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Georgia Hunter based her book, “We Were the Lucky Ones,” on her family’s experience in Poland before, during and after World War II. The book chronicles her extended family’s stories as they survive life in a ghetto, forced labor in factories and on farms, prison abuse, serving in the military and in the resistance and hiding — sometimes in people’s homes, sometimes in plain ...
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Dec 11, 2024 · Rabbi David Rebibo first toured Phoenix in 1964 while investigating the possibility of starting a Jewish day school. Rebibo was there at the behest of a small cadre of Jewish families in the Valley that had contacted Torah Umesorah – National Society for Hebrew Day Schools, a well-regarded O…
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Chabad couple dedicated to Arizona’s rural Jews
Jul 8, 2024 · Much like Chabad’s Roving Rabbis’ program, in which two rabbinical students drive to the rural parts of states for more than two weeks each summer, Chabad of Rural Arizona will help ensure “that no Jew will be left behind, regardless of geographic distance.” Chabad’s dedicated rural outreach began a few years ago in Australia and has caught on in other places.
Local synagogues open doors to unsheltered families
3 days ago · Happily, days before the families arrived on Sunday, Dec. 29, more than 50 people let Baer know they wanted to volunteer. Baer, a longtime CBI member and former Mensch Club Tikkun Olam coordinator, first learned about the Family Promise partnership program in 2023. “It piqued my interest, and I ...
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Rural Chabad lights the White Mountains for Chanukah
Dec 3, 2024 · Four towns in the White Mountains of Arizona will host public menorah lightings to recognize and celebrate Chanukah this year. The mountain range in the eastern part of the state near the border with New Mexico falls under the purview of Chabad of Rural Arizona, a recently organized effort to reach Jews who might feel isolated …
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Dec 5, 2003 · Most creative Friday night service: Raw Kaballah. Beth El Congregation. 4118 W. Glendale Ave. Phoenix - 602-944-3359. Appetizers, onegs with creative themes and a worship service accompanied by a live band makes this Shabbat service for young adults a great place to see old friends and make new ones (and it'll make parents happy that their kids are finally doing something Jewish).
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Rabbi Mendy Deitsch, head of the Chabad of the East Valley, Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Chandler, might be the first rabbi to deliver a prayer to both the United States Senate and House of Representatives in the same year.
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The Arizona State University Center for Jewish Studies now offers a Certificate in Adult Jewish Learning. As part of the program, the student is required to complete eight courses, which are held at various locations.