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Growth at Chabad Oro Valley inspires new facility, more leaders DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Assistant Editor

ince opening in 2012, Chabad Oro Valley, led by Rabbi Ephraim and Mushkie Zimmerman, has grown its roster of participants to about 500 — and outgrown its current space. For the High Holidays, Chabad Oro Valley will celebrate in a new 3,388-square-foot home in Sun City’s Mountain View Plaza, 1171 E. Rancho Vistoso Blvd. Chabad leadership also doubles with the addition of Rabbi Boruch Zimmerman, Ephraim’s brother. “We can’t go by senior and junior Rabbi Zimmerman,” chuckles Ephraim, who is six years older. “He will go by Rabbi Boruch.” Arriving in Southern Arizona in August, Boruch and his wife, Adeli, moved from Brooklyn, New York, with their now 8-month-old son, Mendel. Just as Boruch will share the workload with Ephraim — beginning with construction wrap-

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Adeli and Rabbi Boruch Zimmerman, with son Mendel, join the leadership team at Chabad Oro Valley.

up for the new facility — Adeli already has delved into teaching with her sister-in-law Mushkie. Adeli will bring additional youth programming with activities, beginning with Sukkot. Boruch did his undergraduate studies at the Rabbinical College

of America in New Jersey, followed by the further study and ordination at the Rabbinical Seminary of Greater Fort Lauderdale in Florida. Boruch, from Chicago, and Adeli, from Los Angeles, married and moved to what he calls “Hasidic Central” — Brook-

lyn — to a kollel (institute for adult study) for two years of advanced rabbinic study of Talmud, Hasidim and halachah (Jewish law). Planning for the new growth began months ago, Ephraim says. When anonymous donors came up with the $40,000 for the building lease, negotiations seriously started for the property. A 48-hour crowd-funding blitz surpassed the $40,000 additional funds needed to begin the fit-out construction and finalize all licensing and required installations. General contracting services were donated, and Rich Schlesinger donated his services as project manager. The facility will feature an expansive multi-purpose room with an office and a kitchen. Space is allocated for a welcome center, with tables for education. With no fixed seating and a capacity of 150, the area has flexibility for See Chabad, page 4

THA Tikkun Olam dinner to celebrate co-founder Bertie Levkowitz PHYLLIS BRAUN AJP Executive Editor

ucson Hebrew Academy will honor one of its founders, Bertie Levkowitz, at its 2019 Tikkun Olam Celebration next month. Daniel Asia, president of THA’s board of trustees, remembers meeting her back in 1988. “When we first got to Tucson I met Bertie and her then-husband, Jack, and I went to their house. The two of them were simply so excited and so impassioned about things having to do with THA. I remember that vividly, thinking, ‘Wow, look at all that energy that’s

directed toward who said during THA,’ and it hasn’t his 1971 Yom Kipstopped for the 31 pur sermon that years that we’ve Tucson needed a been here. Even Jewish day school, with Jack’s demise, Levkowitz recalls. Berti’s kept it right Oleisky asked up and is an inteanyone interested gral part of what to come forward, we do at THA,” “and lo and besays Asia. hold, Dave LeonThe celebration ard came forward,” will be held Sunshe says, explainBertie Levkowitz day, Oct. 27, 2019 ing that Leonard at 5:30 p.m. at the Tucson Jewish was hardly a regular synagogue Community Center. attendee at the time. “His wife, It all started with a call from the Judy, had gone to Yiddishe Folkbimah by Rabbi Arthur Oleisky schule in Canada, and he thought of Congregation Anshei Israel, that was such a warm, wonderful

upbringing, that he was in favor of it for his kids.” With the Levkowitzes, the Leonards, and Arthur and Betejoy Oleisky leading the charge, many others soon joined the campaign to get a day school started, says Levkowitz, who remembers “endless meetings,” research calls around the country, and coffee evenings with parents of prospective students before the school opened in 1973. At first, a rabbi from Phoenix who was advising the group pushed to have THA affiliated with the Orthodox movement, she recalls. But with Oleisky, a See Levkowitz, page 4

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roject Isaiah, the Jewish community’s annual High Holidays food drive benefiting the Community Food Bank, begins Sept. 15 and runs through Oct. 5. When asked why we fast on Yom Kippur, the prophet Isaiah responded, “Is it not to share your bread with the hungry?” (Isaiah 58:6). In Pima County, more than 15 percent of the population faces food insecurity, according to the food bank. “In the spirit of prophet Isaiah, our Jewish community embraces sharing food with the hungry. By filling a bag or making a donation for the Community Food Bank, we demonstrate one of our most important Jewish values, tzedakah (charity). Keep the less fortunate in your minds and hearts during Project Isaiah,” says Beverly Sandock, planning and marketing associate for the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. The Jewish Community Relations Council, part of

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festive occasions such as a big Purim party, or Passover seders, Ephraim says. Chabad Oro Valley targets serving SaddleBrooke, Marana and Oro Valley. “Our family has been a founding member at Chabad Oro Valley,” says participant Judy Katz Esbit. “We are thrilled. It is lovely to see this growth. It’s about community, community, community.” Katz Esbit recalls when her family moved to Oro Valley, they reached out and said they would support the Chabad. “The outreach programs they do are fabulous, like Torah and Tea and the challah bake. It is a way to bring in people who may have grown up Jewish and walked away to come and feel welcome. It connects people to what they might have known and know it again. To be a community of forever family.” Chabad is the fastest-growing Jewish movement in the world, with branches in more than 105 countries. Arizona alone has about 25 different Chabad houses, with five in Southern Arizona. The Chabad headquarters in New York appoints regional leaders. Those leaders appoint district leaders, who send rabbis to Chabad locations. Southern Arizona regional director Rabbi

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Conservative rabbi, involved, and a diverse community, “we couldn’t really do that. So we became a community school with the idea that we would try to serve all parents who wanted their children to have a Jewish education” that was more intensive than an afterschool program, “paired of course with a superb secular education or nobody was going to give us their kids.” The keynote speaker at the dinner will be Howard Levkowitz, Bertie and Jack’s son. He was the first student to go from first through eighth grades at THA, Levkowitz notes; their daughter, Helene, was in second grade when the school opened. Levkowitz, who had stepped off the THA board of

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Yossie Shemtov appointed Ephraim, who in turn appointed Boruch. Ephraim says that Chabad services meet very traditional Orthodox protocol. “It’s not watered down and not overly progressive,” he says. “Where Chabad breaks the mold is that those from all spectrums of Judaism can sit under the same roof, it’s comfortable. “Chabad does not have membership,” he adds, explaining that donations fund all the operations. “It’s outreach Judiasm. If you’re Jewish, you’re family, and you belong.” For more information, contact Chabad Oro Valley at 477-8672 or visit www.jewishorovalley.com.

trustees while Jack was a member, rejoined after he died in 1999. Two years ago, she was board president, and now she is a life trustee. After 46 years, THA has teachers who are graduates of the school, and “our kids are all over in all kinds of leadership positions. Not everybody, but by and large, there’s a greater tendency for these kids to remain [Jewishly] identified and become active in their own communities, wherever they are,” she says. “We do see it as the future, of really educating and raising tomorrow’s leaders, in all aspects, not just Jewishly.” The Tikkun Olam Celebration will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a cocktail reception followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $150 per person and $250 per couple. Sponsorships are available. To register, visit www.thaaz.org or contact Sha’ron Wolfin Eden at 529-3888 or seden@thaaz.org.

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ucson’s Jewish History Museum marked its reopening for the 2019-2020 season with a gallery chat by Scott Warren, Ph.D., a humanitarian aid worker and academic geographer. Focusing on the topographies of migration, Warren addressed the geographic sense of landscape and place and how memory and erasure can affect them. About 40 students from Tucson’s downtown Paulo Freire Freedom School were among the standingroom-only crowd. A simultaneous videocast reached an overflow audience in the museum’s Holocaust History Center. Jodie Shapiro, the museum’s Zuckerman Fellow, emceed the event. “Migration is a central part of shaping this place and part of how our place looks and feels,” Warren said of the borderlands region. “The forces are new but old. The more things change, the more they stay the same as we normalize them.” Warren described landscape as an accumulation of natural and human factors that make a place, yet can be disembodied from place. “Place is the more experiential relationship we have with where we live and visit,” he explained. Calling the two ideas near and dear to his heart, Warren said landscape reflects culture. “You can read a landscape to understand it, but it conceals as much as it reveals.” During a reception following the chat, a new mural by JJ Dardano was on view. It depicts a quote by Elie Wiesel from his speech at a sanctuary symposium in

Scott Warren listens to a question from the audience at the Jewish History Museum gallery chat, Sept. 6.

