Previews

Author Janice Kaplan to Discuss Power of Gratitude What started as a challenging idea – to spend a full year living gratefully – became a life-changing experience for author, magazine editor and producer Janice Kaplan. Her inspirational memoir, Te Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Transformed My Life reached the New York Times bestseller list. Gratitude will her topic on Wednesday, March 18 at 7 pm at the Tucson Hebrew Academy at 3888 E. River Road in Tucson for the second annual Rabbi Lee A. Kivel Lecture on Jewish Life, open to the public and presented by the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. Janice promises that attendees can profoundly change their family relationships with what she will share in the lecture. “Improve relationships with your children, your spouse, and the whole family. Knowing how to appreciate your children brings gratitude to their lives.” She also will talk about gratitude at work, “how it can help transform a workplace and make you more successful.”

Registration at the door, for $10, opens at 6:30 pm. Janice’s keynote will be followed by breakout sessions related to gratitude with community rabbis. Refreshments, book sales, and a book signing will follow the program.

For more information, visit jfsa.org/jewishlearning20120.

Kid Goat Yoga STRETCH! RELAX! Breathe! All with goats! Children are constantly moving from the time they get up in the morning to the time they go to sleep at night. At the Goat Yoga Workshop children ages 5 to 11 will be able to take the time to stretch out their muscles they use while PLAYING EVERY day. Te workshop will be held at the Tucson Jewish Community Center at 3800 E. River Road in Tucson on March 17 from 4:40 to 5:30 pm. Te cost is $15 for the class. For more information, visit tucsonjcc.orgor contact sports@tucsonjcc.org.

Purim Carnival Join Congregation Or Chadash at 3939 N. Alvernon Way in Tucson on March 9 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm for the most joyous holiday of the year. Enjoy a special Purim program with dress up, booths, wine walk, card games, bake sale, food trucks, prizes, and much more!

Tickets are $15, $12 for students. For more information, visit orchadash-tucson.org.

The Allan J. Flader Community-Wide J Purim Carnival Te annual Purim Carnival will be held on Sunday, March 8 at the Martin Pear JCC at 12701 N. Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale from 11 am to 3 pm. Come in costume and join the parade! Tere will be carnival rides, bounce houses, infatable slides, teen area with amazing attractions, face painting, Jewish Community Organization Tent, kosher BBQ and entertainment by Event Smart Productions. All ages welcome, with separate areas for toddlers and teens. Admission is free; fees for rides. Register at Te J Membership Desk or vosjcc. org/purim2020.

Klezmer Fest Te East Valley JCC and the City of Chandler will host the annual Klezmer Fest from noon to 5 pm on March 15 at the East Valley JCC at 908 N. Alma School Road in Chandler. Lively and upbeat, klezmer is the traditional Jewish folk music of Eastern European Jewish communities. Over time, the style of music has grown to include instrumental music, Yiddish vocal music and modern fusion music that combines klezmer with world music such as Afro-pop, rock or hip hop. Tis music festival will also include a Yiddish Experience that includes workshops and lectures focusing on topics such as genealogy, family memoirs, the history of klezmer music and the Yiddish language. In addition, there will be children’s activities, such as infatables, face-painting and a petting zoo, as well as kosher pizza and salads available for sale by Brad’s Mobile Pizza Oven. “Te East Valley JCC is pleased to once again be hosting the Klezmer Music Festival with the City of Chandler,” said Rabbi Michael Beyo, EVJCC CEO. “Lively music, interactive workshops and lectures, as well as children’s activities, makes this the perfect family-friendly event.” Tickets are $15 adults, $5 children up to age 12. Event sponsors include the Arizona Jewish Historical Society. For more details or to purchase tickets, visit evjcc.org/klezmerfest or call 480-897-0588.

Informative and fun programs for Seniors Join the JFCS Center for Senior Enrichment for special programming exploring music, movement and more during the month of April. Te CSE is located inside Te Palazzo at 6250 N. 19th Avenue in Phoenix and is open to all seniors, ofering a wide variety of free fun and stimulating classes and activities in a beautiful, newly-renovated facility. Transportation is now available by reservation by calling the CSE at 602-943-2198.

Put on your dancing shoes for our Rock & Roll Senior Prom on Tursday, April 16 at 1 pm. Music, snacks and drinks will be provided. You’re also invited to dress in your best prom attire!

Lauren Friedman, from Area Agency on Aging will be presenting a most interesting program called “A Matter of Life” on Tuesday, April 21 at 1 pm. Tis talk was created to educate and help people recognize the signs and symptoms of depression, anxiety, suicide and substance abuse as well as to provide resources and tools to help. Enjoy “A Pocketful of Songs” on Tursday, April 23, at 1 pm with vocalist Dorothy Gaynor and pianist Jill Higgins. You’ll hear a wide variety of songs from jazz to opera and everything in between. Feel free to sing along! Tere are no charges for the events, but RSVPs are appreciated to carol.goldstein@jfcsaz.org or call 602-943-2198.