Chocolate Seder Thurs., April 6 | 5:30-7 p.m. Valley of the Sun JCC – 12701 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale 85254
Celebrate Passover with your family at The J! This “traditional” Seder is entirely made of chocolate, but there’s also savory treats to eat. Music and crafts round out the fun. Members: $30; Non-Members: $45. Price per family up to 5 people; additional, $8 per person. For more information, please contact 480.634.4949 or youth@vosjcc.org.
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
Includes music, a Shabbat lunch, and a featured program. Get into the spirit of Shabbat and enjoy the friendship and
fellowship of others. Advance registration required. To RSVP call 520-299-3000 or register at tucsonjcc.org. $15 per person,
please pay more if you can, less if you can’t.
February 3, 2017: Fine artist, Carolyn King
March 3, 2017: Program at Tucson Hebrew Academy (THA)
April 7, 2017: A Mah Jongg Experience with Debbie Wiener
$15 per person
Open to All
Jewish Heritage Center
Help raise awareness and funds for individuals with disabilities in our community.
Fundraising Luncheon Benefitting the Community Special Abilities Initiative with Guest Pamela Schuller
Join us Friday April 7 11:30am-1:00pm
Tucson J Ballroom
With Special Guest Speaker
Pamela Schuller, Inclusion Advocate & Comedian
Pamela Schuller does inclusion differently. Through storytelling, comedy, laughter, and improv, you will leave with concrete goals and a new mindset to become more inclusive. To do better. To laugh more. To celebrate differences.
Tickets are $36 per person
Available by calling The Tucson J at 520-299-3000
or visit tucsonjcc.org/special
Proceeds will benefit the Community Special Abilities Initiative
Screening Times:
Friday, April 7 at 1:45pm
Saturday, April 8 at 7:55pm
Sunday, April 9 at 11:55am
Born with a rare condition that leaves him alienated and unable to feel physical pain, Henry Long becomes obsessed with finding a cure. A need for normalcy leads him down a dark path where he must decide if finding a cure is worth paying the ultimate price.
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.
Friday, April 7 at 5:35pm
Wednesday, April 12 at 7:30pm
Directed by: Joshua Z Weinstein
Synopsis: Deep in the heart of New York’s ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, Menashe, a kind, hapless grocery store clerk, struggles to make ends meet and responsibly parent his young son, Rieven, following his wife Leah’s death. Tradition prohibits Menashe from raising his son alone, so Rieven’s strict uncle adopts him, leaving Menashe heartbroken. Meanwhile, though Menashe seems to bungle every challenge in his path, his rabbi grants him one special week with Rieven before Leah’s memorial. It’s his chance to prove himself a suitable man of faith and fatherhood, and restore respect among his doubters.
Performed entirely in Yiddish, the colloquial language of the Hasidic community, Menashe uses intimate, handheld camerawork to drop us inside and humanize a hermetically sealed world of black-hatted, working-class men debating in crowded shuls or seeking counsel in the rabbi’s library. And yet Menashe is in many ways an outsider in this tight-knit circle, as he bucks convention and ruffles feathers to stay true to himself.
Friday, April 7, 2017
6:00 pm Nosh
6:30 pm Rock Shabbat Service
Roll up for the Mystery Tour. Temple Emanuel invites you to a night of ancient Jewish prayers set to wonderful Beatles melodies.
This is a chance for the entire community to come together and enhance our Rock Shabbat service on Friday, April 7.
Cantorial Soloist Emily Kaye and Rabbis Dean Shapiro and Jason Bonder will lead the Shabba-Tones and the Temple Emanuel choir through the Fab Four’s greatest hits – Hebrew-style. Rabbis Dean and Jason assure the public this prayerful production will be second to none.
Wear your favorite Mod or hip outfits and accessories from the 1960s or come as you are. It’s a fun, new Shabbat experience with a little help from our friends at Congregation Ner Tamid in Henderson, Nevada (they paired up the tunes and prayers).
All are welcome!
Simchat Shabbat Special Needs Services 2017
Ten Years of Accessible Services!
Council For Jews With Special Needs (CJSN), a nonprofit agency devoted to providing programs, services, and resources to help those in the Jewish Community with disabilities, and their families, is pleased to announce the dates for the 2017 Simchat Shabbat Season.
Saturday, January 7th, February 4th, March 11th, April 8th, and May 6th at Congregation Beth Israel
– click here for more 2015-2016 season dates & locations
All services begin at noon and last approximately 45 minutes. The general public is encouraged to join the services.
The first Simchat Shabbat service took place at Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) in 2007. The goal was to have a place where adults with special needs and their families could worship together. The service was created in partnership with CBI including specially designed prayer books that were funded through a generous community grant. With the success of the school year, summer services were added at Temple Emanuel of Tempe. In 2008, Simchat Shabbat won the esteemed Belle Latchman Community Service Award for Best Project Enhancing the Quality of Jewish Life.
“Nine years in, and it is still the most joyous service you will ever attend,” said Stacy Rosenthal, co-creator of Simchat Shabbat. “Everyone is welcome and no one is turned away. The only rule, it is a “no shush” service and a place where God hears all prayers.”
Simchat Shabbat reservations are not required, but appreciated. Please call the CJSN offices at (480) 629-5343 or send an e-mail to debby@cjsn.org, to let us know when you will be joining us, how many in your party, or for any questions.
Council Information:
Council For Jews With Special Needs (CJSN)
Amy DL Hummell, Executive Director
(480) 629-5343
Screening Times:
Friday, April 7 at 1:45pm
Saturday, April 8 at 7:55pm
Sunday, April 9 at 11:55am
Born with a rare condition that leaves him alienated and unable to feel physical pain, Henry Long becomes obsessed with finding a cure. A need for normalcy leads him down a dark path where he must decide if finding a cure is worth paying the ultimate price.