Occasionally, we meet an older person we admire and think: “I want to be like her when I grow up. I want to be wise, joyful, grateful, compassionate, patient, funny, curious, optimistic!” As Estelle Reiner said in the classic deli scene from When Harry Met Sally: “I want what she’s having.” The question for us as we get older is: what do I need to do now to become the eighty-five-year-old I someday hope to be? What work do I have to do now to acquire a heart of wisdom?
Rabbi Laura Geller, Rabbi Emerita of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, was the first woman to lead a major metropolitan synagogue as Senior Rabbi. Twice named one of Newsweek’s 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America, Rabbi Geller was featured in the PBS documentary Jewish Americans
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.
An absolutely hilarious new comedy that’s anything but neighborly! High-powered lawyer Pablo and wife Tania, a doctoral candidate, are working toward the American dream. They move into a well-to-do, mostly white neighborhood in our nation’s capital. A delicate disagreement over a long-standing fence line soon spirals into an all-out, laugh-out-loud comic border dispute, exploring what is an otherwise hot-button issue through a refreshing comedic lens.
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Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein’s breakout musical comes to life onstage at Phoenix Theatre. When Tony falls for Maria, it seems like love could conquer all…until their rival gangs go to war. They’ll risk everything to be together, and they may have to.
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.
Experience a very special exhibition of botanical art glass at Butterfly Wonderland by resident artist, Newt Grover. Newt has created beautiful glass floral and foliage art. Included with admission.
Shemesh Fall Break Camp at The J
Oct. 8-12 | 9am-3pm, AM and PM Care available
Valley of the Sun JCC – 12701 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale 85254
No school, no worries. We got fun-filled days of sports, swimming, arts, games and more! Grades K-4. For pricing and additional information, visit vosjcc.org/shemeshcamps.
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.
Experience a very special exhibition of botanical art glass at Butterfly Wonderland by resident artist, Newt Grover. Newt has created beautiful glass floral and foliage art. Included with admission.
Shemesh Fall Break Camp at The J
Oct. 8-12 | 9am-3pm, AM and PM Care available
Valley of the Sun JCC – 12701 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale 85254
No school, no worries. We got fun-filled days of sports, swimming, arts, games and more! Grades K-4. For pricing and additional information, visit vosjcc.org/shemeshcamps.