Calendar

Feb
6
Sat
“Read It & Meet” Book Discussion @ Congregation Anshei Israel
Feb 6 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

The book selection is My Promised Land by Ari Shavit. Book discussions are held once a month and are open to everyone. We discuss selected books by Jewish authors or with Jewish content, and share our experiences, reactions, and ideas. Moderators facilitate each discussion.

Mar
5
Sat
“Read It & Meet” Book Discussion @ Congregation Anshei Israel
Mar 5 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

The book selection is The Unamericans by Molly Antopol. Book discussions are held once a month and are open to everyone. We discuss selected books by Jewish authors or with Jewish content, and share our experiences, reactions, and ideas. Moderators facilitate each discussion.

Apr
2
Sat
“Read It & Meet” Book Discussion @ Congregation Anshei Israel
Apr 2 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

The book selection is Thirteen Days in September by Lawrence Wright, with moderator Lily Brull. Book discussions are held once a month and are open to everyone. We discuss selected books by Jewish authors or with Jewish content, and share our experiences, reactions, and ideas. Moderators facilitate each discussion.

Apr
3
Sun
Information Fair for Jewish Seniors, Families & Friends @ Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging
Apr 3 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Come to the 1st Annual Information Fair for Seniors, Families, and Friends. presented by Select Care Managers, in conjunction with the Senior Task Force, at Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging on April 3. Find answers to your questions about making relevant decisions regarding life changes, financial and legal information, and services and agencies that can connect you with Jewish resources that will lead to aging with grace. Pre-registration encouraged.

Sep
14
Wed
Book Club @ Beth El Congregation
Sep 14 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

 

This month, the Book Club will be discussing, The Bridal Chair, by Gloria Goldreich—“The only daughter of Marc Chagall is blossoming in the Paris art world beyond her father’s controlling gaze. But her newfound independence is short-lived. In Nazi-occupied Paris, Chagall’s status as a Jewish artist has made them all targets, yet his devotion to his art blinds him to their danger.” (Goodreads.com)

Read the book and come ready to enjoy an evening discussion with our new moderator, Ileen Bruns. Pizza and wine are available to enjoy for only $5.

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

Dec
3
Sat
4th Annual Chess and Science Festival & All-Girls Tournament – 2016 @ Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium
Dec 3 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Our 4th ANNUAL CHESS AND SCIENCE FESTIVAL & ALL-GIRLS TOURNAMENT is scheduled for Saturday, December 3rd, 2016

FESTIVAL IS OPEN FOR ALL!
Special Flandrau reduced admission: Adult $5, Child $3
THE EVENT INCLUDES:
 ALL-GIRLS CHESS TOURNAMENT IN 3 SECTIONS (OPEN, U800 & U400). USCF RATED. Entry Fee – please see details on events4chess.com
 VARIOUS CHESS ACTIVITIES
 MANY SCIENCE EXHIBITS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS
 MUSEUM ADMISSION
 LASER SHOWS
 … AND MUCH MORE!

ORGANIZATION, SUPPORT AND SPONSORSHIP COMES FROM:
 3-TIME US WOMEN’S CHESS CHAMPION – WGM ANJELINA BELAKOVSKAIA
 BELAKOVSKAIA CHESS ACADEMY PARENTS
 FLANDRAU SCIENCE CENTER AND PLANETARIUM
 Numerous Tucson companies and organizations, including the University of Arizona,
College of Science and Math Department
 UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION

Our Mission: To organize a special and memorable event that will have a long lasting positive influence on participants, parents and observers, through promoting girls’ self-esteem, confidence, and ability to compete in intellectual areas and achieve great success in chess and beyond – including math, science, finance, business and life!

Info: www.ChessandScienceFestival.com (520) 370-0700 [email protected]
ALL-GIRLS tournament registration – events4chess.com
SPONSORSHIP – please support our event!!! You can donate by check, volunteer, set-up exhibits and more – we welcome all the help!

Apr
5
Thu
Expresso Yourself: Jewish Family & Children’s Service’s Creative Aging Program’s April Memory Café to JFCS Senior Chorus @ Beth El Congregation
Apr 5 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Jewish Family & Children’s Service is pleased to announce its April Memory Café will feature an interactive sing-along with the JFCS Senior Chorus, The Sunshine Singers, at Beth El Congregation, 1118 W. Glendale Avenue in Phoenix on Thursday, April 5, 2018 from 10 to 11:30 am.

The Sunshine Singers, who are part of the Creative Aging program of JFCS, have been rehearsing together for several months, led by the talented Daniel Kurek.

The Café is a meeting place for those with changes in their thinking or memory, mild cognitive impairment or dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder, along with their care partners.  Offered on the first Thursday of the month, each Café has a new theme and includes meaningful, fun activities to engage the participants and stimulate their minds and bodies. Socialization is a key component to the cafés, as they are meant to be a place to relax, meet others and have fun in a nurturing and accepting environment.

Dec
16
Sun
A Sunday of Laughs with comedian Peter Fogel @ East Valley JCC
Dec 16 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Comedian Peter J. Fogel has worked or appeared on more than 20 television shows and has performed on cruise ships and at comedy clubs, performing arts centers and Las Vegas theaters. He is currently the national touring star of “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy.”

(Two shows: 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.)

A Sunday of Laughs with comedian Peter Fogel @ East Valley JCC
Dec 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Comedian Peter J. Fogel has worked or appeared on more than 20 television shows and has performed on cruise ships and at comedy clubs, performing arts centers and Las Vegas theaters. He is currently the national touring star of “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy.”

(Two shows: 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.)

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