Girl Power Spa – Join us for an awesome Zumba class followed with smoothies and a spa day where we will make our own mud masks and sugar scrubs. 4 pm at the VOS JCC, 12701 N Scottsdale Road.
$25 per child member, $40 per child non-member.
480-483-7121, vosjcc.org
Yom HaShoah is a day to remember those who perished in the Holocaust.
The Reading of Remembrance, when we read the names of those of our Jewish people who were murdered in the Holocaust, will take place on Thursday, April 16, the actual date of Yom Hashoah. We will be reading the names from 8:00 am until 3:00 pm at the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 N Scottsdale Road. Call Joan Sitver if you’d like to participate at 602-971-0012. Sponsored by the Phoenix Holocaust Survivors Association.
Lessons for Jewish Business Leaders, networking event sponsored by Jewish Federation, featuring a panel of business leaders, including Anthony Wanger, president and founder of IO data center; Tammy Weinbaum, senior vp and general manager at American Express; and Craig Weiss, chairman of Njoy USA. At 5:30 pm at Biltmore Commerce Center, 3200 E Camelback Road in Phoenix. $36 for professionals; $18 for students includes beer, wine and kosher hors d’oeuvres. Register at 480-634-4900 ext. 1202 or agarcia@jewishphoenix.org Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix.
Join Young Jewish Phoenix, a project of the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix for their monthly happy hour. Happy Hours will be on the 3rd Thursday of each month with locations changing monthly. For more info on happy hour locations please email info@youngjewishphoenix.org or erins@vosjcc.org
YJP is aimed at engaging Jewish young adults in their 20’s-40’s.
Family Israel Night – Friday, Apr. 17, service 5:45pm; Shabbat dinner 6:45pm
Another great Mishpachah (family) program! Share an interactive and upbeat Shabbat celebration for families, followed by an Israeli-style dinner, Israeli dancing and an Israeli trivia bowl. Join us and make friends, build community, learn about Judaism, and have fun! $25 per family (two adults & up to 4 children); adults (13+) $10 per person. RSVP by Apr. 15 to Kim at 745-5550, ext. 224 or visit www.caiaz.org
Smile on Seniors monthly Shabbat Dinner.
Celebrate Shabbat with a 4-course home-cooked dinner in a warm and loving atmosphere.
At Chabad at 2110 E Lincoln Dr. in Phoenix
Suggested minimum donation $5.
RSVP to 602-492-7670 or chani@sosaz.org
Rabbi Abrams and cantorial soloist Pam Beitman will conduct a special service dedicated to Yom Hashoah Rememberance with guest speaker George Kalman at Beth Ami Temple in Paradise Valley on Friday, April 17 at 7:30 pm..
George was just nine years old in 1944 when his entire family was transpoted via rail car from his small Hungarian village to a Nazi slave labor camp in Austria. He spends much of his time talking to Arizona children as a speaker for the Phoenix Holocaust Survivors Association.
Services will be at 7:30 in the Palo Cristi sanctuary. Free event, but please call 602 956-0805 or email: admin@bethamitemple.org to RSVP.
Temple Havurat Emet monthly service celebrates the B’nai Mitzvah of the 2015 adult class. Three very special women have been studying for their Bat Mitzvah for quite some time and are going to do what they might have been doing at age 13! At 7:30 pm at the Lecky Center of the Robson Library, 9330 E Riggs Road, Sun Lakes. 480-802-5676, www.templehavuratemet.org
Spring Musicale follows Desert Foothills Jewish Community Association’s Shabbat services, featuring Sharon Friendly and keyboardist Debbie Offenhauser, performing country music to Broadway show tunes and opera. At 7:30 pm at a north Scottsdale location. First attendance is free; membership $60 per year. RSVP to Arlene: 480-585-4437, dfjca.org
Camp Swift Annual Carnival is a fun and free way to introduce Camp Swift to future campers and counselors. Teens in grades 7-12 are paired up with economically-disadvantaged kindergarten and first graders, and are invited to play carnival games, get their faces painted, jump in a bounce-house, and eat lots of freshly prepared BBQ food!
10:30-11:45am info session;
12-2:30 pm carnival at Foothills Community Center, 17835 N. 44 St. in Phoenix.
contact Kaylie@campswift.org