New! Advanced Beginners II
Wednesdays
January 10 – February 14
and
February 28 – April 4
1 – 2:30 pm
A continuation course for the more advanced beginner. Continue learning in a stress-free environment vocabulary building, grammar, speech techniques, reading and writing. Introduction to the imperative and future tenses, and lots of conversation. Develop the ability to maintain a conversation in familiar environments and daily situations.
Instructor: Myriam Barrientos
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.
Join our study group of women interested in self discovery and learning what the Torah, Talmud and Jewish Sages have taught us about unlocking our human potential. This class will present a system of practical self-help techniques, challenge you to greater personal growth, help you fulfill your potential and lead a more rewarding life. Tuition includes class materials and the book Mesillas Yesharim (Way of the Upright) written by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707-1747) of Padua, Italy.
This class includes PWR!Moves 1 & 2TM movements for a more advanced workout with instructor-guided exercise stations to improve cardio, strength, agility, coordination and balance. Participants must be able to walk 150 feet on their own with or without a cane or walker. Free to J members; $5 for non-members. Information and registration: 480.481.7090 or healthandfitness@vosjcc.org.
Hear the inspiring story of Judy Singer who donated her kidney in 2013 and found it to be a life-changing experience. She shares how over the past several years, Israel has been transformed from an environment of notorious organ trafficking to the world’s highest percentage of altruistic kidney donors. Presented in partnership with Valley Beit Midrash. $18 suggested donation. Register at vosjcc.org/singer
“Along the Talmudic Trail” is an ongoing Talmud class for men 40+, designed to move your mind and heart. This free class includes a free dinner.
Make new friends as you meet for dinner and socialize. Dinner is separate checks. Please contact Bunnye at 602.371.3744 for our current schedule of restaurants and reserve your place!
Join Arizona’s Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Young Leadership as we present The Megan Phelps-Roper Story.
Megan will share her story of growing up in the Westboro Baptist Church which preaches a message of hate and fear through its daily public protests against members of the LGBT community, Jews, the military and countless others. Dialogue with “enemies” online proved instrumental in her decision to leave the church and its way of life in November 2012.
Phelps-Roper has since become an advocate for people and ideas she was taught to despise.
Registration & Cocktail Reception: 6:30PM – 7:00PM
Program: 7:00PM – 8:30PM
VIP Sponsorship Dessert Reception: 8:30PM – 9:30PM
Ticket $30 (includes one drink ticket)
21 and over
***For security purposes, tickets must be purchased in advance. There will be no tickets available day of the event or at the door.***
Cash bar available – ID’s will be checked
For additional information contact Aviva at alevine@adl.org or by phone at (602) 274-0091.
As a musician with German-Jewish origins, Carolyn is deeply interested in exploring the history of assimilation and conversion behind the Mischlinge and bringing to life the stories of people like her father and godmother with music, art, literature, and film. Carolyn’s Mischlinge Exposé weaves a multimedia tapestry around a little-known aspect of the Holocaust: the Mischlinge (a derogatory Nazi term for those neither fully Jewish nor fully Aryan). Interweaving video and audio testimony from Carolyn’s godmother and her father (both labeled Mischling, Grade A by the Nazis), with the music of composers from the salon period who converted to Christianity in the decades before the war, and works reacting to questions of identity after the war, the program vividly illustrates what it was like to be between worlds in Germany in the first half of the 20th century.
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.