Join us at Tucson’s biggest event for families to explore all the different school and camp options available for your kids — from littles to teens.
Meet with more than 60 local schools and camps and learn more about their programs and what they have to offer your child.
Other family-friendly activities include:
• Meet Tucson firefighters and get a close look at a fire engine
• STEM activities
• Free booster seats from Tucson Police Department
• Meet the Tucson Sugar Skulls players and dance team
• Free bike helmets from Safe Kids Pima County
• Meet the Coca-Cola Polar Bear
• TopGolf interactive golf
• Supervised bounce house and inflatable slide
• Performances by different groups
• On-site babysitting
MY GRANDFATHER’S PRAYERS is based on the life of Cantor Izso Glickstein (1890-1947), a fourth generation Jewish Cantor and child prodigy. Born in the Ukraine, his family fled the Russian pogroms to settle outside Budapest. He emigrated to America in 1923 and became a prominent figure in New England’s Jewish community and Leonard Bernstein’s earliest musical mentor. His powerful golden voice rendered ancient Jewish melodies with precise wavering quarter tones, expressing the passion and determination of a people holding on to faith and tradition through the violent diaspora of the 20th century. Izso’s remarkable story is told by his granddaughter, Lisa Sturz. She uses shadow puppets, scrolling backgrounds, marionettes, digital compositing and poetic text to explore her own ancestry, artistry, spirituality and social responsibility
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.
Go behind the music to that December day in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis cut a record together at Sun Records Studios in Memphis. Half stage play and half foot-stomping live show, Million Dollar Quartet puts you right where the action is, as these four legends clash, jockey, and gel into one of the finest musical acts ever recorded.
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.
The exhibition “Holocaust by Bullets 10 Years of Investigation” presents the results of Yahad-In Unum’s research in Eastern Europe. It also underscores the “Holocaust by Bullets” as a precursor and model for mass murder crimes today.
The exhibit showcases the painstaking research uncovering the step-by-step nature of the crimes committed against Jews and Roma by the Nazi killing units.
The exhibition is built around the five steps of the crime identified by Yahad-In Unum researchers based on eyewitness accounts:
1. The Arrest
2. The Road
3. The Undressing
4. The Shooting
5. The Looting
The steps are described through quotes from eyewitness testimonies and through archival photographs. A short summary defining each step and highlighting the criminal nature of the Holocaust by Bullets are provided on a separate introductory panel.
School’s out and we have the perfect solutions for you and your children.
Grades K-4 will have blast with art, sports, swimming and splash pad fun.
For more information or to register please contact 480-634-4949 or youth@vosjcc.org
In Studio 2 with Amy S.
New Year, new group fitness options for our active adults! Let’s get physical! Enjoy energizing exercise for the body and the brain. The goal for class participants is to increase the heart rate while using a variety of techniques to engage the mind. This class will take place mostly standing with an option for seated.
Recommended for ages 55 + but all ages welcome!
Members only.
The 2020 Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival runs from February 9-23 at three Harkins Theatres located across the Valley: Scottsdale Shea 14; Tempe Marketplace 16; and Peoria Park West 14. This year’s Festival is the biggest one in its history with 32 feature films, 14 short films and 48 individual screenings. The new screening times this year are 11 am, 3 pm and 7 pm, and there is even one Saturday night film. To see previews of all the films and purchase your tickets and film passes, visit gpjff.org.
VENUES:
Harkins Shea 14, 7354 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale
Harkins Tempe Marketplace 16, 2000 E. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe
Harkins Park West 14, 9804 W. Northern Ave., Peoria
TICKETS:
$11 for adults ($13 at the door); $7 for active military (ID required) and students (ID required, 25 years & under); $150 Festival Pass. For more information, visit gpjff.org.