
East Valley JCC Purim Experience
Thursday, March 21
 9 a.m. Free Purim class taught by Rabbi Michael Beyo
10 a.m. Interactive reading of Megillah and class by Rabbi Michael Beyo. Cost: $14.
11 a.m. Purim Experience featuring a performance by The Improvables, an improvisational comedy troupe group based in Sun Lakes. Performance is followed by a kosher lunch. Cost: $14
Reservations are required by March 15. Call 480-897-0588 or email [email protected].
Mar
9
Mon
Young Jewish Professionals – Purim Around the World! @ Kitchen18
Mar 9 @ 7:15 pm – 9:30 pm

Young Jewish Professionals are invited to:

Purim Around The World

Purim Eve – Monday, March 9, 2020

7:15 – 9:30 PM

Featuring:

Open Bar · International Buffet · Music · Costume Contest · Megillah Reading & More!

 

For More information and to RSVP, visit:

www.chabadofscottsdale.org/YJPPurim

*Must be 21+ to Attend

Mar
10
Tue
Purim in India @ Chabad of Scottsdale
Mar 10 @ 5:00 pm

Chabad of Scottsdale presents

Purim in India

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

5:00 PM Megilla Reading

5:30 PM Dinner Delicious

Featuring:

Indian Cuisine Exciting · Entertainment · Live Music Raffle · Masquerade in Indian Attire

 

For More information and to RSVP, visit:

chabadofscottsdale.org/PuriminIndia

For advertising information, please contact [email protected].