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Your connection to community<br />
Our community is poised for dynamic<br />
engagement and multifaceted<br />
collaboration. Visionary leaders are<br />
challenging timeworn beliefs and turgid<br />
habits, and embracing innovation.<br />
We look forward to the evolution <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Community Association <strong>of</strong> <strong>Greater</strong><br />
<strong>Phoenix</strong> (formerly the <strong>Jewish</strong> Federation<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Greater</strong> <strong>Phoenix</strong>) as it defines and<br />
begins to enact its vision for planning<br />
and fundraising to meet local, national<br />
and international needs. We at <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
<strong>News</strong> are eager to partner with the JCA in<br />
engaging Valley Jews in community life.<br />
Adult education is flourishing, with<br />
courses hosted by the Arizona State<br />
University Center for <strong>Jewish</strong> Studies,<br />
Arizona <strong>Jewish</strong> Historical Society, Bureau<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> Education, Valley <strong>of</strong> the Sun<br />
Publisher's Letter<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Community Center, Women’s<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Learning Center, Valley Beit<br />
Midrash and many religious institutions.<br />
Young adult groups are drawing<br />
hundreds <strong>of</strong> participants to connect with<br />
one another and benefit the community.<br />
The 20 graduates <strong>of</strong> the recent Wexner<br />
Heritage Program are leaders <strong>of</strong><br />
community organizations. The 10 young<br />
adults who began learning together<br />
just one year ago in a Start Me Up!<br />
leadership program are initiating projects<br />
ranging from a community web portal to<br />
storytelling to an arts and culture series.<br />
One heartening development is the<br />
teamwork <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> Family & Children’s<br />
Service, the Board <strong>of</strong> Rabbis <strong>of</strong> <strong>Greater</strong><br />
<strong>Phoenix</strong> and the Orthodox Rabbinical<br />
Council <strong>of</strong> <strong>Greater</strong> <strong>Phoenix</strong> to provide<br />
community chaplaincy services.<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>News</strong> has covered the<br />
community for 65 years in print and 17<br />
years online. This Community Directory<br />
is our 24th. <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>News</strong> is the only<br />
comprehensive local place to learn who’s<br />
doing what and what’s going on. We<br />
connect readers across the Valley —<br />
young to elderly, religious and secular,<br />
politically and culturally diverse.<br />
Please help us spread the word, by<br />
subscribing, gifting subscriptions and<br />
visiting us at www.jewishaz.com.<br />
Florence Eckstein<br />
Publisher<br />
�<br />
“As a community, we are doing our part for<br />
tikkun olam, a <strong>Jewish</strong> tradition to repair our<br />
world.”<br />
--- Bob Silver, <strong>Jewish</strong> Community Association Board Chair<br />
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