LADIES FIRST: MAKING YOUR OWN PATH
Ladies First is an informational networking and learning series on Dec. 1 at 6:30 pm at the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 N Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale. Event features a panel of dynamic women who are leaders in their professional and philanthropic lives. They have built businesses and careers while maintaining a deep commitment to their families and the Jewish community. Join us and learn from them and from each other.
Making Your Own Path will feature women who have demonstrated remarkable vision and dedication in creating unique business ventures.
- The highs and lows of entrepreneurship – lessons learned
- Secrets of growing a business from scratch
- Why leadership is the key to building a successful business
Featured panelists include Aly Saxe, CEO & Founder of Iris PR; Lucia Schnitzer, Owner of Luci’s at the Orchard, Pomelo, Splurge, and Luci’s Healthy Marketplaces; and Beth Jo Zeitzer, President of R.O.I. Properties. Moderated by Kathy Sacks, CEO of Coleap, Tickets are $10 pre-registration and $18 at the door. Register at jewishphoenix.regfox.com/ladies-first-2.
ARTRAGEOUS BENEFIT GALA STARRING MICHAEL FEINSTEIN
The incomparable “Ambassador of the Great American Songbook,” Michael Feinstein, with a special guest, will headline Scottsdale Arts’ annual ARTrageous Benefit Gala on Dec. 3, at 8:30 pm at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E Second St., Scottsdale. The event celebrates and supports the nonprofit Scottsdale Arts, which includes the Center, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), Scottsdale Public Art, as well as arts education and outreach initiatives reaching more than 40,000 participants each year.
Michael Feinstein has built a dazzling career during the past three decades bringing the music of the Great American Songbook to the world. From recordings that have earned him five Grammy Award nominations to his Emmy-nominated PBS-TV specials, his acclaimed NPR series, concerts spanning the globe, and his work as an educator and archivist, Feinstein is one of the most important musical forces of our time.
Scottsdale Arts’ 2016 ARTrageous Benefit Gala invites guests to step back into the Jazz Age through an inspired experience laced with the allure of the era that ushered in a purely American style of creativity. In addition to Michael Feinstein’s performance, the evening features delectable culinary offerings prepared by Santa Barbara Catering, a silent auction and raffle with one-of-a-kind experiences, and for the grand finale, The Speakeasy After-Party featuring music, dancing, divine edibles and surprises, hosted by The Avant-Garde on Second Street (AG2), the young professionals of Scottsdale Arts.
Tickets for the Michael Feinstein concert and Speakeasy After-Party are $149 through ScottsdalePerformingArts.org or 480-499-TKTS (8587).
Tickets to the ARTrageous Benefit Gala silent auction, gourmet dinner, Michael Feinstein concert and Speakeasy After-Party start at $500 and are available by contacting JonetteL@ScottsdaleArts.org or 480-874-4609.
DOCUMENTARY SCREENING OF “50 CHILDREN”
The Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival, Bureau of Jewish Education, Phoenix Holocaust Survivors Association and Generations After continues its cinematic partnership with the screening of the documentary “50 Children” on Dec. 8, at 7 pm at the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 N Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale.
“50 Children” demonstrates how some people stepped out of their everyday roles and were able to overcome great obstacles in achieving their righteous goals. Their sense of justice was violated by the crimes and policies of Nazi Germany, even though they lived far away from that repressive dictatorship and were not directly affected. Yet, unlike many of the people surrounding them, the politicians governing the country, their administrative officials and even the Jewish community they were part of, the Krauses felt compelled to act – and thus saved 25 boys and 25 girls from certain death.
“Untold stories of bravery must continue to be told, so the public never forgets the atrocities that were committed in the past and how important it is to prevent them in the present and future,” says Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival Executive Director Bob Segelbaum. “The four community organizations joining together to screen 50 CHILDREN underscores our shared goal.”
To reserve advance tickets, visit bjephoenix.org or call 480-634-8050.
$10,000 YOUTH FUNDRAISING RAFFLE
The Chabad Youth Programs annual raffle fundraiser is back! Aside from the $10,000 grand prize drawing, there will be a few smaller drawing as well. The raffle raises funds for Chabad of Phoenix Youth Programs. Support is vital in ensuring that Chabad is able to continue providing high quality Jewish educational and holiday programs.
Some of what the raffle helps support includes:
- Provides scholarships to less fortunate families at Aleph Bet Preschool & Kindergarten and the Chabad Hebrew School.
- Ensures that the family holiday celebrations are economically viable for all Jewish families.
- Ensures that CKids can provide Mesibat Shabbat & a children’s service.
- Helps keep the playground and its equipment up to date.
- Brings the premier JLI Teens to Valley teenagers.
Drawing will be held on January 8th, 2017
Tickets begin at $36. Donate $770 and become a raffle sponsor! For those not interested in buying tickets, you can still join the year-end campaign with a straight donation.
Share the mitzvah with friends at www.chabadaz.com/win.
