EVJCC Blog
Summer camp, preschool scholarships available for educators, child care providers
If you work in education or are a child care provider and have a child under age 12, you may qualify for the new Arizona Education Workforce Scholarship Program. This means that you may be eligible to receive a scholarship for your child or children to receive a...
JBox program receives community award
The East Valley JCC received an award from the Center for Jewish Philanthropy of Greater Phoenix for its JBox program at the CJP's March 21 Lighting the Spark breakfast. The Belle Latchman Award, which recognizes local Jewish nonprofit programs that enhance the...
Meet the new ELC Kindergarten teacher, Tori Sheppard
Tori Sheppard returns to the Early Learning Center at the East Valley JCC to teach the new ELC Kindergarten class. ELC Director Pam Morris speaks with Tori Sheppard, who will teach the new ELC Kindergarten class when it begins in July 2023. Pam: Tell me how you got...
EVJCC community programs free in 2023
The East Valley JCC will be offering most of its community programs for free beginning in January 2023. “With so many people facing financial challenges, we want to remove any barriers that may prevent them from attending community programs whether in person or...
EVJCC presents TikTok series about Tanach (Hebrew Bible)
The East Valley JCC is starting a new education program geared toward the TikTok generation: Torah.Tok. The program will include videos of stories and issues that are different from what is traditionally taught, both in content and format. The aim is to present Torah...
1,000+ Hanukkah greetings sent to lone soldiers
The Lone Soldier Project of the East Valley JCC is sending more than 1,000 Hanukkah letters and messages to lone soldiers serving in the Israel Defense Forces through the fifth annual Hanukkah Greetings campaign. The campaign, organized by Lone Soldier Project...
New ELC kindergarten opens in July 2023
The Early Learning Center (ELC) at the East Valley JCC will open a kindergarten for the 2023-2024 school year. An information session about the kindergarten will be held 5-6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29. Below is an interview with Pam Morris, ELC director, about this...
Rugelach Love: Family recipes connect generations
The East Valley JCC is excited to announce a project being developed by one of our Doing Jewish grant recipients. Julia Talore Zilman of Scottsdale has launched a project that started as a family recipe book but has grown to include a fundraising event for a Kyiv...
EVJCC invites AZ schools to take virtual tour of Auschwitz
The Center for Holocaust Education of The East Valley JCC provides a unique learning experience through its virtual live tours of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, which are led live via Zoom by an Auschwitz educator in Poland. Thanks to a grant from the...