Calendar

Feb
28
Tue
Private Prom Party @ Laurie's Bridal
Feb 28 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

You may not have a date yet, but you have to get your dress! Bring mom, dad and let us help you find your perfect prom gown. DJ, photo booth, raffles and lots of fun!

Bat mitzvah dresses too!

Buy your dress at this event and receive a $100 travel credit voucher for Privileges Travel American Express.

Must RSVP to attend as space is limited.

“Tree of Life” with Esther Becker (Tuesday Night Class) @ Southwest Torah Institute
Feb 28 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Marty Brounstein Speaker Series
Feb 28 @ 7:00 pm

Marty Brounstein is the author of Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage in the Holocaust. He brings a true interfaith story of courage, compassion, and rescue about a Christian couple in the Netherlands named Frans and Mien Wijnakker who, despite much risk and danger, saved the lives of over two dozen Jews during the Holocaust and World War II. Marty also has a meaningful personal connection to this story and its heroes, which he reveals in his engaging storytelling presentation.

JANUARY 24th – MARCH 10th SPEAKING SERIES IN THE VALLEY OF THE SUN ARIZONA

Jan. 24 AT 7 pm
Rhodes Junior High School
1860 S. Longmore, MESA, AZ 85202 -contact Gloria Chavez (480)472-2395

Jan. 25 at 12:30 pm
ARIZONA DEPT. OF EDUCATION
Workshop: The Power of Storytelling. $40 to register – BOOK INCLUDED
3300 North Central Avenue, PHOENIX 85012
Contact: Teresa DePadre Buri (602)542-4734

Jan. 29 at 11:30 am
CO-HOSTED BY CONGREGATION MERKAZ HA-LYR AND SHADOW ROCK UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
at Shadow Rock Church
12861 North 8th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85029 Contact: Denise Kaye (602)708-8626

Feb. 8 at 6:30 pm
Valley Presbyterian Church, Encore University Program
6947 E. MCDONALD DRIVE
PARADISE VALLEY, AZ 85253 Contact: Becky Bennett (480)991-6424 x 165

Feb. 22 at 6:30 pm
TEMPLE EMANUEL (8th grade and parents, OPEN to community)
5801 S. Rural Road, TEMPE, 85283. Contact: Rabbi Jason Bonder (480)838-1414

Feb. 28 at 6 pm
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CATHOLIC CHURCH
201 N. Picacho Street, CASA GRANDE, 85122 Contact: Lynn Wilson (520)350-6810

March 9 at 7 pm
ARIZONA JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY -Cutler & Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center
122 East Culver Street, PHOENIX 85004 Contact: Larry Bell (602)241-7870

March 10, 6:30 pm DINNER, 7:15 pm PRESENTATION
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH
5230 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale 85253 Contact Pastor Keith Matney (480)949-0901

Mar
1
Wed
It’s Not Just Lunch @ Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center
Mar 1 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

It’s Not Just Lunch at the Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center, 12701 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale from noon-1:30 pm. Great speakers and a different topic each month with a full kosher lunch. $5 suggested donation. A collaboration with Smile On Seniors. Contact Chani at 602-492-7670 or chani@sosaz.org.

MEGA Israel 2017 @ Fairmont Princess Resort
Mar 1 @ 6:30 pm

Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix for MEGA Israel 2017 with special guest Ehud Barak, former Israel Prime Minister and Minster of Defense.

Main Event
6:30 pm  |  Reception
Heavy hors d’oeuvres & dessert – dietary laws observed
7:30pm  |  Program
$150 couvert per person and a $365 minimum household 
contribution to the 2017 Annual Campaign*
Mar
2
Thu
“Precious Words” with Esther Becker @ Southwest Torah Institute
Mar 2 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
“Tree of Life” with Esther Becker (Thursday Morning Class) @ Southwest Torah Institute
Mar 2 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Torah for Real Estate Professionals
Mar 2 @ 6:00 pm

Torah for Real Estate Professionals presented by the Phoenix Community Kollel, held at private residences. Real estate professionals meet for cigars and scotch, and reconnect with their fellow Jewish colleagues in the real estate industry. A key feature of these meetings is a Torah class on a business related topic which is presented by a Kollel scholar. aztorah.com

UA Cancer Center Teams up with Tucson Jewish Community Center to Deliver Four-part Cancer Education Series @ Tucson Jewish Community Center
Mar 2 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

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

Mar
3
Fri
Senior Shabbat Luncheons @ Tucson Jewish Community Center
Mar 3 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

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

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