Celebrate Shabbat at The J each Friday morning with singing and blessings in the art gallery, a special lunch discount for participating parents and children and play space fun immediately following. Once a month we take our Shabbat celebration “on the go” to various locations in the Tucson community. All ages are welcome! For more information, contact Julie Zorn by email, jzorn@tucsonjcc.org or 520-299-3000 ext 236. Locations to be announced.
Service begins with a “drum circle” – instruments are supplied, you bring the rhythm! Percussion instruments will be available for all who wish to participate. Then Shabbat dinner, followed by Open Lounge in the Youth Center with games and fun. $25 per family (2 adults & up to 4 children). Additional adults $10 per person. RSVP to Kim, 520-745-5550 ext. 224 or edasst@caiaz.org.
It’s back! After a several year hiatus, Schmooze is proud to bring the Phoenix area a large ShabbatLuck (Shabbat potluck dinner) event in North Phoenix (at Temple Chai) for an evening of food, friends, and fun. Please read the details and RSVP at http://evite.me/VvRrJZWPCb. Please also sign up for an item to bring on the event wall.
Feel free to join Temple Chai (Reform) for its Shabbat service at 6:15 PM with other ShabbatLuck members. We will mix and mingle in one of the social halls after the service around 7:30 PM with dinner served around 7:50 PM. If you are unable to join us for services, you can still show up for the dinner. If you do attend the services, feel free to drop off potluck items first.
You can also check out the periodic updates on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/events/1814486558789166.
We hope you can join us on November 18th for this Schmooze (30s & 40s) event!
Live mermaid swimming performances, mermaid meet and greets, special activities and more.
Mermaid activities included with admission to the aquarium.
In the early days of television, children were the primary audience for most Westerns. Between 1955 and the late ‘60s, an explosion of Westerns for grownups took over the TV screen – shows such as “Rawhide,” “Bonanza,” “Gunsmoke,” “Cheyenne,” “The High Chaparral,” “Wagon Train” and “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.” At one point, 26 Westerns were airing in prime time.
The presence of Westerns on the small screen faded following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy in 1968, as parental advocacy groups reacted by demanding a reduction in violent programming.
In this presentation, Arizona’s Official Western Film Historian Charlie LeSueur discusses the mass appeal and evolution of TV Westerns. In addition, he provides behind-the-scenes revelations about some of the most beloved programming in television history.
Simchat Shabbat Special Needs Services 2016
Nine Years of Accessible Services!
Council For Jews With Special Needs (CJSN), a nonprofit agency devoted to providing programs, services, and resources to help those in the Jewish Community with disabilities, and their families, is pleased to announce the dates for the 2015-2016 Simchat Shabbat Season.
Saturday, November 19 at https://www.emanueloftempe.org/
– click here for more 2015-2016 season dates & locations
All services begin at noon and last approximately 45 minutes. The general public is encouraged to join the services.
The first Simchat Shabbat service took place at Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) in 2007. The goal was to have a place where adults with special needs and their families could worship together. The service was created in partnership with CBI including specially designed prayer books that were funded through a generous community grant. With the success of the school year, summer services were added at Temple Emanuel of Tempe. In 2008, Simchat Shabbat won the esteemed Belle Latchman Community Service Award for Best Project Enhancing the Quality of Jewish Life.
“Nine years in, and it is still the most joyous service you will ever attend,” said Stacy Rosenthal, co-creator of Simchat Shabbat. “Everyone is welcome and no one is turned away. The only rule, it is a “no shush” service and a place where God hears all prayers.”
Simchat Shabbat reservations are not required, but appreciated. Please call the CJSN offices at (480) 629-5343 or send an e-mail to debby@cjsn.org, to let us know when you will be joining us, how many in your party, or for any questions.
Council Information:
Council For Jews With Special Needs (CJSN)
Amy DL Hummell, Executive Director
(480) 629-5343
Join the Valley of the Sun JCC for a special evening honoring community leader and philanthropist Bill Levine. The evening will include a performance by Urban Electra and a live auction followed by a special appearance by Jason Alexander.
6:30pm Cocktail Hour
7:30pm Dinner/Entertainment (Dietary laws observed)
Live mermaid swimming performances, mermaid meet and greets, special activities and more.
Mermaid activities included with admission to the aquarium.
Holocaust Survivors from Southern Arizona have written autobiographical stories, now captured in the compelling book, “To Tell Our Stories: Holocaust Survivors of Southern Arizona.” Please join us for a reading by the survivors featured in this book. Survivors will share dramatic and poignant accounts of their persecution at the hands of the Nazis, and their perseverance.
Live mermaid swimming performances, mermaid meet and greets, special activities and more.
Mermaid activities included with admission to the aquarium.