Tucson on Jan. 22, 1985: “We must be with those who have suffered, and we must be with those who have tried to prevent others from suffering.” Warren was arrested in 2018 and faced federal charges of harboring and conspiracy to harbor two Central American immigrants outside Ajo, Arizona; the trial ended in a hung jury in June. He will be retried again for harboring on Nov. 14 in Tucson. He notes that he is one of many volunteers rendering humanitarian aid in the desert, “and for whatever reason, I was arrested for giving food, water, clean clothes, and beds,” when many others are doing the same. The next gallery chat is Friday, Sept. 27 with Ellen Melamed, founding member of Jewish Lesbian Daughters of Holocaust Survivors. The museum is at 564 S. Stone Ave. For more information go to www. jewishhistorymuseum.org or call 670-9073.

PJ Library program offers cash for multi-family gatherings

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rofessor David “Dedi” Meiri of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming University of Arizona Inaugural Interdisciplinary Cannabis Symposium. The symposium, sponsored by the UA’s College of Agriculture David Meiri and Life Sciences, BIO5 Institute, College of Medicine-Tucson, and College of Science, will cover recent evidence-based research and teaching in the horticultural and medicinal aspects of cannabis (commonly known as marijuana), says Raphael Gruener, Ph.D., professor emeritus at the UA College of Medicine, scientist in residence, and event organizer. Meiri will focus on his recent research using cancerinfected bone cells to test the efficacy of cannabinoids in combating these cells. “Meiri’s assay is using cell migration to monitor the effects of cannabinoids on disabling the cells from moving and hence from producing tumors,” says Gruener. Meiri, a pioneer in research on the medicinal properties of cannabinoids, is an assistant professor in biology at the Technion and a member of the Technion Integrated Cancer Center. He heads the Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Cannabinoid Research. “Presently our lab investigates the vast therapeutic potential of naturally-occurring chemicals, called cannabinoids, in various cannabis species,” Meiri says. “In addition to the multitude of other studies currently being conducted in the lab, our principal focus is on how these cannabinoids affect various types of cancer, epilepsy, and glucose metabolism (diabetes).” Six other speakers will cover other scientific aspects including the biological endocannabinoid system; chemistry and drug potency; challenges of cannabis and cannabinoids as medicine; human physiology of the compounds; pediatric epilepsy treatment; and education in medical cannabis. The daylong symposium will be held at the DuVal Auditorium, College of Medicine, Banner University Medical Center, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., on Wednesday, Sept. 25, beginning at 8 a.m. Admission to the IICS is free but online registration is required at www. be.arizona.edu/iics. Priority seating will go to UA faculty, students, and staff.

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COMMENTARY Netanyahu’s push to annex the Jordan Valley, explained Bank’s Palestinian population. It essentially creates a buffer between Israel and the Arab states farther to its east, including Jordan, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. The valley is also pretty sparsely populated. West Bank Palestinians are concentrated elsewhere, and Israel’s largest settlements are farther to the west. Maintaining control of the Jordan Valley is also not a new idea. Even Yitzhak Rabin, the left-wing Israeli prime minister who launched the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in the 1990s, said in 1995 that “The security border, for the defense of the State of Israel, will be in the Jordan Valley — broadly defined.”

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enjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that if he is re-elected next week, he’ll immediately annex a big part of the West Bank: the Jordan Valley. That’s kind of a big deal. On the other hand, it’s not really — yet. That specific eastern swath of the West Bank runs alongside the (yep, you guessed it) Jordan River. It would be the first time in decades that Israel annexed any territory in the West Bank, and it assuredly would have serious implications for the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations. Netanyahu also said he’d move to annex more territory — after the Trump administration unveils its long-awaited peace plan sometime following Israel’s elections next week. “Today I’m announcing my intention, with the establishment of the next government, to apply Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea,” Netanyahu said. “This is our essential safety belt in the east. This is the eastern defensive wall.” Here’s what that means and why it matters.

Would this hurt the chances for peace?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that if he is re-elected, he will make the Jordan Valley a sovereign part of Israel, Sept. 10, 2019.

cisely defined, but the area to which Netanyahu was referring is pretty extensive, stretching at its widest about 10 miles into the West Bank.

Who controls the Jordan Valley now?

Israel, mostly. The West Bank as a whole is under varying degrees of Israeli control. Some of it is governed by Palestinian institutions (with minimal Israeli military presence) and the rest is run entirely by Israel. The Jordan Valley is in the part that is fully controlled by Israel, with the exception of the Palestinian city of Jericho. The Jordan Valley is also home to dozens of Israeli settlements.

What is the Jordan Valley?

Solid first question. The Jordan Valley is an area in the West Bank, which is a territory Israel captured during the Six-Day War in 1967 and since has controlled. The West Bank got its name because it’s the western bank of the Jordan River. So the Jordan Valley is the strip of territory in the West Bank that runs alongside the Jordan River. The borders of the territory aren’t pre-

So the Jordan Valley is part of Israel?

No. Like the rest of the West Bank, Israel has controlled it for more than 50 years

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but has never officially annexed it. Israelis who live there are Israeli citizens. Palestinians there do not have citizenship and do not have the right to vote for Israeli officials, though they do vote in Palestinian local elections. Israel also largely controls the Palestinians’ freedom of movement. The Palestinians, the international community, and the Israeli left say the West Bank is unjustly occupied by Israel. The Israeli Supreme Court has also defined the territory as occupied. The Israeli right and its supporters say Israel rightfully won the territory in a defensive war. Some Israelis — especially religious Jewish ones — view the West Bank, or Judea and Samaria, as Israel’s heartland, the setting of many of the Bible’s events. With annexation, Netanyahu would officially be making the Jordan Valley part of Israel, having the same status in Israel’s eyes as Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. Most of the international community hasn’t recognized Israel’s previous annexations, and likely wouldn’t recognize this one, either. However, Palestinian areas like Jericho or the village of Duma, which was the site of a Jewish extremist terror attack in 2015, would not be annexed. Those cities, now surrounded by Israel, would maintain their current status.

Why is Netanyahu focusing on the Jordan Valley?

Israelis have been fiercely debating the status of the West Bank for decades. But to Jewish Israelis, the Jordan Valley is less controversial than the rest of the territory. Successive Israeli governments have viewed control of the Jordan Valley as a strategic asset for Israel. It completes the country’s eastern border with Jordan and allows Israeli forces to encircle the West

Chances for peace are already pretty slim. But this could make them a little slimmer. The Palestinians and Israelis haven’t been in any kind of serious negotiations for more than five years. Palestinian leaders won’t talk to the Trump administration because they view it as overly pro-Israel. Netanyahu has said repeatedly that he will not evacuate any settlement and opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state. So for supporters of a Palestinian-Israeli peace accord with two states existing side by side, things already aren’t looking good. This move would further entrench Israel’s presence in the West Bank and make a future evacuation of the territory — what many see as a part of an eventual two-state solution — even more unlikely. The Palestinians have insisted on governing the Jordan Valley as part of a future peace deal. Netanyahu also promised, in his speech and earlier, to annex even more Israeli settlements down the line. The more Israel annexes, the less possible a contiguous Palestinian state would be.

How are people reacting?

For opponents of an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, this is good news. Yishai Fleischer, the spokesman for the Jewish settlement in the West Bank city of Hebron, tweeted (in all caps) that Netanyahu’s speech was “A HUGE MOVE FORWARD!” Many Palestinians and many across the international community had a different reaction. A United Nations spokesman called Netanyahu’s pledge “devastating to the potential of reviving negotiations, regional peace and the very essence of a twostate solution.” “If the annexation is carried out, it will have succeeded in burying any prospect of peace for the next 100 years,” tweeted Saeb Erekat, a longtime Palestinian negotiator. See Annex, page 7

NEWS BRIEFS Despite our differences, Jews around the world have

remained bound together by a shared history, by the Torah and by our core values, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told Jewish thinkers from around the world. The 30 scholars and activists met this week in Jerusalem to hammer out a Declaration of Our Common Destiny, meant to start a worldwide discussion about the shared values and principles by which world Jewry will treat, support, and engage one another. The project is a joint initiative of the Genesis Philanthropy Group and the State of Israel under the auspices of Israel’s president. “The future of the Jewish people depends on three things: preserving our core values, traditions and identity; mutual respect for our differences; and mutual responsibility to each other,” Rivlin said in receiving the declaration. “We must embrace our unity and our diversity. We must see our diversity not as a source of weakness, but a source of strength. The declaration says: “The purpose of this shared vision is to strengthen and deepen unity among our People brought together by celebrating our shared destiny, to endorse and enhance our common values and moral code, and ground Jewish practice in every aspect of life on a broad and commonly accepted set of principles stemming from Jewish tradition and its vision for the world.” The document calls to strengthen the Jewish people by improving security and well-being through mutual

responsibility and connection, and strengthening Jewish identity. It commits to promoting ethics and morality, to being a “light unto the nations,” and to help develop and improve the world. The document will travel to Jewish communities around the world to promote discussion and an expansion of its ideas. “We are inviting Jews living in Israel and elsewhere to join in the crafting and completion of a document as ambitious as the Declaration of Our Common Destiny because we believe doing so has the potential to excite and engage Jews of all backgrounds and worldviews,” Ilia Salita, president and CEO of Genesis Philanthropy Group, said in a statement. “We know the initial draft of the Declaration will be vastly improved by the input it receives from the world Jewish community. This is Jewish crowdsourcing on a whole new level.” Among the thought leaders affiliated with the project are Lord Jacob Rothschild, Bat Galim Shaar, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Judith Tanenbaum, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Amos Yadlin, Rabbi Pinchas Goldshmidt, Rabbi Silvina Chemen, Rabbi Yaacov Meidan, Éliette Abécassis, Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, Jonathan Sarna, and Rabbi Sharon Brous.

