Calling all young families! Join JNFuture for a playdate! Enjoy a snack, meet new friends, create a special art project for children in Israel, and learn how you can support JNF’s important work.
All proceeds benefit JNF’s Sderot Indoor Recreation Center
Playtime Oasis
Indoor Playground
Children 0-8
Socks Required
Self-sufficiency is key to a sustainable yoga practice. In this workshop, we discuss the barriers to cultivating a home practice and ways to overcome those barriers. Write your own sequence and practice it in the studio. Members: $25; Non-members: $35. For more information, contact 480.483.7121 ext. 1281 or denisek@vosjcc.org.
Presented by Phoenix Community Kollel
Envisioning the New Year Ahead!
Create a vision Board for the New Year
Hosted by Brooke Foster
Suggested donation $8.
RSVP to Dina Bacharach 602-374-7448 or tlc@aztorah.com
Participants come together to give mutual support and explore issues regarding caring for our loved ones, drawing from the Jewish tradition and from psychosocial research on aging. The group is facilitated by Gary Goodman, Ph.D., and Rabbi Marty Scharf.
All Jewish women 18+ (Sassy Women Eating Elegantly Together) are invited to share lunch (“Dutch treat) with us. Trattoria Pina has excellent Italian fare with several vegetarian options. Join us there and enjoy fabulous food and the pleasure of each other’s company! Please RSVP by Aug. 24 to Evelyn.
This class is open to the general public in addition to our members. It is offered free of charge as a community service to promote good health. The class will be held in the Social Hall of Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley.
Class repeats Wednesdays
Adult Education Kollel (Class) – The High Holy Days: “Are You Ready?”
To help us each answer the question: “Are you?” we have invited some congregants to share with us something of importance to them; something that helps them with their preparation for this season, so that it can become that much more for us as well.
August 19: Rabbi Dr. Bennett Blum presents “Forgiveness: The Law and The Lore”
August 26: Rabbi Dr. Howard Schwartz presents “T’SHUVAH (Repentance): Up Close & Personal: What Does/Can it Mean in Today’s World?”
September 2: Scott Lewis presents “Learning to Learn from Each Other: A Collaborative Exploration of our Jewish Ethics through PIRKE AVOT”
Admission is free to members of the Arizona Jewish Historical Society and $5.00 for non-members. Email lbell@azjhs.org or call 602-241-7870 to purchase a ticket or to RSVP.
Presentation synopsis: European Jews have mainly married within their group. The pool of mates was limited. As a result, Jewish people today are all related to one another, multiple times. This phenomenon, known as endogamy, makes Jewish genetic genealogy very difficult, often impossible. Members of endogamous groups, such as Jewish people, who have tested their autosomal DNA find they match (are related) to a much larger number of people than those who are not associated with endogamous groups. In conducting his genealogy research, Pickholtz was convinced that this brick wall was not as impenetrable as it seemed, at least in some circumstances. Using his own family as an example, Pickholtz was able to utilize DNA to clarify multiple family relationships. In his talk he will step through his research and analysis process in hopes that it will encourage and inspire European Jewish family researchers and those studying other endogamous populations to say, “I can do this!”
The speaker: Israel Pickholtz is a Pittsburgh native who has lived in Israel since 1973. He began working seriously on his family’s genealogy in 1994 after many years of talking about it. His flagship work is the “Pikholz Project,” a one-name study project that aims to identify and reconnect all Pikholz descendants. Israel’s new book, Endogamy: One Family, One People, will be published in August (and will be available for purchase). It describes his research, techniques of analysis and findings. He has been blogging since 2012 on matters genealogical at http://allmyforeparents.blogspot.com/
Nutritional habits play a crucial role in optimizing health and managing weight. Learn inspirational and practical ways to adopt daily healthy habits and behaviors that will significantly contribute to weight loss and vitality. Members: $25; Non-members: $35. For more information, contact 480.483.7121 ext. 1281 or denisek@vosjcc.org.
Preparing Spiritually for the Fall Holidays
The Jewish fall holidays are full of tradition, solemnity and rich in history and festivity. We look inward and self examine as well as focus on friends, family and joyous celebration.
This is a 4-week class from a traditional view presented by Rabbi Laibel Blotner on behalf of the Bureau of Jewish Education.
At the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 N Scottsdale Road –
Fee – $54.
480-634-8050, jewished@bjephoenix.org, www.bjephoenix.org