Calendar

Jan
1
Fri
Champagne Chardonnay New Year’s Shabbat Evening Service @ Temple Emanu-El
Jan 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Celebrate the New Year and Shabbat in style – come dressed in your finery for this festive Shabbat. We start with a champagne, cheese and fruit oneg at 5 pm, then Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon leads a festive, musical hour-long Shabbat evening service at 5:45 pm. All are welcome.

Jan
22
Fri
Tu B’Shevat Wine Tasting Seder & Shabbat Shirah Service in Song @ Temple Emanu-El
Jan 22 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Celebrate Tu B’Shevat Wine Tasting Seder at 5:30 pm with premium French kosher wines, fruits and nuts, and rituals, followed by a festive dinner. Then at 7:30 pm Shabbat Shirah – the Sabbath of Song, celebrating the music of Jewish composers. All are welcome.  Childcare available with RSVP by 1/20.

Mar
12
Sat
Schmooze Spring Training Baseball Game @ Salt River Fields
Mar 12 @ 1:10 pm – 3:40 pm
Please join Schmooze  to cheer on the Arizona Diamondback’s at a Spring Training Baseball Game when they play against the Kansas City Royals on Saturday, March 12 at 1:10 pm at Salt River Fields. You will find the group by the large red bordered “Go Dbacks!” sign in the lawn section.  Please purchase your own tickets.  We look forward to introducing you to other singles and couples in their 30s & 40s and young families in their 20s through 40s for this fun-filled afternoon!
Please let us know if we should be on the lookout for you by RSVPing on the Schmooze Facebook page or Meetup event page.
Apr
21
Thu
Sweet Tomatoes “Fun-Raiser” @ Sweet Tomatoes
Apr 21 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Where are you taking your family for your last bit of hametz before Passover? Meet us at Sweet Tomatoes (6202 E. Broadway at Wilmot) for Fun-Raiser Night! Sweet Tomatoes will donate 15% of sales generated by Congregation Anshei Israel when diners present a special flyer. Flyers are available in CAI’s administrative office and on our website www.caiaz.org. Each flyer is good for everyone in your party … bring your friends and family! (Certain restrictions apply.)

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.

Jun
11
Sat
Tikkun Leil Shavuot: A Guide to the Evening of Shavuot @ Congregation Anshei Israel
Jun 11 @ 8:00 pm – 11:45 pm

Annual program to observe the celebration of the anniversary of the day Moses received the Ten Commandments from God. Includes service, dairy dinner, two study sessions, dessert and the reading of the Book of Ruth.

Ma’ariv/Shavuot Service 8:00pm; dairy dinner 8:15pm
Study Session 1 at 8:45pm: Rabbi Robert Eisen will present “Megillat Ruth: The Character of the Characters”
Study Session 2 at 9:40pm: Rabbi Ruven Barkan will present “Is the Torah True? What Happened at Sinai?”
Dessert 10:30pm; Reading of the Book of Ruth 11:00pm

$8 per person to attend dinner; no charge for service, study sessions & dessert.
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED by June 8 TO ATTEND ANY PORTION OF TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOT.

Jun
12
Sun
Glow Putt Mini Golf with Schmooze Young Families @ Glow Putt Mini Golf
Jun 12 @ 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Schmooze Young Families (20s-40s) is heading to Glow Putt Mini Golf for a fun-filled afternoon! You can go through the mini golf course on your own or with the group starting at 4 PM. For those of you interested in joining each other for a snack/dinner or golfing together, be on the lookout for the Schmooze sign. Learn more about Glow Putt at http://glowputtaz.com.

If you have the Entertainment Book, it has a coupon you can print from the website for up to four rounds of mini golf at 50% off. There are also Valpak coupons that keep getting the expiration date pushed back at https://www.valpak.com/coupons/printable/glow-putt-mini-golf-1114/105993.

You can find more details and RSVP (to let us know if we should be on the lookout for you) through the Facebook event page (https://www.facebook.com/events/1764153407133220) or Meetup event page (http://www.meetup.com/azschmooze/events/231439855).

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