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NW Division expansion warrants facility growth
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he Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona and its Northwest Division recently announced the expansion of its Oro Valley facility to larger premises. Due to increased participation in the many programs at the Northwest’s Ruth & Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life, this summer the center will move to 180 W. Magee Road, adjacent to the current facility. The division has grown to become a regional focus for Jewish life. Division Director Phyllis Gold describes it as a community center with weekly and monthly activities, and special events that are outgrowing the existing 1,500 square foot facility at 190 W. Magee Road. “Increasing programs for young Jewish families is a high priority,” says Alan Kendal, the Northwest Division’s advisory council chair. “Over the coming months, the new, 2,200 square foot space will be remodeled to include a reception area and director’s office separate from the main event area. A larger kitchen and two restrooms will be added. The move also will allow for better security at the entrance. As at the present facility, there will be access to a common outside space where we can erect a Sukkah and hold other outdoor activities.” The center’s name honors the late Ruth and Irving Olson’s contribution in 2012 to establish and sustain Jewish activities in the Northwest. “The Federation is very grateful to Carolyn and Michael Stelman, the Olsons’ daughter and son-in-law, and to Kathryn Unger, a dear friend of the Olsons, for providing the resources to further the Olsons’ support of the Jewish community in Northwest Tucson,” says Stuart Mellan, JFSA president and CEO. The center serves residents of Oro Valley, Marana, SaddleBrooke, Catalina, Oracle, and other northwest Tucson communities. The move also will allow for increased collaboration with community partners. “The Tucson Jewish Community Center looks forward to working collaboratively with See Northwest, page 2
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he second annual combined Jewish Community Awards Celebration and Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Annual Meeting will be held Thursday, May 9 at the Phil Bregman Tucson Jewish Community Center. The event will include special recognition awards honoring lay or professional leaders from each of the Federation’s beneficiary and affiliated agencies. The Federation will install its 2019-20 officers and directors and honor outgoing board chair Shelly Silverman. The evening, which will begin at 7 p.m., will conclude with an ice
cream social. The Federation’s Man and Woman of the Year, Phil Bregman and Leslie Glaze, will be among the evening’s honorees. “Phil Bregman Leslie Glaze has been a man for all seasons,” says Stuart Mellan, JFSA president and CEO, citing Bregman’s numerous Jewish community leadership roles over several decades. Currently Bregman is board chair of both Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging and the Hebrew Free Loan Association, serves on the Federation board and See Honor, page 2
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co-chairs the Jewish Community Roundtable. Past roles include chair of the Congregation Anshei Israel board and the Synagogue-Federation Dialogue. “In giving leadership, Phil considers not only what is most expedient, but also the most principled way forward. He listens with an open heart and truly embodies what it is to be devoted to our community,” says Mellan. “Leslie Glaze, a relative newcomer to Tucson, is a gifted leader who lends her talents in numerous ways,” says Mellan. “A Federation board member, she is completing her second year as Women’s Philanthropy campaign chair. Leslie expanded Federation corporate sponsorship efforts and obtained grants from institutions outside the Jewish community, raising Federation’s profile in the Jewish and greater communities. In these efforts, she promotes each of the Federation’s beneficiary agencies and partners, securing new sup-
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JFSA and the dedicated group of volunteers and staff in the JFSA Northwest office to create activity and connection,” says Todd Rockoff, president and CEO at the J. “We, at the J, realize that not all activity needs to take
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porters for their work and strengthening our community. In all of her roles, Leslie goes ‘above and beyond,’ bringing excellence to everything she undertakes.” Ben Pozez and Gabby Erbst will receive the JFSA Gary I. Sarver Young Man and Young Woman of the Year awards. Fran Katz, JFSA senior vice president, will be honored as the Ben & Betty Brook Community Professional of the Year. The Rabbi Arthur R. Oleisky Teen Recognition Award will go to Katya Cohen. The special recognition awards are as follows: Russ Krone, Handmaker; Neil Markowitz, Jewish Community Foundation; Susan Garber, Jewish Family & Children’s Services; Andy Kunsberg, JFSA; Ellen Saltonstall, Jewish History Museum; Helen Rib, Tucson Hebrew Academy; Mary Cochran Wolk, Tucson J; and Dana Narter, University of Arizona Hillel Foundation. The event is free but RSVP is required at www.jfsa. org/awardsregistration or admin@jfsa.org. For more information, call 577-9393.
place at our facility.” The last special event at the existing facility will be the Yom HaShoah Remembrance on Thursday, May 2 (see p. 29). Weekly activities (chair yoga, knitters, mah jongg) will continue until the move. Details for the new facility dedication and open house at 180 W. Magee Road will be forthcoming. For additional information, call 505-4161.
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ix months ago, Jesse Davis and his wife, Melissa, began keeping a kosher home. They were prompted by their two oldest daughters, pupils at Tucson Hebrew Academy, who took the school’s kosher cooking class and came home with “a million and one questions,” says Davis, a teacher at Temple Emanu-El’s preschool and Tucson Hebrew High. “I wanted to do anything that I could that made my daughters feel more engaged with being Jewish.” When Tucson’s only kosher market, 5th Street Deli and Kitchen, closed its doors last month, just weeks before Passover, Davis and other members of the “Kosher in Tucson” Facebook page stepped up to coordinate deliveries of kosher meat and other products from Western Kosher, a market in Los Angeles. Many Jews who don’t keep kosher year-round nevertheless seek kosher for Passover products. Avi Erbst, a realtor and co-administrator of the “Kosher in Tucson” Facebook page, explains that quite a few kosher consumers in Tucson were already ordering online from the KC Kosher Co-op in Kansas. But KC Kosher Co-op only deals in bulk orders, while Western Kosher allows people to order as little as a single package of chicken. Erbst learned that Western Kosher was already delivering to Chandler, Arizona, so at first the plan was that someone would drive there to pick up Tucson’s orders. But with nine or 10 local families placing orders, Tucson was able to get its own delivery. The first delivery, with kosher for Passover goods, was made earlier
this month, says Davis, and the plan is to continue placing orders with Western Kosher about every six weeks. The deli on Fifth Street, which was known as Feig’s for decades, has had a succession of owners since 2008, when longtime owner Jack Strauss retired. The most recent owner, Mordechai “Kfir” Ohana, who owns a local brick paving business, bought the deli not because he had a passion for food, says Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin, outreach director of Chabad Tucson, but more as “a caring community effort to do something about kosher.” Ceitlin and his wife, Feigie, also serve as administrators on the “Kosher in Tucson” Facebook page. Many on the “Kosher in Tucson” page are hoping someone will step in to re-open the deli. Ceitlin says he would like to see a strictly kosher dining option open in Tucson, whether it is meat or dairy, acknowledging that any such venture would have to attract “even the non-Jewish crowd” to be viable. Fusionz, the kosher café at the University of Arizona Hillel Foundation, which was run by Handmaker Enterprises under Conservative supervision, also closed last month. The Café at the J, inside the Tucson Jewish Community Center, remains open, serving a dairy menu. It will be open Monday-Thursday during the week of Passover. Nadine’s Bakery, the city’s only local kosher bakery, also remains open, but will not be kosher for Passover. “We’re very thankful for the previous owners of the deli and their service to the community,” says Erbst, who owned a catering company in New York for about five years before moving to Tucson. See Kosher, page 4
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he Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s board governance committee has recommended the following slate of officers for the 2019-20 program year: Deborah Oseran, chair of the board; Jeff Artzi, vice chair; Ben Silverman, treasurer/secretary; Shelly Silverman, immediate past chair. Also nominated are Elena Boskoff, Avi Erbst and Scott Sheftel for three-year terms, and Helaine Levy for a two-year term. New to the board by virtue of their positions are Madeline Friedman, incoming Women’s Philanthropy chair, and Karen Katz, incoming Women’s Philanthropy Campaign chair. Returning members are Bruce Ash, Jennifer
Bell, Alex Dery-Chaffin, Leslie Glaze, Melissa Goldfinger, Adam Goldstein, David Hameroff, Liz Kanter Groskind, Jeff Katz and Jeremy Sharpe. Any 10 members may make additional nominations by delivering a signed written nomination to the Federation office with an acceptance letter signed by the nominee at least 20 days before the annual meeting, which will be held Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 7 p.m. at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Additional nominees will be presented together with the nominees selected by the nominating committee at the annual meeting of members.
