Girls school musical Rachel Brekan, as “The Beast,” and Rachel Landesman, as Belle, perform in the Shearim To- rah High School for Girls production of “Beauty in the Beast,” on May 30 at Sunnyslope High School Theater. The musical was the school’s fourth annual production and was directed by Raina Meyerson, under the direction of Kasiah Kluger, the school’s drama club coordi- nator. Photo courtesy of Shearim Torah Out and About Rocking those ‘moon rocks’ Maia Kurland, left, and Riley Schneiderman enjoy “moon rock” snacks during astronaut week at Temple Chai Early Childhood Center’s summer camp. Photo courtesy of Mary Passell Ready to move up The graduating class of Shearim Torah High School for Girls is, from left, Kayla Neu- man, Diana Mirzakandova and Devorah Bradley. The June 5 commencement ceremony was held at the CutlerPlotkin Jewish Heritage Center. Photo courtesy of Shearim Torah In the swim of things Ellery Beauchman swims at Camp Simcha, Congregation Beth Israel’s summer camp. Photo courtesy of Kim Subrin Out and About features photos of community events around the Valley. Submit photos and details to [email protected].
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20 - JEWISH NEWS OF GREATER PHOENIX – June 21, 2013
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Girls school musical Rachel Brekan, as “The Beast,” and Rachel Landesman, as Belle, perform in the Shearim To-rah High School for Gir ls production of “Beauty in the Beast,” on May 30 at Sunnyslope High School Theater. The musical was the school’s fourth annual production and was directed by Raina Meyerson, under the direction of Kasiah Kluger, the school’s drama club coordi-nator. Photo courtesy of Shearim Torah
Out and About
Rocking those ‘moon rocks’Maia Kurland, left, and Riley Schneiderman enjoy “moon rock” snacks during astronaut week at Temple Chai Early Childhood Center’s summer camp. Photo courtesy of Mary Passell
Ready to move upThe graduating class of Shearim Torah High School for Girls is, from left, Kayla Neu-man, Diana Mirzakandova and Devorah Bradley. The June 5 commencement ceremony was held at the CutlerPlotkin Jewish Heritage Center.
Photo courtesy of Shearim Torah
In the swim of thingsEllery Beauchman swims at Camp Simcha, Congregation Beth Israel’s summer camp. Photo courtesy of Kim Subrin
Out and About features photos of community events around the Valley. Submit photos and details to [email protected].
of the heritage center, where the exhibit will be displayed) and Beth El Congregation, which was founded in 1930, Bell said, but there is little on some of the newer ones.
The exhibit will also provide an opportunity for congregations to promote their synagogue to museum visitors. The goal of the project is not to make everybody religiously Jewish, Bell said, but it certainly is a portal for someone who is interested in join-ing a congregation.
The exhibit, scheduled to be completed in September 2014, will be on display for one year and the AZJHS will host a series of cultural programs throughout the year — such as lectures, films and musical events — to showcase the exhibit.
The Jewish Community Foundation recently granted the non-profit $10,000 for the project. The estimated budget is $20,000-$30,000, which includes exhibit development, a project manager stipend, an opening reception and other public events associated with the exhibit, Bell said. Each synagogue will be required to pay a fee to participate, but the amount has yet to be determined.
“It is a community-based project, so everyone will share the cost, but the goal is to obviously get significant grants to pay for the bulk of the project so everyone else’s contribution would be smaller,” Bell said. “My goal is to minimize the commitment from each congregation.”
AZJHS will provide venue-related expenses, such as insurance, utilities and personnel. Jeffrey Schesnol, a member of Or Adam Congregation, has been working as a volunteer project manager.
So far, participating synagogues are Beth El Congregation, Congregation Kehillah, Congregation Or Chadash, Or Adam Congregation, Temple Chai, Temple Kol Ami and Temple Solel, Bell said.
“The goal is to represent the entire spectrum of Judaism without favoritism or prejudice to any congregation,” Bell said.
Project materials list three goals for the effort: to build a sense of community cohesiveness by documenting the history of the local Jewish congregations and creating a public exhibition of this history; to showcase the unique history and accomplishments of each of the participating congregations; and to educate the gen-eral public about Judaism itself: “Who we are, what we believe, and the tremendous diversity that exists within Judaism today.”
ing day, in a brief ceremony, the City of Phoenix handed over its proclamation issued by Mayor Greg Stanton and presented by Councilman Jim Waring.
The City of Scottsdale has also issued a proclamation and VEP was scheduled to receive the rights from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Com-munity at a June 19 meeting with President Diane Enos, Vice President Martin Harvier and the entire Tribal Council.
VEP, a partnership of rabbis, volunteers and supporters, started planning the eruv in 2008. Since then, VEP raised more than $180,000 — includ-ing two $50,000 gifts and a $10,000 grant from the Jewish Community Foundation — and worked on designing the eruvand getting permits approved from various entities. Construc-tion began in December 2012.
“It’s been an incredible jour-ney,” said Ben Ellis, who has served as project manager for more than two years.
The eruv has received national attention in the Jewish obser-vant community, Ellis said, with several families express-ing interest in relocating to the Valley after its completion.
“I’m really excited that the community is going to be able to get to enjoy this,” Ellis said, and “to be able to experience it for many generations to come.”