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Bottom line: Is this going to happen?

“The Israelis, the international community must stop this madness. Annexation is a war crime.” Israelis as a whole are split. Nearly half of Israeli Jews and 11 percent of Israeli Arabs favor annexing the Jordan Valley if Trump supports it, according to a recent poll by the Israel Democracy Institute. Twenty-eight percent of

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no longer needed at the White House,” Trump said Tuesday on Twitter. “I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration, and therefore I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning. I thank John very much for his service. I will be naming a new National Security Advisor next week.” Trump did not elaborate on what strong disagreements he had with Bolton, but reports said the two disagreed over the scope of a peace plan Trump hoped to extract from the Taliban in Afghanistan. Traditional conservatives who identified with Bolton were especially appalled that Trump invited the Taliban to Camp David to finalize the peace agreement so close to the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks carried out in 2001 by the Taliban ally, al-Qaida. Trump canceled the deal Sept. 7. Bolton also reportedly was displeased that Trump indicated he was ready to meet with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran to renegotiate a nuclear deal. Bolton has led efforts within the administration to squeeze Iran with sanctions and the threat of military action. Bolton has deep ties to the mainstream pro-Israel community dating to his outspoken Israel advocacy during a stint as U.N. ambassador in the mid-2000s and then to his pivotal role as a State Department official in the early 1990s in repealing the U.N.’s infamous “Zionism is racism” resolution. Bolton is Trump’s third national security adviser in three years.

to share power with his centrist rivals, a party called Blue and White. Blue and White said Tuesday in a statement that “the Jordan Valley is a part of Israel forever,” but has stopped short of endorsing unilateral annexation without some kind of peace accord. The Trump administration has said it will release its plan for Mideast peace after the election. Netanyahu has said he would pursue annexation in full coordination with the U.S., so before the plan is released, all bets are off. Ben Sales is JTA’s U.S. correspondent.

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Here are six new children’s books for the Jewish New Year

Rosh Hashanah apple cake bakeoff fit for reality television and another installment in the Scarlet and Sam series from the award-winning author Eric A. Kimmel are among the highlights in the crop of new High Holiday books for children. Six engaging and fun reads for kids of all ages seize the spirit of the Jewish holidays and the excitement and anticipation of beginning anew, reflecting on the past, and celebrating the warmth and joy of Jewish traditions with family and friends. Once Upon an Apple Cake: A Rosh

Hashanah Story

Elana Rubinstein; illustrated by Jennifer Naalchigar Apples & Honey Press; ages 7-10 In this humorfilled, heartwarming chapter book, readers meet Saralee, an endearing 10-yearold Jewish girl whose cute-looking nose possesses the unusual superpower to sniff

out scents and flavors. As Rosh Hashanah approaches, Saralee, whose family owns a restaurant, is excited to bake her zayde’s (grandfather in Yiddish) popular apple cake with a mystery ingredient that even Saralee can’t figure out. Trouble lay ahead when a new family opens a restaurant and threatens to take over the apple cake business. When zayde bumps his head, he temporarily forgets the secret to the cake. Will Saralee rise to the occasion, bake the perfect cakes and win a contest judged by a famous food critic? More than anything, Saralee wishes that her grandfather returns home from the hospital for Rosh Hashanah. The cartoon illustrations by Jennifer Naalchigar add zest to Rubinstein’s efforts. The recipe is included at the end of the book.

Whale of a Tale

Eric A. Kimmel; illustrations by Ivica

Stevanovic Kar-Ben; ages 6-10 Travel back in time in the third installment of the Scarlett and Sam Jewishthemed chapter book series for older readers by Kimmel (“Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins”), which provides a modern-day riff on the biblical Book of Jonah read in synagogues on Yom Kippur. The lighthearted adventure begins when the brother and sister twins offer to take their Grandma Mina’s centuries-old carpet to be cleaned at the local rug shop. Engrossed in conversation with their mysterious ride-hailing service driver, Jonah, they forget to take the prized carpet with its aura of magic that their proudly Iran-born grandmother brought with her as she fled tyranny in her country. Suddenly they find themselves transported to Jaffa in ancient Israel amid carpet sellers in the shouk (market). They stow away on a ship, where they reunite with Jonah, who they learn is the biblical prophet. The stormy caper shines with references to the biblical tale, as the kids and

Jonah go overboard and are swallowed up in the slimy belly of a big fish (is it really a prehistoric shark, they fear?). With fierce determination, the clever kids prod the reluctant Jonah to travel to Nineveh, to be faithful to God and justice, and to speak out to the ruthless Assyrian king. Ivica Stevanovic’s animated illustrations embellish the drama.

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Joni Kibort Sussman; illustrated by Tom Leigh Kar-Ben; ages 1-4 Join Grover, Big Bird, and other beloved Sesame Street characters as they welcome Rosh Hashanah with honey and apples, a shofar, and a festive meal with songs and blessings. Joni Sussman’s simple verse is perfect for reading aloud to little ones and for preschoolers eager to read on their own, paired with veteran Sesame Street artist Tom Leigh’s delightful, colorful illustrations. See Books, page 12

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Celebrating the High Holy Days Saturday, October 5, 2019 • 10 AM - 2PM St. Francis in the Foothills, 4625 E River Road Led by Humanistic Rabbi Jack Silver, the participatory celebration will focus on moral and ethical teachings of the holidays without prayer or reference to supernatural authority. Rabbi Silver’s thoughts on “The Challenge of Being Jewish in America in the Year 2019” will offer an inspirational High Holiday message. The celebration will include Kol Nidre, a tashlich ceremony, shofar blowing, a flower ceremony to remember loved ones, songs, poetry & more. A catered lunch will follow. $25. Members; $40. Non-members. We offer new members who join now through 12/31/19, full membership through the end of 2020, making them eligible for our members-only events and for members’ rates at our High Holiday Celebration this year and next and at our Passover Seder next year.

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Creation Colors

Ann D. Koffsky Apples & Honey Press; ages 2-5 In this gloriously illustrated picture book of papercut art, Koffsky (“Judah Maccabee Goes to the Doctor”) presents young kids with the biblical story of Creation through the prism of color: from separating light from dark to the bubbling blues of the water, to the yellows of the sun, and the stripes and spots of the animals. After God created the first two people, a world full of people of all shades and hues followed. And then, on the seventh day, God rested. This simple, lyrically told story is perfect for Simchat Torah, the joyful festival at the end of the High Holidays that anticipates the start of the new cycle of the weekly Torah reading that unfolds with Genesis.

Jackie and Jesse and Joni and Jae Chris Barash; illustrations by Christine Battuz Apples & Honey

Press; ages 3-8 On a crisp fall day, four good friends stroll hand-in-hand toward the river clutching small bags of sliced bread. The diverse group is following their rabbi and neighbors to tashlich, the custom during Rosh Hashanah of tossing crumbs or other small objects into moving water to symbolically cast away mistakes from the past year. Kids will relate as the friends

recall misdeeds, like when Jae shared Jackie’s secret. Chris Barash’s lovely rhyming verse comes to life in Christine Battuz’s cartoon-like drawings in warm autumn tones of browns, orange, and green. On the closing page, the friends are seen from behind, walking home, again hand-in- hand — a palpable reminder of the power of asking for and extending forgiveness, a theme central to the High Holidays.