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who is another “Kosher in Tucson” Facebook member, says that if Albertsons doesn’t continue to carry kosher meat throughout the year, she’ll order from Western Kosher. Friedman says she has brought meat from Los Angeles “both by car and by plane when visiting our daughter, but that is not the best solution.” Tucsonans also have traveled to the Phoenix area to shop in kosher markets, such as Imperial Market & Deli. On Facebook, Erbst notes that he’s reached out to friends on occasion to ask for kosher meat from their freezers, or given meat when others needed it. “That’s the beauty of a community,” he says.
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The AJP reached out to Ohana for a comment; he did not respond. While Ohana wasn’t able to keep the deli/market open, Ceitlin told the AJP, kosher consumers in Tucson still have plenty of shopping options — way more than when his in-laws, Rabbi Yossie and Chanie Shemtov, arrived in Tucson in 1983. In addition to ordering from Western Kosher, KC Kosher Co-op, and other online vendors, Ceitlin points out that a majority of common grocery items in any supermarket are kosher. Most local supermarkets carry some kosher for Passover staples, and several local markets carry at least some kosher meat. “Albertsons and Trader Joe’s fill an amazing gap,” says Erbst. The Costco on Grant Road also has carried some cuts of pre-packaged kosher meat, notes Davis. Jason Stark, store director at the Albertsons at 2854 N. Campbell Ave., has been posting updates on the “Kosher in Tucson” Facebook page of kosher for Passover foods, including meat, available at his store, complete with photos. Irene Stern Friedman, a retired medical office manager
Chabad Tucson steps into breach with kosher for Passover catering
Chabad Tucson opened a pop-up catering service for Passover 2019. Feigie Ceitlin and staff prepared food at COM Kitchen, a commissary coworking space on the south side of Tucson. Rabbi Yossie Shemtov provided kosher certification. Chabad announced the venture April 11 with an April 14 order deadline, and catered for 92 people in addition to those attending its community seder. Tucsonans immediately asked if Chabad will branch out to provide Shabbat catering after the holiday. Feigie’s response? “Let’s get through Pesach.”
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family-friendly Yom Ha’atzmaut festival, marking the 71st anniversary of Israel’s Independence, will be held Sunday, April 28, from 4-6:30 p.m. in the Sculpture Garden at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. “This is an opportunity to celebrate Israel’s birthday,” says Jennifer Selco, the Tucson J’s director of Jewish life and learning. “What better way than throw a big party open to the entire community.” For children, there will be a petting zoo, and a variety of games and crafts. Performances will include folk singers Erez and Gal and the J’s Sparks Cheer team. Israeli film shorts will be screened, followed by discussion with the shinshinim, young Israeli ambassadors to Tucson. The Nachalat Binyamin fair will imitate
a market in Tel Aviv, featuring a dozen local agencies and artisan stalls. Proceeds from these vendor’s market stalls will support a refugee child at camp this summer. Savory and sweet food options and Israeli beer and wine will be available for purchase. As the festival date coincides with the Moroccan Jewish Mimuna celebration marking the end of Passover, there also will be a belly dancer demonstration and a stall preparing mufleta, fried dough wafers resembling pancakes, traditionally served on this holiday. The free festival is hosted by the Weintraub Israel Center, a partnership between the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona and the J. For more information, visit www.tucsonjcc.org/Israel or call 299-3000.
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he Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Women’s Philanthropy will hold “Sharing Our Stories,” an evening of exploring individual and shared histories, on Monday, April 29, 5-7 p.m. on the patio of the Jewish History Museum. JFSA Senior Vice President Fran Katz and Young Women’s Cabinet Coordinator Danielle Larcom will share their families’ histories.
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COMMENTARY Confessions of an Arkansas boy: How I almost ruined my first Passover seder JTA MADISON, WISCONSIN omewhere, there’s a photograph: My future father-in-law is sitting at the head of the table. My future motherin-law is sitting to his left and I’m sitting on his right, wearing a suit, tie and kippah. My stunningly beautiful fiancée is next to me, and the rest of the table consists of three grandparents, one uncle and two next door neighbors. The photo is about 30 years old, and six of the 10 people seated at the table are now dead. It was my first Passover, and I very nearly screwed it up. My fiancée and I had been engaged for just a few months, and I was slowly being accepted into her family following a very rocky introduction as the goy who wanted to marry their first-born daughter. It had taken Henry Kissinger-level diplomatic skills for me to end up seated to the right of my future father-in-law. There had been a very real possibility that my in-laws would sit shiva for their wayward daughter. It may not have been peace in the Middle East, but there was definitely a truce between a large Brooklyn Jewish family and this Arkansas boy. I felt that all eyes were on me because this was my first seder — and it was a seder under very difficult circumstances. I decided to adopt a role model during the seder, someone to follow move-formove, and I decided to select my future uncle-in-law. I knew that he was more religiously observant than my fiancée’s dad, and be-
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cause he was almost directly opposite me, I would only need to glance up to learn the moves. It seemed like a good choice at the time. I made it through the first couple of hours OK. I didn’t have any trouble with the (English) passages my fatherin-law assigned me, though the names of the rabbis got stuck in my mouth. I made it through the egg, the hand washings, the four sons, the 10 plagues, the parsley dipped in salt water, the Hillel sandwich and the three cups of Manischewitz Extra Heavy Malaga. Now, regarding the wine. I was following the uncle’s lead. And when the Haggadah said to drink the cup of wine, he drank a full cup of wine. I noticed that my fiancée was only sipping her wine, but I figured this was one of those male/female things in Judaism that I had heard about and seen with my own eyes in Borough Park and Crown Heights. The Malaga went down nice and smooth. Then came the dinner. My motherin-law had prepared a sumptuous four or five course spread. I even enjoyed the tzimmes. The gefilte fish was trickier, but with an ample application of maror, it was OK. My father-in-law, who was becoming Photo: Pixabay
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a wine connoisseur, had located some kosher-for-Passover wine that was decidedly better than the Malaga we had consumed before dinner. There were three different types of wine and, at his insistence, I had a full glass of all three types with the festive meal. I wasn’t exactly a lightweight. As a graduate of both public and Ivy League universities, I had completed all my coursework in inebriation, and by the end of the meal, I had that certain feeling that I had had enough for the evening and that any more might prove to be an embarrassment. I was certainly glad I wasn’t the one driving home. After dinner, we had scattered to the couches and Eames chairs in the living room, and I started checking my watch. I had a sense of victory: I had not only made it through the seder, but had passed with flying colors. I found the afikomen and ransomed it for Yiddishkeit lessons from my father-in-law. I opened my mouth when I was supposed to and kept it shut otherwise. All was well indeed. Until my future father-in-law announced: “OK everybody, time for the second half of the seder,” and the Haggadot were redistributed around the table. Wait — what? There’s more? All I was fit for was to pay my hosts a “Zeisen Pesach” and enjoy the view from the Verrazzano Bridge on my way back home. Second half? No, this must be a joke. But it was worse than I had feared. A fresh bottle of Malaga was set on the table, and I learned that there were two more glasses of wine to drink. Under slightly different circumstances, the musical cue for that moment would have been, “One Toke Over The Line.” But it was even worse than that. At the close of the service, we had to sing songs, including “Who Knows One?” and “Had Gadya.” You’ve got to be kidding me, right? After seven glasses of wine, I was barely fit to sing “Row, row, row your boat,” much less two songs with about 13 verses each. And here I am trying to keep up in transliteration and understand the English at the same time! I almost cried. But my suffering was far from over. The dinner dishes and glasses had to be
