Calendar

Nov
7
Sat
“Read It & Meet” Book Discussion @ Congregation Anshei Israel
Nov 7 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

The book selection is Gertruda’s Oath by Oren Ram (moderator Phyllis Broad). 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.

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

The book selection is A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales by Ruth Calderon (moderator Rabbi Robert Eisen). 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.

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.

Jun
3
Fri
Schmooze Couples ShabbatLuck (Shabbat Potluck) @ Location in North Scottsdale (RSVP for details)
Jun 3 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Schmooze Couples (30s & 40s) are hosting a ShabbatLuck (Shabbat Potluck Dinner). Join in the fun for an evening of food, friends, and fun in North Scottsdale (near 64th Street and Bell). If interested, this event may even turn into a Game Night as who can resist a good old fashioned board game. If you have children, you’ll want to find a sitter for the evening.

Make sure to RSVP at http://evite.me/Zv5RTW8Nbc. Please also sign up for an item to bring on the event wall.

The address and directions will be sent out the week prior to the event to all who RSVP. We hope you can join us on June 3rd for this Schmooze Couples event!

You can find more details through the Facebook event page (https://www.facebook.com/events/1297877950232088) or Meetup event page (http://www.meetup.com/azschmooze/events/231236084).

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

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!

May
19
Fri
Schmooze’s ShabbatLuck (Shabbat Potluck Dinner) @ Congregation Beth Israel
May 19 @ 6:15 pm – 9:30 pm

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!

For advertising information, please contact [email protected].