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Check out our 2024 line-up and save-the-dates. More information and details on the horizon!
Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Shalom Aleichem
Presenter: Aimee Ginsburg Bikel
Sunday, January 21, 2024 | 6:30 PM
Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale
In this delightful program, and as part of the centennial celebrations, Aimee Bikel will speak about the legendary Theodore Bikel (1924-2015). With dozens of best selling albums, and as the star of countless Broadway, film and TV productions, Theo always cared most of all about his Jewish heritage and his commitment to Tikkun Olam. Using video clips, recordings, passages from his books, and a collection of poignant and entertaining memories, this program will both highlight the great legacy of this actor, singer, labor leader and activist who taught us to always use our voice in the service of a better place for all of our sisters and brothers, and allow us an intimate look at the man behind the screen. An extensive Q&A session will follow. "Our audience laughed, our audience cried, Aimee is a wonderful speaker and remembering Theo together was a profound experience"--Rabbi Gary Zola, Exec Dir. The American Jewish Archives.
My Jewish Music Journey
Presenter: Allan Naplan
Sunday, January 28, 2024 | 6:30 PM
Temple Chai, 4645 E Marilyn Rd, Phoenix
Allan Naplan maintains an active career as a non-profit arts executive, composer and cantorial soloist. Since 2013, Allan has served as Executive and Producing Director, CEO of Arizona Musicfest in Scottsdale, AZ, where he oversees all concert season programming and business operations for the acclaimed arts organization. An accomplished musician and performer, Allan has enjoyed a long career as a composer of choral music and solo repertoire, for both secular and religious settings. His works have been performed and recorded in over 50 countries and have sold over 1.2M copies of music. An award-winning composer, Allan’s choral works have been heard at Carnegie Hall, The White House, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in outer space on-board Space Shuttle Columbia (Mission STS-107) and in distinguished concert venues around the world. As a cantorial soloist and composer of contemporary Jewish music, Allan's settings of prayers and traditional texts have become popular repertoire for Jewish services and other cultural events. “My Jewish Music Journey” will feature Allan performing original contemporary Jewish service music, as well as entertaining performance videos of choirs, from around the world, performing his works.
Jews of Color in Early America
Presenter: Laura Leibman
Sunday, February 04, 2024 | 6:30 PM
Virtual
Today multiracial Jews about 10-25% of Jewish population in U.S. cities with nearly 87,000 nonwhite, Hispanic, or multiracial Jewish households in the New York area alone. Most people tend to think of multiracial as a fairly recent phenomenon, but in this talk Professor Leibman reveals the early history of multiracial Jews in the United States and Caribbean and explains how their stories got lost in common telling of Jewish American history.
Returning to Roots: My Personal Journey & Work in Ethiopia, Ukraine & Israel
Presenter: Sigal Kanotopsky
Sunday, February 18, 2024 | 6:30 PM
Temple Solel, 6805 E McDonald Dr, Paradise Valley
Sigal Kanotopsky has covered an unusual and impressive distance in both her personal and professional journeys. Born in a small village in Ethiopia’s rural north, she made aliya at the age of five, having walked three months to meet the flight that took her to Israel. Today, she has a B.A. in International Relations from the Hebrew University, and an M.A. in Dispute Resolution and Management from Tel Aviv University. Fully aware of her complex identity as a Jew, an Israeli and a member of the Ethiopian community, she made an early decision to devote herself to ensuring young Ethiopian Israelis overcame the hurdles of racism and negative stereotypes they faced daily in Israeli society.
Violent Conflict & Genocide in an age of Climate Change & Authoritarianism
Presenter: Alexander Alvarez
Sunday, February 25, 2024 | 6:30 PM
Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale
Do the lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides have anything to teach us about the risks that climate change poses for our societies in the coming years? In this presentation, I examine the ways in which the consequences of climate change will increasingly challenge the ability of communities and nations to adapt to these new circumstances and asses the ways in which they heighten the risk for social instability, violent conflict, and even genocide.
Ukrainian Jewry
Presenters: Vladislav Davidzon
Sunday, March 03, 2024 | 6:30 PM
Virtual
The war in Ukraine has transformed the landscape of international politics, as well as the security architecture of Eastern Europe while creating millions of refugees and internally displaced people within Ukraine proper. Many Ukrainian Jews have been affected and entire communities have had to move. This talk focuses on the way the war has affected and transformed Ukrainian Jewish communities.
The Jewish History of Pickling: Make Your Own Pickle
Presenter: Jeffrey Yoskowitz
Sunday, March 17, 2024 | 2:00 PM
Pardes Jewish Day School, 12753 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale
Join pickling master and Jewish food expert Jeffrey Yoskowitz, co-author of the award-winning cookbook The Gefilte Manifesto and co-founder of The Gefilteria. Jeffrey apprenticed as a pickler at the start of his culinary career and has been pickling and fermenting his way in kitchens around the world ever since. Together, we'll learn how to make sauerkraut and pickle a variety of vegetables using Old World techniques, and we'll discuss why lacto-fermentation is the only way to make a sour pickle worthy of the Jewish delicatessen. Moreover, Jeffrey will discuss the importance of pickling in Yiddish cuisine and culture. You'll leave with your own jar to bring home.