The Elephant in the Sukkah

Sherri Mandell; illustrated by Ivana Kuman Kar-Ben; ages 3-8 Nothing will get between a young boy named Ori and Henry, a lively elephant who once was a circus star but now is sent to a farm for old elephants where no one sings or has fun. When Henry wanders out one evening, he is enchanted by the joyful music and singing he hears from the Brenner’s family sukkah. After a few nights, he even learns the Hebrew words. Young Ori hears Henry singing along outside the sukkah and is determined to find a way to bring the animal inside to fulfill the mitzvah of welcoming guests. The boy’s surprising solution shines with kid-friendly inventive thinking. Kids will chuckle at illustrator Ivana Kuman’s double-page spread as Henry, in his red-checkered shirt and small black cap, tries every which way to squeeze into the sukkah. On an author’s page, readers discover that the out-of-the-ordinary idea of elephants in a sukkah crossed the legalistic minds of the Talmud’s rabbis.

High Holiday Plans Gluten-free, dairy-free apple cake recipe RACHEL PATTISON JTA via The Nosher

n recent years, it seems that more and more of my family members and friends have developed food allergies and food intolerances. This can make it difficult to determine what to serve at holidays and family events. So a gluten-free, dairy-free apple cake for Rosh Hashanah is a delicious way to celebrate the holiday while also suiting everyone at my table. Nut allergy? Leave out the walnuts and use your favorite milk alternative, if needed, instead of almond milk. My preferred gluten-free flour to use is Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour, which can be used as a direct substitution for all-purpose flour and doesn’t require additional thickeners. Ingredients: 1/4 cup coconut sugar or brown sugar 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 large eggs, room temperature 2/3 cup honey 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 1/2 cups gluten-free baking flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon allspice 3 apples, peeled, cored and chopped into 1/4-inch pieces (I recommend using a mixture of green and red apples) 2/3 cup walnuts, finely chopped (optional) Unsweetened plain almond milk (optional) Confectioner’s sugar

Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 325 F. Grease and lightly flour a 9-inch bundt pan (nonstick, if you have one). 2. In a stand mixer, beat together the sugar and olive oil. Beat in the eggs, then the honey and vanilla. Turn off the stand mixer. 3. In a separate large bowl, stir together the gluten-free flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and allspice. 4. Turn the stand mixer back on, and very slowly add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Use a spatula to scrape down the sides of the bowl, ensuring that all the ingredients become well incorporated. 5. Fold in the diced apples and walnuts. If you find that the mixture is too thick, you can add some almond milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, not to surpass 1/4 cup. 6. Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan and bake in the oven for 1 hour. Check the cake at the 50-minute mark. It is done when a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Once done, allow the cake to cool in the bundt pan for 15 minutes. Then place a cake plate on top of the bundt pan, and while holding the pan and the plate together, very carefully flip the bundt pan so the cake lands directly onto the cake plate. 7. Allow the cake to cool completely and then dust lightly with confectioners’ sugar. Serves 6-8. Rachel Pattison is a healthy food blogger living in Los Angeles. She loves taking traditional recipes (including Jewish family recipes!) and finding ways to make them healthier. You can find more of her recipes on her blog, www.littlechefbigappetite.com.

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om Kippur is one of the most, if not the most, important day on the Jewish calendar. For many Jews, fasting and being in synagogue are the focus of the day. Fasting is not easy, nor is it for everyone — some people cannot fast because they are pregnant, breastfeeding, or have a medical condition. Or they simply do not function well abstaining from water and food for a 25-hour period. But for those who choose to fast as a meaningful way to engage in Yom Kippur, there are actually foods that can set you up for a more successful, less onerous fast. As I researched for this article, I found that most people stick to a menu that is classic and delicious but not too crazy or spicy: chicken soup, chicken, rice or pasta, a vegetable, some challah, and water. Here are more tips on eating before the fast. 1. Avoid foods that are hard to digest. Now this might be different for everyone, but in general stay away from heavy meat dishes, fried foods, or lots of dairy. Because you know, Jewish stomachs. 2. Eat foods that have fiber and water. Foods with lots of fiber will keep you fuller longer,

and foods with water (like fruits and vegetables) will keep you hydrated. Chickpeas or lentils are a great vegetarian protein source to eat, especially a dish like mujaderra. A hearty chicken soup with noodles or rice and lots of veggies is another safe bet. 3. Avoid salt. Salty foods like olives, pickles, chips, canned soup, or dishes made with those bouillon cubes will bloat you and make you even more thirsty. So stick to something a little blander for that pre-fast meal. 4. Avoid sugar. Too much dessert before fasting may cause your blood sugar to spike and then come crashing down, which can be unpleasant at its least and cause a headache or moodiness at its worst. Too much sugar also makes you thirsty, like salt, and has you craving more sweets during your fast. 5. Drink water. This is pretty obvious, but make sure to drink plenty of water, not only at the meal right before the fast begins but the days preceding as well. 6. Avoid eating too much. Eat a moderate-sized meal that leaves you satisfied but not unbuttoning your pants. You will feel uncomfortable and it will be more difficult to digest a monstrous-sized meal.

RABBI’S CORNER Is your faith solid or fluid? RABBI YEHUDA CEITLIN Chabad Tucson

here is a tale about a rabbi whose synagogue was infested with mice. When the conventional method to get rid of them didn’t succeed, he turned to a fellow rabbi for advice. “Simple,” said his colleague, “give them a Bar Mitzvah and they won’t step foot in your synagogue again ...” Synagogue attendance is once again on our minds as we near the High Holidays. The typical American Jew shows up in synagogue on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, with a possible addition for Sukkot and Simchat Torah. But even an unaffiliated Jew knows enough to point out that Jewish tradition and its observance spreads farther and wider than synagogue attendance. Judaism and its teachings and laws influence every aspect of our lives. The question that we face, as we begin the new year, is what the impact of our faith will be on our lives, and by extension, our Jewish community. To borrow a concept from the French mathematician Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), is our Judaism solid or fluid? Pascal’s Principle taught that there is a difference in how a solid and a liquid determine the pressure their weight exerts on the area beneath their surface. A solid cement beam, for example, will press downward only on the area beneath it. A fluid will equally distribute the weight of its pressure to every area it can reach. “Pressure applied to an enclosed fluid is transmitted undiminished to every portion of the fluid and the walls of the containing vessel,” his theory explains. While the solid is static, the fluid spreads to all of the space in its container. The same can be said about how we practice our faith. A “solid” practice of faith is one where you are set in your commitment,

but concrete on your boundaries. It is when you wouldn’t want to be anywhere but the synagogue for Kol Nidre, yet wouldn’t consider stepping foot in the sanctuary on a random Shabbat. It is when you will drive every Sunday with a child for Bar and Bat Mitzvah preparation, yet leave Shabbat candles unlit on Friday night. A “fluid” attitude to faith is one where your Jewish spirit infuses every aspect of your life. It is when you conduct yourself with honesty and dignity at work because that is a sanctification of G-d’s name. It is when a mezuzah graces your front door because that is how your Jewish home greets you. It is when you engage in Jewish experiences in your travels to remind you that G-d is there with you. It is no surprise, then, that the sages of the Talmud compared the Torah not to a solid but to liquids (water, wine, milk, oil, honey, dew, and blood). Our faith should be fluid. It should spread out into all the things that we do and cover the foundation of our lives, giving weight to our faith. King Solomon (Proverbs 3:6) said, “In all your ways acknowledge Him.” The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, a summary of Jewish law, specifies (31:1): “Even in those things that you do for your personal needs, you should acknowledge G-d ... Eating, drinking, walking, sitting, lying down, getting up, coupling, and talking — all these physical needs should be done for the sake of serving your Creator, or for the sake of [doing] something that will be conducive to the service of Him.” Perhaps this is another way to see the symbolic foods we eat on Rosh Hashana. They are continual and of unrestricted form. The challah is round, with no beginning or end. The apple is dipped in liquid honey and the pomegranate’s seeds are countless. May we be blessed for a happy and sweet new year and may our blessings — like our faith — flow like liquid.

