Learn how to find the best drug plan for specific prescriptions and a secret question most people don’t know to ask. Led by Charmaine Wages, Medicare options advisor/agent. Free, but registration is required at vosjcc.org/medicare.

Get a “life lift” every Friday! Join Rabbi Becker for stimulating and provocative discussions based on the Torah portion, the Talmud and commentaries. Each week participants together will “plunge” into the sacred texts leading to challenging questions and healthy debate. In our pursuit of truth our thoughts crystallize and we emerge each week with “breakthrough” lessons that reshape our values, enhance our character and bring refreshing new meaning to our lives.

Contact Rabbi Becker at 520-747-7780 for more information. The program is free and open to all men and women in the Tucson Jewish community.

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Beginner Portrait Sculpting

Fridays, 2 – 5 pm
September 7-September 28
November 2-30, (No class on November 23)

This is a comprehensive class of practical instruction and hands-on sculpting in how to create a three-dimensional sculpture of the human face and head in clay. You will create and sculpt a generic portrait in clay. In these classes, you will learn the bones and anatomy of the face; how to correctly block in the human face; how to use variation in forms to create “movement”; how to use relative comparison to make features the correct size, and how train your eyes to recognize natural shapes and sharp/ soft transitions. Raymonde Zlotnikoff is an award winning international figurative sculptor who works and exhibits in both France and the United States. A $30 materials fee will be due on the first day of class.

Instructor: Raymonde Zlotnikoff
$285/ $275 J members
Perlman Art Studio

We’ve come a long way, baby … A loving tribute to Ohio wife and mother turned longtime Arizona resident who made herself into a national superstar as a best-selling author and syndicated journalist lauded for opening up the secret world of the mother and housewife. A comic look at one of our country’s most beloved voices – a voice that reassures us that yes, the world is sometimes crazy, but if we look at it and laugh, we have most of it covered.

Five-time Tony Award® winner and winner of Best Musical, Fun Home is Alison Bechdel’s coming-of-age journey of self-discovery. Middle-aged cartoonist Alison is joined by two younger versions of herself from pivotal times in her life. They lead us through her dysfunctional childhood, her coming-out, and her father’s death, shortly after his own coming-out. A story of reflection, bittersweet memories, and the moments of pure joy that shine through the darkness, Fun Home is a one-of-a-kind musical experience.

Matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 3 pm.

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.

Camp Shabbat for ages 6-10 years at Congregation Bet Shalom, 3881 E. River Road, Tucson  from 11 am-1 pm. A wonderful, fun, learning experience with Israeli teens. Free. No RSVP required. For more information, call 520-577-1171 or rabbi@cbsaz.org.

A night of 90’s trivia, food, drinks, silent auction, music,  new and old friends and lots of fun.

YMCA COMMUNITY MILITARY BALL

Celebrating the men and women in the U.S. Armed Services, the 2018 YMCA Community Military Ball will be held on Sat., Nov. 10 from 6 to 10 pm at the Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave. in Tucson.

The YMCA’s Community Military Ball recognizes our longstanding tradition of service to military families and is a celebration in honor of veterans, active duty, reserve, fallen and retired servicemen and women from all military branches. The YMCA has deep ties to the military. They have provided services to military members and their families for more than 150 years both in war and in peacetime. 

All event proceeds will support military families’ participation in YMCA programs including summer camp.

For more information, contact Stephanie Horne at stephanieh@tucsonymca.org.

We’ve come a long way, baby … A loving tribute to Ohio wife and mother turned longtime Arizona resident who made herself into a national superstar as a best-selling author and syndicated journalist lauded for opening up the secret world of the mother and housewife. A comic look at one of our country’s most beloved voices – a voice that reassures us that yes, the world is sometimes crazy, but if we look at it and laugh, we have most of it covered.