washed and, as I was the one trying to brown nose my way into the family, I was committed to helping my future motherin-law wash and put away the fleishig Passover china. I was the unofficial Shabbos goy while she smoked Benson & Hedges, drank the leftover wine out of the glasses and told me all the bad things about her daughter she thought I should know. I remember feeling that I was the victim of an immense practical joke. I thought about how some families would be doing this same ritual tomorrow night and my mind quailed at the idea. This was one of those many moments during my journey to Judaism where I thought, “I have no idea what I’m getting into and I am completely unprepared.” Christmas dinner? Amateur hour, dear. It’s the eight-hour seder that tests the mettle of family love. As for my future uncle-in-law, he had been training for the Passover seder his entire life. The seven — or more — glasses of wine bowed his posture but didn’t seem to slow him down at all. Clearly, I was the novice in so many ways. There have been decades of Passover seders since then, and I’ve led a few myself. But the first one was the most fraught with opportunities to screw up. This year, I’ll be leading my synagogue’s community seder, and I want to emphasize love. We spill the wine when we recite the plagues out of sorrow: Though it may have been necessary for our redemption, we need to feel sorrow that the Egyptians had to suffer through the plagues. There is no joy in their plight. Since that first seder, I have become a Jew. It took a while for me to commit my Christian apostasy, but I did it, and that freed me to make what was for me a better choice. In some of our ancient texts, it is debated whether humans are higher or lower than animals. One line of thought is that we’re lower than animals because animals can’t sin and humans not only sin, we choose to sin. Well, we can make good choices, too. For me, one good choice was to give up drinking altogether. There are other good choices, such as unshackling ourselves from what’s holding us back from embracing mitzvot, the greatest gift Hashem has given us. At the seder, we are reminded that we have been given freedom. Let’s make the most of it. Bryan D. Johnson is a writer in Madison, Wisconsin, and a member of Congregation Shaarei Shamayim. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the AJP or its publisher, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona.
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his year’s community Yom HaShoah commemoration will mark 80 years since the outbreak of World War II by reflecting on the vibrant and diverse Jewish life that existed in Europe and North Africa before the Holocaust. “On the Eve: Jewish Life Before the Third Reich” will be held Sunday, May 5 at 2 p.m. at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Throughout the program, Holocaust survivors and descendants of Holocaust survivors will reflect on their individual and family experiences before the war. Photos that represent local family ties to Jewish life before the Holocaust will be presented before and throughout the commemoration. (See www.jewishhistory museum.org/submissions for information on submitting photos.) Count Ferdinand von Galen will light the candle for the righteous in honor of
his great-uncle, Count Clemens August Graf von Galen, who protested Nazi persecution of people with disabilities and was involved with the rescue of the rabbi of Westphalia. “All too often, Holocaust education and remembrance is overly focused on the Nazis and their crimes and neglects to deeply concern itself with the vast range of Jewish life and culture that was lost,” says Bryan Davis, director of the Jewish History Museum, which is helping to organize the event. “The curatorial ethic that undergirds the exhibition in the Holocaust History Center at the Jewish History Museum was developed with the idea of reckoning with this facet of Holocaust memory. This year’s Yom HaShoah program will redirect our attention from Nazi crimes to Jewish life as well.” For more information, contact Lisa Schacter-Brooks at 670-9073 or museum@jewishhistorymuseum.org.
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t’s usually college students who undertake the challenges of studying abroad, but ever since she was in fifth grade Haya Gibly was determined to go to high school in Israel. Haya, 14, recently started attending Mosenson high school in Israel, an opportunity she found through the Naale program. The Naale Elite Academy program, cofunded by the State of Israel and the Jewish Agency, allows Jewish students from all over the world to receive their high school education in Israel on full scholarships. “I’ve always liked the Israeli culture, people, and I wanted to experience this. Israel has always felt like home and going to high school there seemed like a great opportunity,” Haya says. The opportunities for Haya at Mosenson include a comprehensive Hebrew education and an internationally recognized diploma after graduation, but most important is the ability to actualize her dream of living in Israel. She was referred to the Naale program by her Jewish online school teacher, who taught her Torah and Hebrew. Haya’s mother, Raquel Gibly, says that
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she and Haya’s father, Zakai Gibly, initially reacted to the proposition with a resounding “no.” They thought she was too young for a study abroad program. Zakai had attended a boarding school in Israel so he understood the challenges that Haya would face, says Raquel. But Haya’s determination persuaded them to see the opportunities the program would afford. “There’s no Jewish education in this city for [Orthodox high school] kids, we’re limited here,” Raquel says. Haya’s willingness to research the program on her own and her dedication to get accepted convinced her parents that she would be successful in the program. “I think that they see this as a good opportunity for me and a great way for me to perfect my Hebrew and move to the place I have always wanted to live in. My parents are very supportive of me and everything that I do here,” Haya says. Raquel says the Naale program is very well organized and the representatives made it a priority to be available for any concerns the family had. Once Haya’s parents felt confident in the program, they began going through the interview process and exploring the schools that were offered. The Naale program offers a range of
high schools for students to choose from: coed, single-sex, dormitories on campus, and even STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) specializations. It also includes a range of schools available to students depending on observance, Raquel says. The Giblys started narrowing down schools based on the family’s Orthodox observance. Haya had her own criteria, too. “I preferred living on campus, so me and my parents decided that Mosenson was the best option for me,” says Haya. The program’s grade level system is similar to the American school system: ninth grade is a transitional year and 10th-12th grade are considered high school years with graduation in 12th grade. Although the grading levels were familiar enough, Haya’s adjustment to Mosenson was still a challenge. “The mathematical system here in Israel is very different than anywhere else. Instead of separating math by subjects (algebra, geometry, calculus), here, math is all integrated and you learn it by grade level and by intensity,” she says. Another big adjustment was entering the boarding school environment. Haya had previously attended Sunrise Drive Elementary School and Orange Grove Middle School in Tucson. “Back home my school life and home
life were separated but here I live with the same people that I go to school with,” she says. “The hardest part is not being able to make a midnight trip to the kitchen.” Although Haya doesn’t have the freedom to execute the late-night snack ritual, she says she’s becoming more independent. And if she does feel isolated, on weekends or holidays she’s able to visit her sister, Sophie Gibly, along with some cousins, aunts, and uncles who currently live in Israel. Sophie, 26, is currently working on her second degree in Tel Aviv. Haya says she keeps in touch with her four siblings and parents through the WhatsApp phone application. “I know that my family and friends will always be there for me no matter the distance or how long we haven’t been able to see each other,” she says. Since Haya left for Israel on Sept. 1, her parents have visited twice, but she is currently back in Tucson for her Pesach break. “We are very proud of Haya, this was all her idea and she has stuck to it,” says Raquel. Regarding her future, Haya is unsure about college but she would like to join the Israeli army, says Raquel. “We will be proud of her no matter what her choice, but if she chooses to be in Israel permanently, we will be fully supportive,” Raquel says.