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REFLECTIONS Everything has a season: dealing with change AMY HIRSHBERG LEDERMAN Special to the AJP

n October 1965, Columbia Records released a hit song by the Byrds called “Turn, Turn, Turn.” While my friends and I loved its beautiful harmony, I never suspected that its words would accompany me through life, spanning decades of historical and personal events from the Vietnam War to the birth of my children and many years later, the death of my husband. Initially written by Pete Seeger in the late 1950s, “Turn, Turn, Turn” is derived directly from the Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3:1-8. Called Koheleth in Hebrew, its authorship is attributed to King Solomon, and it is included as one of several “Wisdom Books” in the Book of Writings (Ketuvim), along with Proverbs and Job. It stands as a remarkable compendium of insightful poetic prose and offers a philosophy that contemplates the cyclical nature of life and the precarious quality of human existence. Originally written in Hebrew, Koheleth has been translated with varying degrees of sensitivity to its organic poetry and meaning. The King James version is most often cited as authoritative; its words forming the lyrics of the Byrd’s song. “To everything, (turn, turn, turn), there is a season (turn, turn, turn) and a time to every purpose under heaven.” Biblical scholar and critic Robert Alter, whose translation and commentary of the Tanach (complete Hebrew Bible) is regarded as an unparalleled literary achievement, translates Ecclesiastes 8:1 a bit differently than the King James: “Everything has a season, and a time for every matter under the heavens.” I like Alter’s rendition because its first four words provide a succinct message and positive spin on what has become clear to me about life: that change is inevitable and necessary, although not always easy, and if we are to evolve, we must adapt and accept this reality. Everything has a season. When we are younger, we tend to engage in “seasons of acquisition” — attaining education and careers while building homes and families. We fill up our homes with furniture, art, toys for our kids.

Friendships, too, are acquired for various reasons, from professional advancement to social intimacy. I remember the early years of childrearing, when many of the friendships my husband and I developed were the result of the families we met through our children. Hours spent at T-ball, dance recitals, and rehearsals brought us together as we worried about getting the right uniforms, costumes, and carpools. Some of those people remain my closest friends to this day. Others have drifted away and are no longer part of my life. A quote by author Holley Gerth sums up this phenomenon beautifully: “There are friends for a reason, friends for a season, and friends for a lifetime.” Growing older provides a perspective that comes from having lived in the trenches of life through its many seasons. For many baby boomers, retirement is just around the corner and with that, a new season of life begins — a season of possibility. For those fortunate enough to have the health and the means, there are limitless possibilities to spend time and resources differently — to travel, volunteer, spend more time with family and friends, exercise more regularly. Many have the privilege of watching their children marry and have children of their own. Ask any grandparent and you will hear that the season of grandparenting is one of the most cherished of all. But age also brings an awareness of the precariousness of life as we enter a season of change that often heralds diminution and loss. For while the retirement years may offer us new possibilities, they can be accompanied by limitations as well. And while there is much written about what we can do to counter aging positively — from simplifying daily demands to engaging in physical exercise and increasing intellectual stimulation — there is no way to stop the ticking of the clock. Everything has a season. This Jewish wisdom dating back thousands of years offers a mantra to live by at every age and stage of life and reminds us of the temporal nature of things and that change is inevitable.

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CONSERVATIVE 5550 E. Fifth St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 745-5550 Rabbi Robert Eisen, Cantorial Soloist Nichole Chorny • www.caiaz.org Daily minyan: Mon.-Thurs., 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.; Fri., 7:30 a.m.; Sun. and legal holidays, 8 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. / Mincha: Fri., 5:45 p.m. / Shabbat services: Sat., 9 a.m., followed by Kiddush; Tot Shabbat, 1st Fri., 5:45 p.m.; Family Service, 3rd Friday, 5:45 p.m.; Holiday services may differ, call or visit website. / Torah study: every Shabbat one hour before Mincha (call or visit website for times) / Talmud on Tuesday, 6 p.m. / Weekday Torah study group, Wed., 11 a.m. beverages and dessert provided.

ORTHODOX Congregation Chofetz Chayim/southwest torah institute

5150 E. Fifth St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 747-7780 Rabbi Israel Becker • www.tucsontorah.org Shabbat services: Fri., Kabbalat Shabbat 15 minutes before sunset; Sat. 9 a.m. followed by Kiddush. / Mincha: Fri., 1 p.m.; Sat., 25 minutes before sunset, followed by Shalosh Seudas, Maariv, and Havdallah. Services: Sun., 8 a.m.; Mon. and Thurs., 6:50 a.m.; Tues., Wed., Fri., 7 a.m.; daily, 15 minutes before sunset. / Weekday Rosh Chodesh services: 6:45 a.m.

Congregation young israel/ChaBad of tuCson

2443 E. Fourth St., Tucson, AZ 85719 • (520) 881-7956 Rabbi Yossie Shemtov, Rabbi Yudi Ceitlin • www.chabadoftucson.com Daily minyan: Sun. and legal holidays, 8:30 a.m.; Mon. and Thurs., 6:30 p.m.; Tues., Wed., Fri., 6:45 a.m. / Mincha and Maariv, 5:15 p.m. / Shabbat services: Fri. at candlelighting; Sat. 9:30 a.m. followed by Kiddush. Mincha, Maariv, and Havdallah TBA.

ChaBad on river

3916 E. Ft. Lowell Road • (520) 661-9350 Rabbi Ram Bigelman • www.chabadonriver.com Shabbat services: Fri., Mincha at candlelighting time, followed by Maariv. / Sat., Shacharit service, 9:30 a.m. / Torah study: women, Wed., 2 p.m.; men, Tues. and Thurs., 7 p.m. Call to confirm.

ChaBad oro valley

1217 W. Faldo Drive, Oro Valley, AZ 85755 • (520) 477-8672 Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman • www.jewishorovalley.com Shabbat services: 3rd Fri., 5 p.m. Oct.-Feb., 6 p.m. March-Sept., all followed by dinner / Sat., 10 a.m. study session followed by service.

Congregation Beit simCha 7315 N. Oracle Road, Tucson, AZ 85704 • (520) 276-5675 Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon • www.beitsimchatucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 6:30 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m., with Torah study at 9 a.m; monthly Shabbat morning hikes.

Congregation Chaverim 5901 E. Second St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 320-1015 Rabbi Stephanie Aaron • www.chaverim.net Shabbat services: Fri., 7 p.m. (no service on 5th Fri.); Family Shabbat, 1st Fri., 6 p.m. / Torah study: 2nd Sat., 9 a.m., followed by contemplative service,10 a.m.

Congregation Kol simChah

(Renewal)

4625 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 296-0818 Mailing Address: 6628 E. Calle Dened, Tucson, AZ 85710, Shabbat services: 1st and 3rd Fri., 7:15 p.m.

Congregation m’Kor hayim 3888 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 (Tucson Hebrew Academy) Mailing Address: P.O. Box 31806, Tucson, AZ 85751 • (520) 305-8208 Rabbi Helen Cohn • www.mkorhayim.org Shabbat services: 2nd and 4th Fri., 7 p.m. / Torah study, 2nd and 4th Sat. 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Congregation or Chadash 3939 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 512-8500 Rabbi Thomas Louchheim, Cantor Janece Cohen www.orchadash-tucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 6:30 p.m.; 1st Fri., Friday Night LIVE (Sept.-May); 2nd Friday, Tot Shabbat (Sept.-May), 6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. / Torah study: Sat., 8:30 a.m.

temple emanu-el 225 N. Country Club Road, Tucson, AZ 85716 • (520) 327-4501 Rabbi Batsheva Appel • www.tetucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 7:30 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m./ Torah study: Sat., 8:30 a.m. except when there is a Rabbi’s Tish.

temple Kol hamidBar 228 N. Canyon Drive, Sierra Vista • (520) 458-8637 kolhamidbar.tripod.com Mailing address: P.O. Box 908, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636, Friday night Torah study group: 6 - 7:15 p.m. / Shabbat services: Fri., 7:30 p.m.

ChaBad sierra vista

401 Suffolk Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 • (520) 820-6256 Rabbi Benzion Shemtov • www.jewishsierravista.com Shabbat services: Sat., 10:30 a.m., bimonthly, followed by class explaining prayers. Visit website or call for dates.

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Beth shalom temple Center

1751 N. Rio Mayo (P.O. Box 884), Green Valley, AZ 85622 (520) 648-6690 • www.bstc.us Shabbat services: 1st and 3rd Fri., 7 p.m. / Torah study: Sat., 10 a.m.

Congregation Bet shalom 3881 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 577-1171 Rabbi Hazzan Avraham Alpert • www.cbsaz.org Shabbat services: Fri., 5:30 p.m. (followed by monthly dinners — call for info); Sat. 9:30 a.m., Camp Shabbat (ages 6-10) 10 a.m.-noon, followed by Kiddush lunch; 12:30-2 p.m. CBS Think Tank discussion led by Rabbi Dr. Howard Schwartz and Prof. David Graizbord; monthly Tot Shabbat (call for dates) / Weekday services: Wed. 8:15 a.m. / Hagim 9:30 a.m.

handmaKer resident synagogue

2221 N. Rosemont Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85712 • (520) 881-2323 www.handmaker.com Shabbat services: Fri., 4:30 p.m., led by various leaders, followed by Shabbat dinner; Sat., 9:30 a.m., led by Mel Cohen and Dan Asia, followed by light Kiddush lunch.

