6 pm: ShinShinim Appreciation
A chance to say “thank you” to Leah Avuno and Bar Alkaher for their extraordinary year of service to the Tucson community as they played a major role in connecting Tucson and Israel. Also includes recognition and thanks to their amazing host families. Free and open to the public. Suggested donation of $5 per person. RSVP required. For more information, call 520-577-9393 x133 or visit jfsa.org/shinshinim.
On the first and third Tuesday of every month Jewish Business Network of Arizona (JBN AZ) members and their guests gather for lunch, education and networking in Scottsdale.
If you are Jewish and looking to network with other Jewish business professionals contact our event organizer about attending this meeting as a guest OR for information about membership.
To learn more about our group and our event speakers visit our website JBNAZ.org.
JFCS and Acadia Healthcare are collaborating to present this interactive, fun event, where you will experience the incredible and unbelievable health benefits of laughter while you learn.
This event uses a systematic method of chuckles, chortles, and giggling to reduce stress, increase positive attitudes and helps build healthy relationships.
Three (3) Continuing Education Units Offered
Presenter: Kathleen Thoren, MA, CLL
RSVP by April 30th
5 pm: Congregation Anshei Israel’s Adult and Youth Choirs will perform a concert of Israeli music, led by Cantorial Soloist Nichole Chorny.
Corner Office: Lessons from Jewish Business Leaders (3rd annual)
Wed., May 3 – 5:30-8 p.m.
The Phoenix Plaza – 2909 N. Central Ave., Phoenix 85012
Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix Business & Professionals Group to network with business leaders and gain insight from key executives in local business, including Rory Carder; president of Davis; Mitch Ginsberg, CEO of CommLoan; and Joshua Simon, president of Simon CRE. Panel moderated by Adam Goodman, president & CEO of Goodmans Interior Structures. Jewish professionals and students are welcome. $36 professional; $18 student. Includes cocktails and appetizers. Dietary laws observed. Register by May 1 at jewishphoenix.org/corneroffice.
7-8:30 pm: Survival of a Nation – Exploring Israel through the Lens of the Six Day War
The first of a six-session lecture series is part of an adult education course from the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, and is co-presented by Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin of Chabad Tucson and Oshrat Barel of the Weintraub Israel Center. Tickets for all six sessions are $99, which includes a textbook. To register for the lecture series please visit chabadtucson.com/israelcourse.
The University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) is partnering with the Tucson Jewish Community Center (the Tucson J) to deliver a four-part educational series on cancer beginning in early February. The series, which is free and open to the public, will be delivered by clinical and faculty members of the UACC and will focus on trends in research and clinical care involving such topics as breast cancer, head and neck cancer, translational science, and diet. The lectures are free and open to the public and are held at the Tucson J at 6:30 p.m.
Bear Down. Beat Cancer.
Cancer directly impacts 1 out of every 3 people. Science and technology has transformed the fight against cancer since then-President Richard Nixon called for a War on Cancer by signing the National Cancer Act of 1971. Now there is a renewed effort to push the boundaries of medicine in a search for a cure with President Obama’s Cancer Moonshot. From precision medicine, to novel drug development, to the new frontiers of immunology, researchers and clinicians from the University of Arizona Cancer Center will discuss in a free, four-part series the state of cancer research and its impact on the newest and most promising cancer fighting treatments moving into the clinic. The first Thursday of each month, February to May. All lectures are at 6:30 p.m.:
February 2 – From Bench to Bedside: Translating Cancer Research into Clinical Patient Care
Andrew S. Kraft, MD
Sydney E. Salmon Endowed Chair
Director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center
Associate Vice President for Oncology Programs for the University of Arizona Health Sciences
Senior Associate Dean for Translational Research in the College of Medicine
March 2 – Head and Neck Cancer: The Emerging Epidemic
Julie Bauman, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Translational Research
University of Arizona Cancer Center
April 6 – Diet and Cancer: What’s a person to Eat?
Cyndi Thomson, PhD, RD
Associate Director, Cancer Prevention and Control
University of Arizona Cancer Center
May 4 – Breast Cancer Research and Patient Care
Joyce Schroeder, PhD
Head of the Metastatic Breast Cancer Research Inititative
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona Cancer Center
Tot Kabbalat Shabbat at Temple Emanu-El, 225 N Country Club Road, Tucson from 5-7 pm. Child-centered service with songs, stories and music led by Rabbi Batsheva Appel. Shabbat dinner of kosher chicken and sides (vegetarian upon request), followed by dessert oneg on the playground. $10 adults, under 13 free. 520-327-4501 or templeemanueltucson.org.
Congregation Or Chadash A Musical Celebration of Israel’s Birthday Friday, May 5th, 6:30pm Friday Night LIVE! Shabbat Service Under the Stars Musical service with the Or Chadash Teen Choir and the Chai Lights Klezmer Band More info: 520-512-8500
Congregation Chaverim Celebrate Israel with the Music of Naomi Shemer Friday, May 5th Service 7pm Saturday, May 6th Service 10am More info: 520-320-1015