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staggering 83 percent of more than 400,000 prisoners released in 2005 across 30 states were arrested at least once in the nine years following their release, according to a U. S. Department of Justice study released in 2018. Today many groups are talking about and researching justice reform. Some of the suggested changes are in line with the spirit of Torah. A recent six-session Chabad course, “Crime and Consequence,” explored Jewish thought and principles on crime, punishment, and prevention. The course, based on a book by the same title published in 2018 by the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, was held at the Tucson Jewish Community Center, Feb. 5 to March 12. The goal was to study what is current in American law, compare this with Jewish principles, and suggest practical guidelines to achieve a more just, true, and peaceful system of justice. Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin, 36, of Chabad Tucson, has been visiting prison inmates
Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin (left) consults with guest speakers Wendy A. Petersen and Terrance Cheung before Chabad Tucson’s March 12 class on crime prevention at the Tucson Jewish Community Center.
since he was 14. This gives him a unique perspective for teaching “Crime and Consequence.” “Since childhood I have been encouraged by the teachings of Rabbi Schneerson to engage others, and to reach out to people who may not ever go to a synagogue,” Ceitlin says, referring to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (19021994), known as the “Lubavitcher Rebbe” or the “Rebbe.” Ceitlin grew up in Montreal, Canada,
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tion,” Ceitlin explains. “Prisoners often are forgotten because they are out of sight and out of mind. The walls of the prison represent separating good from evil, but we can do some good by going inside those walls.” At age 14, Ceitlin’s first visit to a prison in the company of two rabbis seemed surreal. The stories he had heard about criminals as a child sounded harsher than the reality he saw at the prison. Yet, the gates, walls, and towers reminded him of stories about Jews in Russia and what happened during the Holocaust. “Back then I was more oblivious to what the inmates had done to go to prison,” he says. “I remember seeing prisoners as hapless, unfortunate and nonthreatening people. “Today, when I take a more mature look, I see the prisoners are incarcerated for a reason, but I see this as tragic rather than unfortunate. I consider that there were circumstances that led to these people being in prison. I have compassion, but also recognize that there are reasons that we have laws.” See Crime, page 12
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Ceitlin continues to visit people at the federal penitentiary in Tucson, as do other Chabad rabbis. On regular visits the rabbis share thoughts on the weekly Torah readings, take prayer books, tefillin, kippot, and occasionally, printed notes for a class. They also visit on holidays including Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Purim. The rabbis often receive letters from prisoners thanking them for their visits. “I find that just my presence is encouraging to these prisoners, and they appreciate that I am making this commitment,” says Ceitlin. “Sometimes reminding someone of their Judaism and their humanity can help someone survive in prison.” “An Ounce of Prevention,” addressing crime before it happens, was the topic of the March 12 class. “We might have begun with this class on prevention, but instead we are ending with this topic. Most of the time people are dealing with crime after the fact,” Ceitlin said, pointing out that people call out for help for many reasons — unemployment, poverty, family conflicts, neighborhood gangs, or even boredom — and we need to find ways to help before unfortunate situations lead to crime. Other course topics included the point of prisons, the death penalty, standards of evidence in the Talmud, making amends, and reacceptance and the criminal background check. The March 12 session included a video from 1969 when the Rebbe met with the president of the New York City council. His message was that we should see everyone as humans with great potential, and live without infring-
ing on the rights of others. Although the Torah acknowledges the need for laws, and details punishments for various crimes, it rarely prescribes incarceration as a means of retribution. Prison is viewed as dehumanizing, and Jewish laws and ethics focus more on rehabilitation. American prisons are correctional facilities, but Ceitlin said they don’t “correct” prisoners, most often due to low budgets and inadequate staff. Jewish thought, as reflected in Pirkei Avos (Ethics of the Fathers), suggests that we contemplate three things to help prevent committing a transgression — “Know what is above you [referring to G-d], a seeing eye, a listening ear, and all your deeds are written in a book.” Ceitlin interprets this as an attitude that can help with crime prevention, even if you don’t believe in G-d. “Being aware that someone [G-d or simply another person] is watching you, being aware that someone cares about you and cares about your actions, can be enough to discourage bad actions,” he said. Beginning from childhood, if people understand that what they do affects others, this teaches a sense of ethics and values. Wendy A. Petersen, assistant Pima County administrator for justice and law enforcement, and Terrance Cheung, Pima County director of justice reform initiatives, were guest speakers for the class. “We want to make the justice system more fair,” said Cheung. “We are looking for alternatives to jail for low risk criminals” [those convicted of shoplifting, minor drug charges or other non-violent crimes]. He suggests more community services to keep people out of jail or prevent them from returning to jail after release. Sometimes, he added, people who are homeless or mentally ill will miss their day in court, and might end up serving more jail time.
“We want to provide better care for this population of people who cannot always take care of themselves; we want to put them into a better situation,” Cheung said. Pima County started a project in July 2018 that provides housing for 150 people as well as mental health care, drug rehabilitation programs, and help finding employment. To date, the project has helped more than 300 people, and the county is evaluating its cost effectiveness. Petersen gave an example of repeat offenders in Pima County, citing one man who was jailed 41 times in 24 months. He would get out of jail and go to a Circle K and steal a hot dog and coffee. A Circle K employee would call the sheriff ’s department, and the man would end up back in jail. “There is a high cost for housing a prisoner in county jail — $300 for initial fees, then $100 a day,” Petersen told the class. “We could practically buy him a condo for the cost of keeping him in jail.” Pima County is part of the Safety and Justice Challenge, a program of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation that is dedicated to reducing jail populations and finding ways to make communities “healthier, fairer, and safer,” according to the Safety and Justice Challenge website. Pima County has received $3.3 million from the foundation. The 50 students taking the Chabad class represented many professions, including private investigation, medical, mental health, and “just people who care,” said Ceitlin. He asked the class what prevention policies would
they support. Addressing the causes of crime is a start, but students agreed that just as a disease can have many causes, it is difficult to pinpoint any one cause for crime. Some felt that crime prevention could start by dealing with situations where people feel hopeless due to an atmosphere of hate and distrust. Others suggestions included education programs in schools, having police officers develop positive relationships with school children, having beat officers get to know neighborhood residents, providing more food assistance programs, help getting employment, more effective treatment for the mentally ill, longer school hours to protect children whose parents work later, and mentorship programs for children to learn about life in prison and the consequences of committing a crime. Student Seth Basker, was inspired by the class to help former inmates make successful transitions from prison back into the community. He owns Basker Consulting Group, and coaches people making career transitions through evaluation and training. He is working with Aleph Institute, founded in 1981 under Schneerson, to develop a program for inmates. The institute provides a range of programs for prisoners and their families. This was Basker’s eighth Jewish Learning Institute class. “The rich content often challenges my preconceived notion of what I believed the truth to be,” he said. “Sometimes the content creates a sense of awe that motivates me into action.”