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Jewish arizonans on Campus 2146 E. 4th Street Tucson, AZ, 85719 • (520) 834-3424 • www.myjac.org Shabbat hospitality and social events for UA students with Yosef and Sara Lopez. Shabbat services on request.

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Congregation anshei israel

Danielle Levy and Shay Friedwald, Tucson’s new shinshinim (Israeli teen emissaries) visited Disneyland over the 2019 Labor Day weekend with Congregation Anshei Israel’s B’Yahad madrichim (teen leaders) and USY programs.

Editor’s note: This is a new, occasional column to update the community on the activities of the Weintraub Israel Center’s shinshinim (Israeli teen emissaries). uson? Taksen? Tucson? And then we are told that we’re about to live a whole year, in the middle of the desert, with a complete stranger. We never imagined that this desert would contain so many amazing and unexpected things and people. We entered a beautiful, kind, and warm community. We were welcomed with open arms and thousands of eyes waiting to see us and hear from us. In the past few weeks, we have started to work with many different congregations, from pre-k classes all the way to eighth grade. We lead activities about Israel and Hebrew and enjoy spending our time with everyone. We can’t wait to collect more experiences, and share them here, with you. So nice to meet you all! — Shay Friedwald and Danielle Levy, the new shinshinim

seCular humanist Jewish CirCle www.secularhumanistjewishcircle.org Call Cathleen at (520) 730-0401 for meeting or other information.

university of arizona hillel foundation 1245 E. 2nd St. Tucson, AZ 85719 • (520) 624-6561 • www.arizona.hillel.org Shabbat services: Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, and alternative services two Fridays each month when school is in session. Dinner follows (guests, $8; RSVP by preceding Thurs.). Call for dates/times.

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FIRST PERSON In Israel’s south, English classes give kids a leg up by myself. The first few days were rough; kids ran through the classroom eaving home is difand screamed at each ficult, especially other. I had been in an Issince I had lived raeli classroom before, so nowhere else besides I knew that from day one Tucson, except for sleepI needed to be strong and away camp and teaching set expectations. I recogin Israel for short stints nized that the students during the summers. were fully capable, so from A year ago, however, I the start I implemented traded in the Arizona basic routines. Students desert for Mitzpe Rahad to wait outside the mon, a small southern classroom quietly until Israeli desert town in the I opened the door, raise middle of nowhere with their hand to speak, ask in a population of 5,000 English if they could go to people. the bathroom or get water, So many people ask walk inside the classroom, me, “Why Mitzpe Raand allow me to dismiss mon?” I tell them, “The them, not the ringing of south is where they Tucsonan Aimee Katz (front right) with third-grade students at the Alfassi the bell. It took lots of need us the most.” While school in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel. Katz taught English in Mitzpe Ramon during practice, but they eventuMitzpe temperatures soar the 2018-19 school year. ally got it down. The school gave me the during the summer and drop drastically during winter, the socioeconomic sta- opportunity to teach 19 third graders English, without a tus of the community is consistently low. Furthermore, Hebrew speaking teacher in the classroom. The first few due to its distance from business hubs in the center of weeks were beyond challenging; students were getting the country, the community lacks qualified educators. frustrated, but I knew that I couldn’t give up on them. Students miss out on a quality education in essential They learned English through songs, body movements, core subjects such as English — a language that offers games, talking to each other, and sports. These students the potential of connecting the periphery to the rest of went from being unwilling to say a word in English and the world, giving students a critical stepping stone for not knowing their ABC’s to being able to identify letters their education, career, and future success. Where once and sounds, read short passages, and discuss texts with one non-native English teacher from Russia served the me. Soccer was a major motivation for my students, so students of the four schools in Mitzpe, the arrival of our if everyone took part we would play soccer, but only cohort of TALMA teachers offered the possibility of speaking English. Besides teaching, TALMA enabled me to experiEnglish education for all the students in Mitzpe and the ence the life of an Israeli. Not having any family in Isneighboring communities. TALMA, The Israel Program for Excellence in Eng- rael made it difficult to decide where to go for Shabbat. lish, is the fellowship that sponsored and coordinated Adi Shacham and Hila Yogev-Keren from Partnershipmy year of living and teaching in Israel. It is an ROI 2Gether (the Jewish Agency for Israel program to conCommunity Project and joint initiative of The Schuster- nect Israeli and Diaspora communities) made it much man Family Foundation, The Steinhardt Family Foun- easier for me. They provided me with the opportunity to meet local families from Tucson’s sister cities in the dation in Israel, and the Israeli government. Hof Ashkelon region and Kiryat Malachi by spending Four days a week, I took a 45-minute bus ride with Shabbat with different families. Once or twice a month, five other teachers to the small town of Dimona where they connected me with a host family, who I traveled to I taught English. I taught at Alfassi, a religious school, for Shabbat, and, in this way, I could observe Shabbat and Ami Assaf, a non-religious school. On Sept. 1, 2018, through many lenses, whether it was secular or shomer I walked into Alfassi, nervous and unsure of what to exShabbat (Sabbath observant). The people I met and the pect as I spoke almost no Hebrew. The bell rang, stuexperiences we shared left an indelible impression. dents ran into the classroom staring at me, wondering This past year in Israel was incredible. I not only grew who I was, asking me a million questions. I just smiled as an educator but also as an individual. I could not and responded in Hebrew with, “My name is Aimee and have had this experience without TALMA. For young I am an English teacher.” Later that day, I introduced Jewish educators, it is an opportunity not to be missed. myself to the students in English and shared pictures of Thanks to the TALMA staff, Partnership2Gether, my my friends and family from home, but they continued co-teachers, and the other TALMA Fellows on my proto ask me questions in Hebrew. I had to figure out what gram, I had the experience of a lifetime. Now, I’m back they were asking by having them use gestures, and I’d do in Tucson as a stronger teacher for my students, a more the same. Some students knew more English than oth- confident person, and an activated member of the Jewers, but day after day students became more confident in ish community — ready to share my love of Shabbat, their English. Judaism, and Israel with my community here. I did a bit of everything, from small group teachAimee Katz teaches sixth grade at DeGrazia Elementary School in ing to co-teaching, even teaching a third grade class the Marana Unified School District.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR The calendar deadline is Tuesday, 10 days before the issue date. Our next issue will be published Sept. 27, 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 26 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. Sept. 15, Andrew Gross, NY Times best-selling author of the new novel “The Fifth Column.” Sept. 22, Bob Mankoff, Moment cartoonist, on his new book, “Have I Got a Cartoon for You!” 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. 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 Hawkins, 2nd and 4th Sundays, 5 p.m., no partners. Members, $6; nonmembers, $8. 299-3000. Cong. Anshei Israel parent-tot class, led by Ally Ross. Mondays, 9-11 a.m. Children up to 24 months and their parent(s). Free. Manda-

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6:15 PM: Temple Emanu-El new and prospective member reception. Shabbat service with Temple board installation follows at 7:30 p.m. 327-4501.

Sunday / September 15

9:30-10:30 AM: PJ Library and Shalom Baby present BYOB, bring your own baby. Meet other Jewish families, tips for reading with kids, bagels, lox, coffee and snacks, crafts, free books, prizes. Free. At Tucson J. RSVP by Sept. 13 to www.jfsa.org/byob or contact Mary Ellen Loebl at pjlibrary@jfsa.org or 647-8443, or Carol Sack at concierge@jewishtucson.org or 299-3000, ext. 241. 10:30 AM: Cong. Chofetz Chayim Women’s Academy of Jewish Studies annual women’s book brunch, with Esther Becker presenting “Conversations with G-d” by Ruchi Koval. Book and brunch $36. For book and reservation, call Esther at 591-7680. 2-4 PM: Cong. Or Chadash Sisterhood and Temple Emanu-El Women of Reform Judaism Fashion Show. Fashions provided by Clique & LuLaRoe. $25, includes lunch and tea. At Temple Emanu-El. Proceeds benefit WRJ YES (Youth, Education & Special Projects) fund. Call for availability at 327-4501.

Tuesday / September 17

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ONGOING tory vaccination policy. Call Nancy Auslander at 745-5550 or visit www.caiaz.org. Temple Emanu-El mah jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m. 327-4501. 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 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. Bet Shalom yoga, Mondays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. $5. 577-1171. 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 Katie at 299-3000, ext. 147. JFCS Holocaust Survivors group meets Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Contact Raisa Moroz at 795-0300.

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4:30-6:30 PM: Newish & Jewish Happy Hour. Wine, cheese, door prizes. At JFSA, 3718 E. River Road. RSVP to Carol Sack at concierge@ jewishtucson.org or 299-3000, ext. 241.

