The Schmooze Singles Hike and Brunch is at 9:00 am on Sunday, March 6th. We are hiking the Gateway Loop at 18333 North Thompson Peak Parkway, Scottsdale, AZ 85255. We will meet at 9:00 am for a 4.5 mile moderate hike. People should bring plenty of water and snacks if they wish. Brunch will follow at Wildflower Bread Company at 15640 North Hayden Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85260 (Frank Lloyd Wright and the 101).
You can RSVP for this event and get more information through the Schmooze Facebook page or Meetup page.
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.
Join other Schmooze Singles (30s and 40s) for an evening of Rock ‘N Cosmic Bowling on Saturday, May 21st. The cost of $13.99 (plus tax) includes shoes and all-you-care-to bowl cosmic bowling (until 1 AM). Bring your friends to get a special “5 for $55” deal. Schmooze will cover some snacks for the group! Please RSVP to let us know to expect you and find more information on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/events/1720386428249438) or Meetup (http://www.meetup.com/azschmooze/events/230796761).
Start the day off right on August 14th with a round of Top Golf and Schmooze friends! This event is for all Schmooze singles and couples (30s & 40s). The cost is $25 plus a one-time lifetime membership ($5). Schmooze will be covering the appetizers! To reserve your space, please RSVP at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6T7PQ7T.
You can find more details on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/events/139278659843430) or Meetup page (https://www.meetup.com/azschmooze/events/233055250).
There’s no place like home… there’s no place like CAI! This “Wizard of Oz”-themed event will allow current synagogue members to see old friends after the summer break and make new ones, as well as let those interested in learning more about CAI get acquainted. Clergy, school directors, staff and affiliate group representatives will be on hand to answer questions about the synagogue, its services, schools, programs and gift shop. Learn about our award-winning Preschool/Kindergarten, Religious School & USY programs and ask about our FREE membership program that includes High Holy Days tickets.
Lunch is included and there will be fun activities for all ages (Witch’s jumping castle, Glinda the Good Witch “bubble” balls (requested $1 donation to benefit USY), Twister (get it?), and more. Watch “The Wizard of Oz,” get silly with props in our rainbow backdrop (bring your camera!), and play our CAI/OZ Trivia Contest… you could win a great prize!
IT’S ALL FREE, but we ask that attendees participate in our Mitzvah Project to benefit HOPE Animal Shelter (friends of Toto!). EACH PERSON: PLEASE BRING AS YOUR ADMISSION TO THE EVENT
- Authority, Trader Joe’s, Fancy Feast or Kirkland brands dry or canned dog/cat food, or;
- Dog/cat toys, or;
- Laundry detergent, bleach or dish soap
RSVP by August 12 and be entered in a raffle; winner will be drawn at the party.
It’s back! After a several year hiatus, Schmooze is proud to bring the Phoenix area a large ShabbatLuck (Shabbat potluck dinner) event in North Phoenix (at Temple Chai) for an evening of food, friends, and fun. Please read the details and RSVP at http://evite.me/VvRrJZWPCb. Please also sign up for an item to bring on the event wall.
Feel free to join Temple Chai (Reform) for its Shabbat service at 6:15 PM with other ShabbatLuck members. We will mix and mingle in one of the social halls after the service around 7:30 PM with dinner served around 7:50 PM. If you are unable to join us for services, you can still show up for the dinner. If you do attend the services, feel free to drop off potluck items first.
You can also check out the periodic updates on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/events/1814486558789166.
We hope you can join us on November 18th for this Schmooze (30s & 40s) event!
By popular demand, Schmooze is excited to bring you another ShabbatLuck event (Shabbat potluck dinner), this time in North Phoenix at Congregation Beth Israel. Please read the details and RSVP at http://evite.me/FdDxHFptRv for an evening of food, friends, and fun. Please also sign up for an item to bring on the event wall.
Feel free to join Congregation Beth Israel (Reform) for its Shabbat service at 6:15 PM with other ShabbatLuck and AVIV of Arizona members. We will mix and mingle in the Museum after the service around 7:30 PM with dinner served around 7:50 PM. If you are unable to join us for services, you can still show up for the dinner. If you do attend the services, feel free to drop off potluck items first.
Again, please read details, RSVP, and sign up to bring something at http://evite.me/FdDxHFptRv.
We hope you can join us on May 19 for this Schmooze (30s & 40s) & AVIV of Arizona event!
Jewish Family & Children’s Service is hosting a crisis and response training for professionals and paraprofessionals from Jewish faith-based organizations. The training will take place at Temple Chai, 4645 E Marilyn Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85032 on Tuesday, April 24 from 6 – 8:30 pm. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required.
When a crisis occurs in the Phoenix Jewish community, these trained volunteers will be available to offer immediate support services to help those impacted cope with the aftermath of the crisis.
This three-hour training will give participants the opportunity to enhance their crisis intervention skills and gives the volunteers additional insight into the challenges faced by the community in the wake of a crisis situation.
Participants will leave the training with the skills to provide culturally sensitive responses to those in crisis, including those that have been victims of a hate crime, as well as a deeper understanding of how people heal through EMDR therapy.
The training session will be presented by Ira Dressner, Ph.D., LCSW, EMDR Consultant and Trainer, and Liana Dressner, MSW, LCSW, EMDR Consultant. Ira Dressner graduated from the Maxwell School of Public Affairs with a MPA and Ph.D. He has been a psychotherapist and counselor for 26 years and specializes in trauma. Liana Dressner graduated with her bachelor’s in social work and Master’s in Social Work from New York University.
The Center for Holocaust Education and Human Dignity of the East Valley JCC presents “Elie Wiesel and Primo Levi: The Gray Zone of Holocaust Survival” 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, at Chandler Center for the Arts.
Professor Nancy Harrowitz of Boston University’s Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies will read written works by two Auschwitz survivors, Primo Levi and Elie Wiesel, and discuss how they started a new life after the Holocaust.
Elie Wiesel and Primo Levi are the two most widely read authors on the subject of the Holocaust. They share their harrowing and deeply moving stories in very different ways, but are tied together through a deeply philosophical perspective, an emphasis on social justice, and the meaningful legacies they have left behind. How do they create an approach to the Holocaust that brings readers to appreciate its importance in today’s world? How can looking at their stories and how they tell them help us understand their relevance? What can we learn from these two writers/survivors? The program is the debut of a partnership with Boston University’s Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies.
Nancy Harrowitz is a professor of Italian and Jewish studies at Boston University. She has published widely on anti-Semitism and gender in the modern period. Her most recent work includes the book “Primo Levi and the Identity of a Survivor.” At Boston University, she teaches courses on modern Italian literature, film and literature produced under fascism, and representations of the Holocaust in literature and film. She also directs the school’s new minor in Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Studies.