Calendar

May
15
Fri
Carlebach Kabbalat Shabbat
May 15 @ 7:15 pm

Carlebach Kabbalat Shabbat at 7:15 pm at Young Israel of Phoenix, 6516 N Seventh St. in Phoenix.

Monthly services full of spiritually-uplifting singing and dancing led by chazzan Oren Ephraim.

Free and open to all.

602-265-8888 or office@yiphoenix.org

May
16
Sat
Dementia: How Our Brains Work and How They Don’t @ MURPHY-WILMOT LIBRARY
May 16 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Dr. Beren will provide an overview of the dementias, including Alzheimer’s disease.  He will contrast dementia to normal brain function and aging.  There will be a brief discussion regarding current treatments with a nod to prevention.  He will discuss the prevalence of dementia in the Jewish population. An opportunity for questions and answers follows his presentation.

The lecture is free and open to the public. At the Murphy-Wilmot Library, 530 N Wilmot Road in Tucson. Please let us know that you are coming by sending an RSVP to Susan at srubinaz@comcast.net, 577-7718, or Jacqui 722-5652, jacsaltz@cox.net.

Dr. Robert Beren is a member of the Secular Humanist Jewish Circle. He grew up in Tucson and went to medical school at the University of Arizona. He did his Family Practice residency in Colorado. After that he and his wife worked in a refugee camp on the Thai Cambodian border. After a few years in Arkansas, Hawaii and Utah, they returned to Tucson to raise their family. Dr. Beren has been practicing family medicine, with an emphasis on geriatrics since 1996.  In these past ten years, he has been working in long term care facilities and adult care homes.

Participants are asked to bring a snack to share and encouraged to make a donation to the Community Food Bank. To learn about SHJC, visit our website, www.secularhumanistjewish.org.

Kids Night Out at VOSJCC
May 16 @ 6:00 pm

Kids Night Out at the Valley of the Sun JCC: Under the Big Top

For ages 4-12.

Activities include Carnival games, magician, juggling lessons, stilt performer, bounce house, balloon animals, face painting,

Movie: Pee Wee’s Big Top

Food: Veggie dogs, popcorn, slushies cotton candy.

6-11pm, Morning pick up 8 am.

12701 N Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale.

Members $45, Non-members $60; $5 discount on siblings. Overnight option $25.

480-483-7121 x1275 or youth@vosjcc.org

May
17
Sun
YOM YERUSHALAYIM
May 17 @ 5:59 am

YOM YERUSHALAYIM, Jerusalem Day, is one of the newer holidays added to the Jewish calendar since the establishment of the State of Israel.

The day commemorates the re-unification of Jerusalem in 1967.

AzJHS Brunch and meeting
May 17 @ 11:00 am

Arizona Jewish Historical Society Annual Meeting honoring Jeffrey Schesnol and featuring

Keynote Speaker David Epstein: Jewish Department Stores in the Wild West, Why They Succeeded and Why They are Gone.

11 am at the Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center, 122 E Culver in Phoenix.

Tickets include a dairy brunch. $25 for Members, $36 for Non-Members.

602-241-7870 or azjhs.org

 

Israeli Comic
May 17 @ 7:00 pm
Special Shavuot Israeli-Hebrew Standup Comedy Show: Ori Hizkiah
Program is in Hebrew
Presented by the Israel Center.
 
Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus — 12701 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale 85254
shahare@vosjcc.org or 480-634-4900 – ext. 1109
Yom Yerushalayim Program @ Congregation Anshei Israel
May 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Annual observance to celebrate the anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. Includes the showing of the film, “I Am a Jerusalemite,” starring legendary Israeli singer Yehoram Gaon. Although born in Jerusalem, Gaon was, like all Jews, forbidden from entering most of the city until the 1967 reunification. This fascinating documentary follows Gaon’s exploration of his city, from his grandfather’s simple home to the Western Wall and the Old City’s open markets. Along the way, he performs eight of his most-loved songs that pay tribute to his birthplace.

May
18
Mon
Sit and Be Fit Chair Yoga – Temple Chai @ Temple Chai, Small Sanctuary
May 18 @ 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm

For all ages and abilities.

Living through Loss Bereavement Group – Shalom Center, Temple Chai @ Shalom Center, Temple Chai, in the House
May 18 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
May
19
Tue
Talmud on Tuesday @ Congregation Anshei Israel
May 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Learn about the law and lore in the “sea” of Talmud with Rabbi Robert Eisen as we dig deep into the “who, what, where, when, why and how” of living Judaism.

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