Friday / September 20

5:15 PM: Cong. Or Chadash workshop, “Living with Purpose: The Power of Intention and Connecting to the Source” with Brooke Elise Hotez. Alternate time: Saturday, Sept. 21, 8:45 a.m. 512-8500. 5:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Shabbat Rocks! service with eighth-grade class, Rabbi Batsheva Appel, Avanim Rock Band and youth choir, followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. and traditional service at 7:30 p.m. Dinner $12 for adults, $3 ages 4-12, free for kids under 4. RSVP for dinner at 327-4501. 5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Family Shabbat Experience service. Followed by dinner at 7 p.m.: members, $25 family of 2 adults and up to 4 children; nonmember family $30; adult (13+) $10. RSVP for dinner only by Sept. 16 at www.caiaz.org or 745-5550.

Saturday / September 21

10:30 AM: Cong. Bet Shalom and PJ Library Tot Shabbat with Lisa Schachter-Brooks. Free. At Bet Shalom. 577-1171.

Yosef, Tuesdays/Sundays at 10:30 a.m., at Cong. Bet Shalom. Free. Check calendar at www.torahofawakening.com. Tucson J social bridge, Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon-3 p.m., year round. Drop-ins welcome. Meets in library on second floor. 2993000. Tucson J canasta group, Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon. Instruction available and a beginners’ table every week. Call or text Lisa at 977-4054. Cong. Anshei Israel Talmud on Tuesday with Rabbi Robert Eisen. Meets 6 p.m. 7455550. 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. Cong. Anshei Israel gentle chair yoga with Lois Graham, Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Members of Women’s League, $6 per class; nonmembers, $8 per class. Contact Evelyn at 885-4102 or esigafus@aol.com. Temple Emanu-El Talmud study, Wednesdays, 10 -11:30 a.m. Text required, call 3274501. 2-4 PM: Secular Humanist Jewish Circle talk, “Separation of Church and State in Arizona” update by Tory Roberg, director of government affairs for the Secular Coalition for Arizona, at Himmel Park Library, 1035 N. Treat Ave. RSVP to Pat at 481-5324 or ptdmnd@gmail.com. Bring a snack to share. www.shjcaz.org. 7:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Selichot reading and service, “The Gates are Closing,” followed by discussion, dessert. Selichot service with High Holy Day choir at 10:30 p.m. 327-4501. 8 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Selichot program and service. Includes wine, cheese and dessert reception; Havdalah program: “Ne’ilah: Opening the Gates Before They Are Closed”; changing of the Torah covers and honoring “Volunteers of the Year”; followed by Selichot service at 10 p.m. Free. Reservations requested by Sept. 17 to Tammy at 745-5550, ext. 225. 8:30 PM: Cong. Or Chadash Selichot program and service. Dessert reception followed by “High Holy Day Folktales” study session, changing of Torah mantles and 10:30 p.m. service. RSVP to sarah@octucson.org or 900-7027.

Sunday/September 22

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 AM: Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging lecture with Rabbi Helen Cohn of Cong. M’kor Hayim on “High Holy Days Then

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. 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 the Zohar, Soul-Text of Kabbalah with Rabbi Sandy Seltzer. Thursdays, 11:45 a.m. 327-4501. “Biblical Breakthroughs with Rabbi Becker” at the Southwest Torah Institute. Fridays, noon, for men and women. 747-7780 or yzbecker@me.com. Temple Kol Hamidbar (Sierra Vista) “Wrestling with Torah” study group, led by Reuben Ben-Adam, Fridays, 6-7:15 p.m. 458-8637. Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center, drop-in hours Fridays 1-3 p.m., Saturdays/Sundays 1-5 p.m. 564 S. Stone Ave. Call 670-9073. Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley exhibition “The Art of Paying Attention,” by Beth Surdut, artist and writer. Sept. 16 -Oct. 23. Mondays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Wednesdays, noon-4 p.m. Artist’s reception, Oct. 13, 11 a.m. 648-6690.

and Now.” Free. 2221 N. Rosemont Blvd. Contact Nanci Levy at nlevy@handmaker.org or 322-3632. 10:30 AM: Cong. Anshei Israel Kever Avot Memorial Service at Evergreen Cemetery, Anshei Israel section. Includes special prayer booklet. 745-5550 or www.caiaz.org. 11 AM: Hadassah Southern Arizona lunch with Carolynn Scherer Katz of Los Alamos National Laboratory presenting “Iran Update: a Jewish Perspective.” Skyline Country Club, 5200 E. St. Andrews Drive. Members, $27; nonmembers, $29. RSVP by mailing check payable to Hadassah to Rochelle Roth, 4325 N. Sunset Cliff Drive, Tucson, AZ 85750, or call 298-3038. 12:30 PM: PJ Library presents Ride the Arizona Rosh Hashanah Train, in collaboration with the PJ Libraries of Greater Phoenix, Chandler and Flagstaff JCC. Story time, snack, crafts. Free. At Gadsden Pacific Toy Train Museum, 3975 N. Miller Ave. RSVP by Sept. 20 to www. jfsa.org/pjtrainride or contact Mary Ellen Loebl at pjlibrary@jfsa.org or 647-8443. 5-8 PM: Tucson J annual TopGolf fundraiser. At 4050 W. Costco Drive. Ages 21+. Tickets start at $100. Contact Caitlin Dixon at 299-3000, ext. 176 or cdixon@tucsonjcc.org.

Monday / September 23

7-9 PM: Noa Baum, storyteller and author, presents “An Evening of Arts and Culture: Stories of Peace and Justice” at the Consulate of Mexico, 3915 Broadway Blvd.

Free. For registration information, call 323-1708, ext. 121.

Tuesday / September 24

5:30-7:30 PM: REAP dinner and presentation, “Multi Family Housing Market — An Inside Look.” At Hacienda Del Sol Guest Ranch Resort, 5501 N. Hacienda Del Sol Road. Members, free; nonmembers, $55. RSVP to Yana Krone, 6478470 or ykrone@jfsa.org. 7-9 PM: Noa Baum, storyteller and author, presents “A Land Twice Promised” at the Tucson J. $20. Sponsored by the J and the JFSA. 299-3000.

Thursday / September 26

7 PM: Chabad Tucson and Tucson J present 2019 Mega Challah Bake for women and girls. At the Tucson J. Tickets, $36. Sponsorships available. RSVP at www.megachallah tucson.com.

5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Erev Rosh Hashanah service. Call 745-5550 or visit www. caiaz.com for complete holiday schedule. 7:30 PM: Cong. Chaverim Erev Rosh Hashanah service. Call 320-1015 or visit www. chaverim.net for complete holiday schedule. 7:30 PM: Cong. Or Chadash Erev Rosh Hashanah service. Cal 512-8500 or visit www.octucson.org for complete holiday schedule. 7:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Erev Rosh Hashanah service. Call 327-4501 or visit www.tetucson.org for complete holiday schedule.

Monday / September 30

Friday / September 27

11 AM: JHM Gallery Chat with Ellen Melamed, founding member of Jewish Lesbian Daughters of Holocaust Survivors, formed after an annual gathering of Holocaust survivors in 1988. 564 S. Stone Ave. www.jewishhistorymuseum.org or 670-9073. 9:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Downtown Shabbat at Jewish History Museum, 564 S. Stone Ave., with Rabbi Batsheva Appel and Armon Bizman band. 327-4501.

Sunday / September 29

10 AM-NOON: Cong. Anshei Israel FUN-Day

Wednesday / October 16

at Golf n’ Stuff, includes miniature golf, go-karts, bumper boats, laser tag, batting cages and video games. $20, ages 4+ (only pay if you play). Adults responsible for children. No RSVP, show up and pay at event, cash and checks only. Food available to purchase. 6503 E. Tanque Verde Road. 745-5550 or www.caiaz.org.

9:30 AM: Cong. Chaverim Rosh Hashanah services on Mt. Lemmon and at Chaverim. Call 320-1015 or visit www.chaverim.net for complete holiday schedule. 5:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Tashlich picnic service, at Reid Park, near Rose Garden. Bring picnic dinner. Free. Call 327-4501.

Tuesday /October 1

8 AM: Cong. Anshei Israel Erev second day Rosh Hashanah service. Free throughout day. Register in advance at 745-5550, ext. 242.