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Lecture to explore Iraqi Jews in Israel
n the 1950s, 123,000 Iraqi who turned to communism in Jews arrived in Israel. Harsh the 1940s. conditions and a shared The ultimate displacement background united them. Orit of this community wasn’t Bashkin, Ph.D., a University of from perpetual persecution, Chicago associate professor of but from misguided state polimodern Middle Eastern hiscies during the late 1940s and tory, will highlight this era in early 1950s, Bashkin says. Dethe Arizona Center for Judaic spite a desire for coexistence, Orit Bashkin Studies’ 2019 Jeffrey Plevan friendship, and partnership, Memorial Lecture, “Israeli Babthe impossibility of Arab-Jewylonians: The Birth of Iraqi Israeli Identity,” ish coexistence prevailed, dominating the at the Tucson Jewish Community Center current narrative. on Monday, April 29. Bashkin also is the author of “The Other Although Iraqi Jews saw themselves as Iraq: Pluralism and Culture in Hashemite Iraqi patriots, their community — which Iraq” and “Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews had existed in Iraq for more than 2,500 in Israel.” years — was displaced when the state of IsBetsy and Ken Plevan endowed the Plerael was established. Bashkin’s book, “New van lectureship in their late son’s memory Babylonians: A History of Jews in Modern in 2013, to honor his contributions to UniIraq” chronicles the lives of these Jews, versity of Arizona Judaic studies and protheir urban Arab culture, and their hopes mote the key values he cherished. for a democratic nation-state. It highlights The free lecture, which begins at 6:30 their ideas about Judaism, Islam, secular- p.m., will be preceded by a light refreshism, modernity, and reform, focusing on ments at 5:30 p.m. For more informaIraqi Jews who internalized narratives of tion, visit www.judaic.arizona.edu or call Arab and Iraqi nationalisms, and on those 626-5758.
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ucson now has a functioning eruv, Congregation Chofetz Chayim announced April 11 via email. An eruv is a symbolic wire boundary that follows the guidelines of Jewish law for creating a demarcation of private space that allows for carrying objects on Shabbat and other Jewish holy days. The creation of the eruv “comes after several years of painstaking detailed work in conjunction with Tucson Electric Power and Southwest Energy Solutions,” according to the announcement. The current boundaries of the eruv
are Wilmot Road to the east, Columbus Boulevard to the west, Lee Street (one block south of Pima Street) to the north and Broadway Boulevard to the south, with a Southern extension between Craycroft Road and east of Swan Road (Mountain View) that includes the hotels at Williams Center and an additional residential area. A city eruv must be checked weekly to ensure all components are functional, according to the statement. See www. tucsontorah.org for more information, including a boundary map.
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Lucky,” presents her parents’ World War II love story through the thousands of letters Lenny and Diana Miller sent to each other. Both were first generation Elizabeth Fox Americans, committed to defeating the Nazis and making the world a better place: Diana, a new mother, worked as a machinist and union organizer at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, while Lenny trained with the Army in southern Mississippi and fought in some of the most dangerous battles in Europe. The brunch will begin at 11 a.m. at Skyline Country Club, 5200 E. Saint Andrews Drive. The cost is $27 for members and $29 for nonmembers. RSVP by April 30 with a check payable to Hadassah, mailed to Marcia Winick, 7284 Onda Circle, Tucson AZ 85715. For more information, call Winick at 886-9919.
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erbert Cohn, chair of the Catalina Council Jewish Committee on Scouting, is attempting to create a more inclusive environment by reminding all in the local scouting community of the intention by Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the world scouting movement, that it should embrace all faiths. Cohn has been a passionate supporter of scouting since attending an overnight hike with his older brother’s Scout troop when he was 6 years old. From a young age, Cohn saw how scouting was able to integrate different cultures. “When I was a Scout, in the ’50s and ’60s, I was a member of a Reform synagogue and we had a Scout troop that included everyone you could think of,” he says. Cohn’s Scout Troop 50 consisted of three AfricanAmericans brothers, an Irish Catholic boy, and several Jewish boys, he remembers. Attending a scouting camp with Catholic boys was another experience in diversity. “Here are all these 12-year-olds having these great, deeply religious discussions and that said something to me,” he says, explaining that he received firsthand explanations of faith as opposed to learning from stereotypes. When Cohn returned to scouting after a long hiatus, he set five goals during his Wood Badge Training. One of these included getting a Cub Scout unit chartered by a Jewish organization for the first time in 10 years. He wanted this Cub Scout pack to be similar to Troop 50, which was chartered by Tremont Temple Congregation Gates of Mercy in New York. With the support of Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon, then senior rabbi of Temple Emanu-El, and the approval of the synagogue’s board of directors, Cohn spearheaded the all-inclusive community unit. The unit, labeled Cub Scout Pack 613 (symbolic of the
Members of Cub Scout Pack 613 bring in the colors at the opening of the Tucson Jewish Community’s Israel at 70 Festival on April 22, 2018. These Cubs moved up to become Boy Scouts in Troop 613 in May 2018.
613 commandments in the Torah), which started in 2016, has leaders and members from diverse backgrounds. Scout Troop 613, for boys ages 11+, soon followed. Now, inspired by attendance at a community vigil after the shootings at two mosques in New Zealand last month, Cohn decided forming an interfaith troop with the Muslim Community Center might be a good goal for the Jewish Committee on Scouting. In October, he notes, members of various faiths came together at the local Jewish community’s vigil after the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh; Cohn wants to see these relationships emulated in Boy Scouts of America Scout units. The members of the Catalina Council Jewish Committee on Scouting unanimously agreed to the idea of working with the Muslim community, and they have begun reaching out to Muslim community leaders. “Interfaith is alive and well in Tucson and other parts of Arizona and we must continue to expand and grow these relations,” he says.
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Six months after the massacre of 11 Jewish worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue complex in Pittsburgh, several dozen officials met in a conference room overlooking the National Mall here and reviewed the lessons of that awful day as a means of dealing with future attacks. The most surprising and poignant recommendations came from survivors of the Pittsburgh shooting — for better or worse. They recalled practices that already were in place and probably saved lives, among them persuading otherwise Shabbat-observant rabbis to carry cellphones strictly for emergency use and urging people to flee a shooting rather than hide in place. The tabletop exercise was organized by Secure Community Network, an arm of the Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency was invited to cover the session on condition that it not quote officials on the record describing details of security procedures. The three-city scenario imagined a car-ramming and shooting attack on the Jewish Community Center in Memphis, including surveillance by a mysterious drone, and almost simultaneous shooting attacks on a Jewish student barbecue at the See Pittsburgh, page 20
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thew Berger, the vice president for communications at Hillel International, urged others to designate two communications officials: one to gather information from first responders and officials, and one to distribute it to others, including the media. Juggling both is overwhelming, he said. Another federal agency official said that in a crisis, responders would likely want to prioritize new information that would help stop the attacker and could lead to cutting off families desperately seeking information. “Someone calling from out of state, saying ‘is that my family?’ and someone saying ‘that’s my Enterprise van’ is two different things — but you don’t want the bureau cutting off families,” the official said. Rabbi Deborah Waxman, who heads the Reconstructionist movement, recalled speeding to Pittsburgh from Philadelphia immediately. The first thing she noticed was that the rabbis, expected to attend to the pastoral care of traumatized families, were themselves traumatized. “Those hours at the JCC were absolutely brutal,” Waxman said. “The folks I spoke with desperately wanted pastoral support.” Her recommendation: Set up a network of regional rabbis, so in the event of an attack they are ready to supplement local rabbis in caring for the community.
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P.S. Israeli partners connect with Tucson peers; Passover preparations begin SHARON KLEIN Special to the AJP
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One of the traditional Passover seder foods is gefilte fish. And beyond the Four Questions is: Made from
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(L-R): Marlyne Freedman, Steve Silverman, Stuart Mellan (Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona president and CEO), Shelly Silverman (JFSA board chair), Hila Yogev-Keren (Partnership2Gether director), Hila Kordana, Vered Hengali-Maschiach, Deborah Oseran (incoming JFSA board chair), Isaac Amar, Shneor Katash, Edit Asor, Yedidya Green, and Steve Caine at a post-budget meeting dinner at the Silverman home
Yuri Rabayev displays a halibut fillet fit for making homemade gefilte fish.
