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Summer heat getting you down? Come join Gesher Disability Resources (formerly Council for Jews with Special Needs) for a fun indoor afternoon of bowling! Open for everyone in the community to come have fun and meet new friends!

This bowling alley is wheelchair accessible!

Interested in volunteering or participating? Please contact: jacquelyn@gesherdr.org for more details!

Please join us for a free, informative session about my journey toward foster/adoption, the amazing resource I’ve found in the Yatom: The Jewish Foster & Adoption Network fellowship and the insights shared from guests who can answer your questions about the process.

Julie Kaplan, LMSW will join our panel to answer questions and share insights from her professional lens, as well as her personal experiences in foster and adoption.

Seating is limited so please RSVP if you plan to attend – thank you!

Godspell, the first major musical by Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz, has entertained audiences around the world! At the command of John the Baptist, a small group of ordinary people help Jesus Christ tell his life’s story. Set in modern-day New York City, these disciples spread messages of love and tolerance through a series of musical parables. With hit songs like “Day by Day” and “Light of the World,” Godspell has become one of the most well-known and beloved musicals of all time!

Finding hope in the darkest corners. One of the most powerful stories of the 20th century, The Diary of Anne Frank captures the claustrophobic realities of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic in war-torn Amsterdam. Anne’s daily existence – her fears, her hopes, her laughter, her grief, and her family’s desperate attempt to preserve humanity in an inhumane world – drive this transcendently powerful true-life tale. Incorporating newly discovered writings from the diary of Anne Frank – as well as survivor accounts – to create an impassioned story of lives of Jews persecuted under Nazi rule, it is a story that continually lingers in our minds throughout the generations because of its optimism and intrinsic truth: the idea that no matter how dire the circumstances, faith in the good of people is what keeps the world in balance – even when all seems lost.

Learn the Mishnah every morning with Rabbi Israel Becker: Monday-Friday 6:15 AM, Shabbos 8:15 AM, Sundays and Major Secular Holidays 7:15 AM.

Learn the Mishnah every morning with Rabbi Israel Becker, Monday-Friday 6:15 AM, Shabbos 8:15 AM and Sundays and Major Secular Holidays 7:15 AM.

Join Professor Noam Ziv, Vice Dean for Research, Faculty of Medicine at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology as he shares advances in medical research. His work has important implications for understanding aging and pathological conditions such as Alzheimer’s. He and his team recently discovered that synaptic function in the brain can and does change at random. Complimentary, in partnership with Technion. Register by May 3 to 858-750-2135 or lisa@ats.org.

Learn the Mishnah every morning with Rabbi Israel Becker, Monday-Friday 6:15 AM, Shabbos 8:15 AM and Sundays and Major Secular Holidays 7:15 AM.

Parkinson’s PWR!Moves 1^TM
Tues., May 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 | noon – 1pm
Valley of the Sun JCC – 12701 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale 85254
This entry-level class features tailored exercises that target motor- and non-motor PD symptoms and improve functional movement.  Members: Free; Guests: $8; or $50 for 10 classes. Information and registration: 480.481.7090 or healthandfitness@vosjcc.org.

Jewish Family & Children’s Service’s (JFCS) Aleinu Program will host an Intimate Partner Violence program as part of the Aleinu Workshop Series.

At this workshop, participants will learn to:

• Identify the different types of abuse encountered in IPV
• Recognize indicators of gas lighting, which is a form of psychological manipulation, and how to begin healing from it
• Understand how to utilize information about IPV as a tool to facilitate healing (i.e. how to use DV education with your clients to facilitate healing)
• Understand the intersection of grief and trauma in IPV
• Identify trauma informed interventions that can help focus healing
The speakers at this event are Joan Mitchell, a domestic violence advocate with JFCS, and Mimi Kaplan, program director of JFCS’ Shelter Without Walls program.
Cost to attend is $25. To register: https://www.jfcsaz.org/event-calendar/ipv-registration/

Three Cultural Competency Units are available upon completion.