ONGOING

Jewish Federation-Northwest chair yoga with a Jewish flair taught by Bonnie Golden. Meets at JFSA NW Division Ruth & Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life, 190 W. Magee Road #162, Mondays, 10-11 a.m. $7 per class or $25 for four. No class Sept. 23 or Sept. 30. 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org. Northwest Needlers create hand-stitched items for donation in the Jewish community. Meets at JFSA NW Division Ruth & Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m. No class Sept. 24. RSVP to judithgfeldman@gmail. com or 505-4161. Jewish Federation-Northwest mah jongg, meets at JFSA NW Division Ruth & Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life 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 / September 13

5-6 PM Shabbat Shabang Family Shabbat in the Northwest, with Rabbi Batsheva Appel of Temple Emanu-El and PJ Library. Free. At JFSA NW Division Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life, 190 N. Magee Road, # 162. 505-4161. RSVP at www.jfsa.org/nw familyshabbat.

Sunday / October 27

5:30 PM: THA 2019 Tikkun Olam Celebration honoring Bertie Levkowitz. At the Tucson J. Cocktail reception followed by dinner. $150 per person, $250 per couple. Sponsorships available. RSVP at www.thaaz.org or contact Sha’ron Wolfin Eden at 529-3888, ext. 107.

Tuesday / September 17

northwestjewish@jfsa.org or 505-4161.

Saturday / September 21 7:30 PM: Cong. Beit Simcha Selichot program and service. Includes Havdalah, film and discussion. 276-5675 or www.beitsimcha tucson.org.

Monday / September 23

5-6:30 PM: Hadassah Southern Arizona/ JFSA NW Division Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life book club discusses “Waking Lions,” by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. At JFSA NW Division Ruth & Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life, 190 W. Magee Road, #162. RSVP at 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org.

Tuesday / September 24

11:30 AM: JFSA NW Division Ruth & Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life mezuzah hanging ceremony, led by Rabbi Avi Alpert of Congregation Bet Shalom, at 180 W. Magee Road, #140. Followed at noon by lunch and learn with Alpert on the topic of forgiveness. $10 for kosher dairy lunch. RSVP at www.jfsa. org/nwmezuzahhanging or 505-4161. 7-8:30 PM: Cong. Beit Simcha class, “Awesome Days: Appreciating the High Holy Days,” with Rabbi Sam Cohon. Continues Oct. 1. $25. 276-5675.

Sunday / September 29

Sunday / September 15

3:30-5:30 PM: Cong. Beit Simcha class, “Jewish Paper Crafting,” with Lori Riegel. Ages 10-adult. $25. 276-9244.

UPCOMING

6:30-8:30 PM: JFSA Women’s Philanthropy “Salsa in the Sukkah.” Bring donation of high school supplies or backpacks for Youth on Their Own. Margaritas, mojitos and tapas. At the Tucson J Sculpture Garden. $36. RSVP at www.jfsa.org/salsainthesukkah or call Anel Pro at 647-8455.

NORTHWEST TUCSON

3-5 PM: JFSA NW Division Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life class, “Iris Folding Cards,” with Anne Lowe. At 190 W. Magee Road, #162. $10. RSVP by Sept. 13 to

6:30 PM: Cong. Beit Simcha Erev Rosh Hashanah service. Call 276-5675 or visit www. beitsimchatucson.org for complete holiday schedule.

Monday/September 30

9 AM: Chabad of Oro Valley Rosh Hashanah service. 1171 E. Rancho Vistoso Blvd., Ste. 131. 477-8672 or www.jewishorovalley. com for complete holiday schedule.

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Keith Marcum joins the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona as communications and marketing manager. Most recently, he managed marketing and sales for Kuumba Made Inc., in Tucson. Before that, he was marketing manager at IMPACT of Southern Arizona, a Tucson non-profit. He is a graduate of James Madison University in Virginia and before moving to Tucson in 2015 was working on his M.F.A. in creative writing through the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts program in Cleveland, Ohio. He also owned a video production company in Richmond, Virginia, for a decade. In Richmond, he volunteered with the Virginia Production Alliance and the Fan Free Clinic. Child & Family Resources has announced the sponsorship of the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. Meals will be made available to enrolled children at no separate charge without regard to sex, race, color, age, handicap or national origin. Household income determines the amount of money USDA will reimburse CFR to provide meals to enrolled children.

The Free Loan at the Jewish Federation, formerly the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Tucson, has a new home at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. JFSA’s Susannah Castro, who has 20 years of experience in non-profit executive management, is the program’s new executive director, with Yana Krone continuing as program coordinator, and Phil Bregman as board chair. This interest-free, non-sectarian, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization has offered financial assistance to the Tucson community since 1947. For more information, visit www.thefreeloan.org or call 520-297-5360. The Arizona Theatre Company learning and education department’s ATC Teen, a free learner-driven theatre education program, is underway. ATC Teen offers free masterclasses and improv workshops leading up to mainstage show events and improv shows open to the public. Classes are drop-in friendly. For more information, go to www.arizonatheatre.org/for-students or email aburke@arizonatheatre.org. Aaron Greenberg of Jim Click Automotive was voted the Best Auto Sales Person in the Arizona Daily Star 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards. Send news of your simchas to localnews@azjewishpost.com or call 319-1112

IN FOCUS Young Women’s Cabinet plans to ‘Be the Change’

(L-R) Lindsay Berkman, Elyse Adams, Kathy Gerst (co-chair), Trinh Tofel, Miriam Emerson, Caitlyn Citrin Low, Mary Rose Goldstein, Jamie Kippur, Aimee Katz, Bronwyn Sternberg, Lillie Hansen, Meg Knight, Jenny Rothschild (cochair), Katie Stellitano-Rosen. Not pictured: Jennifer Selco and Karen Sadow.

Photo courtesy PJ Library

Harold Grinspoon, the founder of PJ Library, celebrated his 90th birthday July 27. Members of Southern Arizona’s PJ Library prepared a gift for Grinspoon, thanking him for making free Jewish-themed books available every month for children across the world, ages 6 months-8 years. The colorful birthday-thank you book, created by Mary Ellen Loebl, PJ Library coordinator in Tucson, with Michelle Shapiro, Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona graphic artist and PJ Library illustrator, contained pages for children to write and decorate their personal messages. A copy of the book is available in the Federation building lobby. The local program is a gift from the JFSA’s community engagement department, made possible by the Einstein-Sim, Loebl, Margolis, Rosenzweig, and Viner

Photo: Danielle Larcom/JFSA

PJ Library celebrates founder’s birthday

The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Young Women’s Cabinet held its annual retreat Aug. 17-18, themed “Be the Change.” The Cabinet spent 24 hours celebrating Shabbat, getting to know each other, learning about the Tucson Jewish Community, and the mission of the Federation.

families, in partnership with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. Families may enroll their children at www.pjlibrary. org/enroll-in-a-community.

Young Men’s Group aims for community interaction

L-R: Nolan Shifren, Todd Sadow, Ted Glenn, Damion Alexander, Michael Wexler, Jeff Wortzel (co-chair), Ben Pozez, Michael Shiner, Adam Goldstein (co-chair), Josh Hurand, Isaac Figueroa.

The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona ChaiLife members gathered Saturday, Aug. 24 to reconnect. ChaiLife was created for those men who have graduated from the Young Men’s Group and want to remain connected to the Federation and their chevra (group).

Tucson J introduces goat yoga – no kidding!

Back row (L-R): Oren Riback, Matt Landau, Tom Brannock, Stephen Segal, Isaac Figueroa (past co-chair), Jeff Winkelman (co-chair), Howard Cohen, David Kornberg, Alec Berens, Christian Yoder. Front row: Adam Miller, Eric Mellan (co-chair), Antar Davidson, Sam Bowman, Eric Natter.

The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Young Men’s group held its annual leadership development retreat Aug. 23-25 on Mt. Lemmon, facilitated by Jewish Federations of North America National Young Leadership Cabinet co-chair Adam Miller, from Orange County, California. The 13 young men participated in leadership development programming including community development planning, budgeting and allocations, and personal and community values programs. The weekend concluded with a meeting with Jewish Community Foundation CEO Graham Hoffman, where the men discussed putting the skills they learned into action in the community, through the Federation and its community beneficiary and partner agencies.

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Participants at the Tucson Jewish Community Center weekly Goat Yoga class get a workout and then some. They are joined by miniature kids from Goats of Tucson Yoga. At the hour-long evening program, the yogis usually are more interested in the costumed creatures than yoga poses, especially when plank, table, or downward goat poses provide open invitations for the creatures to leap aboard, as Jane the ballerina demonstrates in this photo. Love and laughter reign as the athletes cuddle and pose for photos with their goat partners. The Tuesday classes are at 6 p.m. near the J pool and cost $20. For more information, contact the J at 299-3000. See more photos and goat yoga locations on Facebook at GOT Yoga Goats of Tucson.

Photo courtesy Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona

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