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The Weintraub Israel Center’s Partnership2Gether Israeli and Tucson teams gathered here March 3-8 for the P2G 2019-20 annual budget meeting. Since 1996, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona has participated in P2G, a Jewish Agency for Israel program connecting Jewish communities around the world. One year the delegation meets in Kiryat Malachi/Hof Ashkelon; the next year in Tucson. Asher Amar, Marlyne Freedman, Eric and Sarah Laytin, and other local folks hosted the visitors in their homes for a cross-cultural experience. “As a former JFSA professional and now a volunteer, it has been exciting to watch the growth of our relationship with our partnership region — in budgeting, programming and developing interpersonal connections,” Marlyne says. The seven visitors had an action-packed itinerary with presentations from the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Tucson, Cradle to Career Partnership, JFSA National and Overseas allocation committee, and the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona grants steering committee. Along with budgetary allocations for partnership projects, the group also discussed expanding P2G programming with the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Funding comes from JFSA, JCF and the Tucson J. Ongoing Tucson-Israel partnership programs include school twinning and fellowship for educators; the shinshinim program bringing youth ambassadors to Tucson; and Israeli initiatives such as Art City (a youth music, dance, theater, and production company for more than 200 youth), Enrichment Scholarship (afterschool programs), Open Door (counseling and social support for Ethiopian immigrants), Acharai (a pre-army program), and Sports4All. Offsite, the Israeli delegation met with Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild at City Hall. They also visited Homer Davis Elementary School, beneficiary of the JFSA Jewish Community Relations Council’s “Making a Difference Every Day” project.
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scratch or purchased in a jar? If homemade, what fish to use and what recipe to follow? For answers to these questions, we turned to Yuri Rabayev, seafood department manager at Rincon Market, and Rebbetzin Feigie Ceitlin, program director for Chabad Tucson. Yuri, a Russian-born Jew who fled the Soviet Union with his wife and children and arrived in Tucson in 1992, has worked at Rincon Market for over 20 years. He rattled off a plethora of available kosher fish to use for homemade gefilte fish — walleye pike, white fish, red snapper, grouper, sole, halibut, salmon, orange roughy, cod.
6 eggs 1 ¼ cups of sugar 3 teaspoons salt ¾ cup of ice water 1 large Spanish onion grated (Optional: 1 finely grated carrot) 2 1/2 pounds of ground white fish 1 ¼ pounds of ground carp 1 ¼ pounds of ground pike Mix ingredients for 10 minutes. Shape into footballshaped balls about the size of your palm. Add to boiling broth for about an hour and a half. Broth: Water (about three inches deep) 1 large onion cut in chunks 2 carrots peeled and cut in chunks 2 stalks celery 1 teaspoon salt ¼ cup of sugar
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Sanford Berlin Sanford Sidney Berlin, 81, died April 6, 2019. Dr. Berlin was born in Detroit, Michigan and at age 9 moved with his family to Tucson until high school. His family joined Temple Emanu-El, where he celebrated becoming a bar mitzvah. After graduating from Mumford High School in Detroit, he attended the University of Michigan and graduated from Wayne State University. He then studied at the College of Osteopathic Medicine in Des Moines, Iowa. He moved back to Tucson in the early 1960s and started a family medical practice. Dr. Berlin served as chief of staff at Tucson General Hospital. He later studied psychiatry at the University of Arizona and worked many years on the front lines of mental health issues at different hospitals and clinics in the area. He was a leader in the osteopathic community serving on various boards and campaigns to promote holistic medical care. Later in his career he helped countless, primarily geriatric, patients cope with emotional and mental issues. Survivors include his children, Tony (Harris) Berlin and Dina (Gerry) Lajoie of Chapel Hill, N.C.; sister, Judy Berlin Clifford; and four grandchildren. Services were held at Evergreen Cemetery, with Rabbi Thomas Louchheim of Congregation Or Chadash officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Community Bridges Inc., mental health treatment services, at https:// communitybridgesaz.org/contribute.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR The calendar deadline is Tuesday, 10 days before the issue date. Our next issue will be published May 3, 2019. Events may be emailed to office@azjewishpost.com, faxed to 319-1118, or mailed to the AJP at 3718 E. River Road, #272, Tucson, AZ 85718. For more information, call 319-1112. See Area Congregations on page 18 for additional synagogue events. Men’s Mishnah club with Rabbi Israel Becker at Cong. Chofetz Chayim. Sundays, 7:15 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 6:15 a.m.; Saturdays, 8:15 a.m. 747-7780 or yzbecker@me.com. Chabad of Sierra Vista men’s tefillin club with Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, first Sundays, 9 a.m., at 401 Suffolk Drive. 820-6256 or www. jewishsierravista.com. “Too Jewish” radio show with Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon on KVOI 1030 AM (also KAPR and KJAA), Sundays at 9 a.m. April 21, Tal Keinan, IDF pilot, entrepreneur, fund manager, philanthropist and author of “God is in the Crowd: 21st Century Judaism.” April 28, Denise Shader Smith, mother of the late Mallory Smith, author of “Salt in My Soul.”
ONGOING Hawkins, 2nd and 4th Sundays, partners, 4:45-6 p.m.; open circle, 6-7 p.m. Members, $8; nonmembers, $10. 299-3000.
JFCS Holocaust Survivors group meets Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Contact Raisa Moroz at 795-0300.
Cong. Anshei Israel parent-tot class, led by Lindsey Embree. Mondays, 9-11 a.m. Children up to 24 months and their parent(s). Free. Mandatory vaccination policy. Call Nancy Auslander at 745-5550 or visit www.caiaz.org.
Awakening Through Jewish Meditation — Discover Freedom, with Reb Brian Yosef, Tuesdays/Sundays at 10:30 a.m., at Cong. Bet Shalom. Free. www.torahofawakening.com.
Temple Emanu-El mah jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m. 327-4501.
Tucson J social bridge, Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon-3 p.m., year round. Drop-ins welcome. Meets in library on second floor. 299-3000.
Cong. Anshei Israel mah jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m.-noon. All levels, men and women. Contact Evelyn at 885-4102 or esigafus@aol.com.
Tucson J canasta group, Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon. Instruction available and a beginners’ table every week. Call or text Lisa at 977-4054.
Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley bagel breakfast and Yiddish club, first Sundays, 9:30 a.m. Members, $7; nonmembers, $10. 648-6690 or 399-3474.
Tucson J current events discussion, Mondays, noon-1:30 p.m. Members, $1; nonmembers, $2. Bring or buy lunch, 11:30 a.m. 2993000, ext. 147.
Cong. Anshei Israel Talmud on Tuesday with Rabbi Robert Eisen. Meets 6 p.m. 745-5550.
Temple Emanu-El adult class, “Faces of Torah,” facilitated by Jesse Davis, most Sundays, 10:15-11:30 a.m., through April 28. See schedule on www.jewishtucson.org. 327-4501.
Cong. Bet Shalom yoga, Mondays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. $5. 577-1171.
Southern Arizona Jewish Genealogy Society, second Sundays, 1-3 p.m. at the Tucson J. Contact Barbara Stern Mannlein at 731-0300 or the J at 299-3000. Tucson J Israeli Dance, taught by Brandi
Friday / April 19 5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Erev Passover mincha, Shabbat and festival service. Visit www.caiaz.org for complete Passover service schedule. 6:30 PM: JPride Seder with inclusion Haggadah. At Hillel Foundation, 1245 E. 2nd St. $25. Register at www.tucsonjcc.org/event/j-prideseder or jpride@tucsonjcc.org. 7 PM: Chabad Tucson Community Seder. Adult $54; child $25. At Young Israel/ Chabad, 2443 E. 4th St. Call for availability at 881-7956.
