Calendar

Apr
17
Sun
Passover Family Workshop & Chocolate Seder at CAI @ Congregation Anshei Israel
Apr 17 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

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.

Apr
23
Sat
Second Night Passover Seder at CAI @ Congregation Anshei Israel
Apr 23 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm

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.

Sep
7
Wed
Adult Education Kollel (Class): “Finding Our Way into the New Year” @ Congregation Anshei Israel
Sep 7 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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.

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

Adult Education Kollel (Class): “Finding Our Way into the New Year” @ Congregation Anshei Israel
Sep 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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.

Sep
21
Wed
Adult Education Kollel (Class): “Finding Our Way into the New Year” @ Congregation Anshei Israel
Sep 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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.

Sep
25
Sun
Cong. Anshei Israel Kever Avot Memorial Service @ Evergreen Cemetery, Anshei Israel Section
Sep 25 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

Even if your loved ones are not buried in CAI’s Cemetery, you are encouraged to participate in the service and pay your respects to your dearly departed. The 30-minute service includes a special booklet of prayers.

Nov
18
Fri
Schmooze: The Return of ShabbatLuck (Shabbat potluck) @ Temple Chai
Nov 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

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!

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.

 

 

 

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