Saturday / April 20 10 AM: Cong. Or Chadash Passover Shabbat Morning Festival Service and Adult B’nai Mitzvah. 512-8500. 11:30 AM: Secular Humanist Jewish Circle Passover Seder, with Rabbi Jack Silver. Humanistic Haggadah with traditional Seder plate and lunch. Members $25; nonmembers $35. At Atria Campana Del Rio, 1550 E. River Road. RSVP to Becky at schulmb@aol.com or 296-3762. 5 PM: Cong. Chaverim Second Night Passover Seder at Mission Gardens, 946 W. Mission Lane. Free. 320-1015. 6 PM: Temple Emanu-El Second Night Passover Seder. Members: adult $45; nonmembers: $55; college students and active military $35; child aged 4-12 $20; 3 and under free. RSVP required at 327-4501.
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Jewish 12-step sobriety support group meets Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. at Cong. Bet Shalom. dcmack1952@gmail.com. Spouse Bereavement Group, cosponsored by Widowed to Widowed, Inc. at the Tucson J, Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Contact Marvin at 885-2005 or Tanya at 299-3000, ext. 147. 6:30 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Ma’ariv followed by Second Night Passover Seder at 7 p.m. Family participation; supervised children’s play; traditional dinner with meat, fish or vegan entrée options. Members: adult (13+) $45; child (4-12) $30; nonmembers: adult $55; child $40; college and military: $38. RSVP for availability at 745-5550 or www.caiaz.org.
Sunday / April 21
8 AM: Temple Emanu-El Wandering Jews Passover Experience in the Desert at Saguaro National Park East, with Rabbi Batsheva Appel. First ¾ mile is wheelchair and stroller accessible. 327-4501.
Tuesday / April 23
1-3 PM: JFCS Ethical Will Writing Workshop, presented by Rabbi Stephanie Aaron of Congregation Chaverim. Free. At JFCS, 4301 E. 5th St. Register at www.azendoflifecare.org/ethical_will_ workshop1. Contact Irene Gefter at 795-0300 ext. 2271 or igefter@jfcstucson.org.
Friday / April 26
9:30 AM: Temple Emanu-El Passover Festival and Yizkor service, followed by potluck lunch at noon. 327-4501. 10 AM: Cong. Or Chadash Passover Yizkor Service. 512-8500.
Saturday / April 27
9 AM: Cong. Chaverim Torah study, meditative service and Yizkor. 320-1015.
Weintraub Israel Center Shirat HaShirim Hebrew choir, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Learn to sing in Hebrew. Contact Rina Paz at 304-7943 or ericashem@cox.net. Tucson J Israeli dance classes, Tuesdays. Beginners, 7:30 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15 p.m.; advanced, 9 p.m. Taught by Lisa Goldberg. Members, $8; nonmembers, $10. 299-3000. Cong. Anshei Israel gentle chair yoga with Lois Graham, Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Members of Women’s League, $6 per class; non-
Sunday / April 28
9:15 AM: Jewish War Veterans FriedmanPaul Post 201 breakfast meeting at B'nai B'rith Covenant House, 4414 E. 2nd St. Contact Seymour Shapiro at 398-5360. 10:30 AM-NOON: Cong. Or Chadash’s First Summer’s Comin’ Carnival! BBQ lunch, $6, unlimited carnival games and attractions, $12. Adult games, $1-$2. Contact Eileen Cook at 5128500 or eileen@octucson.org. 3 PM: Temple Emanu-El concert series presents Arizona Repertory Singers, “Psalms of David and Songs of Solomon.” $18 in advance at www.arsingers.org or $20 at the door. Students free with I.D. For group discounts, email info@arsingers.org. 4-6:30 PM: Weintraub Israel Center presents Israel @ 71 Celebration at the Tucson J. Music, food for purchase, artisan fair, kids’ area, Israeli film shorts. Visit www.tucsonjcc.org/Israel or call the JFSA at 577-9393.
Monday / April 29
members, $8 per class. Contact Evelyn at 8854102 or esigafus@aol.com. Temple Emanu-El Talmud study, Wednesdays, 10 -11:30 a.m. Text required, call 327-4501. Chabad of Sierra Vista women’s class with Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, last Wednesdays, 2 p.m., 401 Suffolk Drive. 820-6256 or www.jewishsierravista.com. Chabad Tucson lunch and learn with Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin, Wednesdays, on hiatus until after Passover. Jewish mothers/grandmothers special needs support group for those with children/ grandchildren, youth or adult, with special needs, third Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. at Tucson J. Contact Joyce Stuehringer at 299-5920. Temple Emanu-El Jewish novels club with Linda Levine. Third Thursdays, 2-4 p.m. 3274501. “Biblical Breakthroughs with Rabbi Becker” at the Southwest Torah Institute. Fridays, noon, for men and women. 747-7780 or yzbecker@me.com. Jewish History Museum core exhibition, “Meanings Not Yet Imagined.” Holocaust History Center, “Call Me Rohingya,” photographs by Andrew Stanbridge, through May 31. 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073. Identity,” with Orit Bashkin of the University of Chicago. Preceded by reception at 5:30 p.m. At The Tucson J. www.judaic.arizona.edu or 6265758.
Tuesday / April 30
8:30-10 AM: Tucson Hebrew Academy Tuesday Tours. At THA. Contact Gabby Erbst at 529-3888.
Wednesday / May 1
6 PM: Tucson Maimonides Society presents “Jewish Gangsters and Urban Reformers in America’s Progressive Era” with UA Assistant Professor Gil Ribak, Ph. D. at JFSA, 3718 E. River Road. $42, includes dinner. RSVP at 647-8468 or geri@jfsa.org. 7 PM: UA Center for Middle Eastern Studies movie, “Manpower.” Free. At Manuel Pacheo Integrated Learning Center, Room 130, on the UA campus. www.cmes.arizona.edu/events/ manpower.
Friday / May 3
5-7 PM: JFSA Women’s Philanthropy presents “Sharing Our Stories/Finding Our Roots,” on the Jewish History Museum patio, 564 S. Stone Ave. Heavy hors d’ouevres, $18. Bring a family photo to share. Register at www. jfsa.org/shareourstories. Contact Susannah Castro at scastro@jfsa.org.
11 AM: Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center gallery chat, “‘Rootpoet’: Poetry and Procedures of Ethical Memory,” presented by Kimberly Alidio, Matisse Rosen, and Sophia Terazawa. Free. 564 S. Stone Ave. 6709073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum.org.
6:30 PM: Arizona Center for Judaic Studies 2019 Jeffrey Plevan Memorial Lecture, “Israeli Babylonians: The Birth of Iraqi Israeli
5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Tot Shabbat service and dinner. Dinner at 6:15 p.m.: members, $25 family of 2 adults and up to 4 children;
nonmember family $30; adult (13+) $10. RSVP for dinner only by April 29 at www.caiaz.org or 7455550.
Saturday / May 4
NOON: Cong. Anshei Israel book club discusses “Traitor” by Jonathan De Shalit. Contact Helen Rib at 299-0340 or helenrib@yahoo.com.
Sunday / May 5
11 AM: Cong. Anshei Israel presents Israeli Music Concert, featuring adult and youth choirs. Free. www.caiaz.org or 745-5550. 11 AM: Hadassah Southern Arizona brunch with authors Liz Fox of Boulder, Colorado, and Anne Lowe of Tucson, at Skyline Country Club, 5200 E. St. Andrews Drive. Members, $27; nonmembers, $29. RSVP by April 30 by mailing check payable to Hadassah to Marcia Winick, 7284 Onda Circle, Tucson AZ 85715. Contact
Winick at 886-9919. 5:30 PM: Cong. Chofetz Chayim presents “Messiah: What We Believe, Why We Believe” with Israeli author, educator, and historian Rabbi Menachen Nissel. Israeli dinner. Ad sponsorship in tribute book includes two tickets; see www.tucsontorah.org/messiah.html.
Tuesday / May 7
6:30-8 PM: Weintraub Israel Center Yom Hazikaron ceremony, Music in Memory of the Fallen, commemorating Memorial Day for Israeli fallen soldiers and victims of terror. At the Tucson J. Free. www.jfsa.org or 577-9393.
Thursday / May 9
7 PM: Jewish Community Awards Celebration and JFSA annual meeting, at the Tucson J. Followed by ice cream social. Free. RSVP required at www.jfsa.org/awardsregistration. 577-9393.
NORTHWEST TUCSON ONGOING JFSA NW Division Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life chair yoga with a Jewish flair taught by Bonnie Golden. 190 N. Magee Road, #162. Mondays, 10-11 a.m. $7 per class or $25 for four. 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org. Northwest Needlers create hand-stitched items for donation in the Jewish community. Meets at JFSA NW Division Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life, Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m. RSVP to judithgfeldman@gmail.com or 505-4161. JFSA NW Division Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life mah jongg, meets Wednesdays, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., 505-4161. Chabad of Oro Valley adult education class, Jewish learning with Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman. Wednesdays at 7 p.m., at 1217 W. Faldo Drive. 477-8672 or www.jewishorovalley.com.
Friday / April 19
7:15 PM: Chabad Oro Valley Passover Seder. At Oro Valley Community and Recreation Center, 10555 N. La Canada Drive. Adult $36; child $20. Call for availability at 477-8672; also inquire about second Seder.
Monday / April 22
5-6:30 PM: Hadassah Southern Arizona/ JFSA NW Division Ruth and Irving Olson
Center for Jewish Life book club discusses “A Touch of Torah” by Anne Lowe. At JFSA NW Division Ruth & Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life, 190 W. Magee Road, #162. RSVP: 5054161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org.
MONDAY / APRIL 29
12:30-2 PM: JFSA NW Division Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life community dining out at Claire’s Café & Art Gallery, 16140 N. Oracle Road. Purely social. Purchase your own fare. RSVP by April 25 for an accurate headcount for their staff at www.jfsa.org/claires cafe or 505-4161.
Thursday / May 2
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Jewish Latino Teen Coalition lobbies in D.C. for immigration reform
Photo: Debe Campbell/AJP
Members of the Jewish Latino Teen Coalition with U.S. Representative Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona, April 3, (L-R): Elliot Baruch, Katie Kantor. Lily Molina, Derek Contreras, Mia Martinez, Amari Lampert, Kirkpatrick, Sofia Lyon, Bella Wexler, Shira Dubin, Noah Richter, Gavin Carmichael
Jody Gross speaks to supporters at the “Making a Difference Every Day: The Homer Davis Project” 10th anniversary celebration event March 31. She presented a $12,000 Maizlish Foundation check for computer equipment to Principal Lyle Dunbar, left.
Homer Davis 10th anniversary celebration includes Maizlish gift
Members of the Jewish Latino Teen Coalition talk with U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina (right) on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, April 4.
Eleven members of the Jewish Latino Teen Coalition, a program founded by the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Jewish Community Relations Council and the Office of U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, visited Washington, D.C., March 31-April 5 to lobby lawmakers on immigration reform. In addition to meeting with a dozen lawmakers or their chiefs of staff, the teens visited the Newseum and met with members of Operation Understanding, a similar D.C.-based group that brings together the Jewish and African American communities. They also met with former Tucsonans Josh Lederman, a journalist who covered the White House for the AP, and Josh Protas, vice president of public policy for MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, who is a former JCRC director. Other meetings included the American Immigration Council and HIAS.
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A $12,000 donation will fund computers for additional classrooms at Homer Davis Elementary School. Jody Gross presented a check, on behalf of the 12 grandchildren who are part of the Maizlish Family Foundation, to the school’s principal, Lyle Dunbar, at the 10th anniversary celebration of “Making a Difference Every Day: The Homer Davis Project” on March 31 at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. “As a family, we can perpetuate this giving from generation to generation,” Gross’ mother, Phyllis Maizlish, told the AJP in a 2016 interview. She started the foundation in memory of her husband, Irvin, who died in 1997. Each year, the dozen cousins choose a special project to support. This is the second year they chose Homer Davis. “The need for technology in the classroom is huge, so our students have the same opportunity as other students,” Dunbar says. Since 2009, the JFSA Jewish Community Relations Council has overseen the project’s volunteers and donations to support students at Homer Davis, where 85 percent of the children meet poverty guidelines. Along with supplementary weekend food packs for children, the project provides school snacks, school supplies, books, and other instructional materials. Project volunteers include tutors, coaches, and homework helpers, food bag packers, and mentors. Sponsors and individual donors contribute school spirit shirts, backpacks, school supplies, and toiletries.
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Gary Kippur, left, and Matt Landau, JFSA director of leadership development
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Federation men honor mentor Kippur, enjoy night of fellowship
The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona has appointed Edlin Nunez as its new administrative services manager. A native Tucsonan, she is a graduate of Grand Canyon University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She has spent her career serving with community-based organizations, including seven years with CODAC Health, Recovery & Wellness. She has also worked with United Cerebral Palsy of Southern Arizona and Leman Academy of Excellence. Her focus is operations, specializing in personnel planning and project management roles, including human resources, facilities and customer service management.
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Stacey Tarquinio is the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s new Jewish community chaplain. A licensed professional counselor, she spent the first 20 years of her professional life as a mental health practitioner and administrator. She now spends weekdays working as a middle school social studies teacher, and afternoons and Sundays as the Jewish community chaplain, visiting Jewish patients in the hospitals and hospice, as well as other locations on request. She has lived and studied in both Israel and India, and practices and teaches yoga. To request a visit, call the Federation at 577-9393.
The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Men’s Night Out on Tuesday, April 9, drew a crowd of 130 men to the Sculpture Garden of the Tucson Jewish Community Center for a relaxed evening that included whiskey tasting, food trucks, and the presentation of the 2019 MENtor award to Gary Kippur. The event was a fundraiser for the JFSA 2019 Community Campaign.
JCRC volunteers provide lunch, supplies for TIHAN’s Poz Café
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(L-R): Jewish Community Relations Council volunteers Jim Rich, Steve Shawl, Ruth Tepper, Jill Rich, Jeanette Shawl, Sharon Geiger, and Leslie Kahn at TIHAN’s Poz Café March 21.
Members of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Jewish Community Relations Council volunteered March 21 at Tucson Interfaith HIV/Aids Network’s Poz Café, along with other faith-based organizations. The café serves a monthly catered meal to those living with HIV. Organizations supply the food, cooked by the TIHAN chef with help from the volunteers, as well as raffle and bingo prizes. Rabbi Batsheva Appel of Temple Emanu-El was the bingo caller. The organizations also contribute hygiene items and cleaning products, which are not covered by the food stamp program, for TIHAN’s care bags. The March event included the annual resource fair, with representatives of 22 local agencies.
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