EVJCC Blog
Yom Hashoah commemoration to feature Holocaust survivor Charlotte Adelman
The Center for Holocaust Education at the East Valley JCC invites the community to an evening of remembrance and reflection at the annual East Valley Yom Hashoah commemoration on Wednesday, April 23. The event will begin with a 5:30 p.m. reception, followed by a 6...
From Devastation to Dedication: A Holocaust Torah’s new home in an Israeli yeshiva
A Torah desecrated during the Holocaust has been saved and will be rededicated in memory of the victims of Oct. 7, in honor of the IDF soldiers who are defending the Jewish people and with hope that all the hostages return home. Members of the Greater Phoenix...
Stand together in Jewish solidarity: Adopt the Mahane Shura Casualty Unit
Since Oct. 7, more than 150 brave soldiers, rabbis, doctors, dentists, officers, investigators and military personnel have been working day and night dealing with the unspeakable horrors committed against Israeli civilians and soldiers when Hamas terrorists...
EVJCC launches Six Million Voices
Arizona U.S. Representative Greg Stanton hosted a reception on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Jan. 31 to officially launch Six Million Voices, the East Valley JCC's new global nonprofit and immersive Holocaust education initiative. In the past two years, more than...
Lone Soldier Project in Fall 2023: 1,300 letters, $6K and 55 knitted hats
This year’s Hanukkah Greetings campaign for the Lone Soldier Project received tremendous support and we are grateful to all the organizations and individuals who participated this year. Here’s a recap: More than 1,300 Hanukkah greetings were sent from 18 religious...
ELC Kindergarten launches new garden program
The East Valley JCC’s Early Learning Center launched a new Kid’s Gardening program this fall. Since September, the center’s kindergarten class has been busy planting and maintaining their new garden, which is part of their curriculum. This curriculum includes a...
EVJCC Holocaust Education Center partners with YU for Holocaust education certificate
The Center for Holocaust Education of the East Valley JCC has partnered with The Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Yeshiva University to offer a new advanced certificate in Holocaust education. The school is currently accepting...
‘Plea for My Land’ – by Herbert Pagani – 11/11/1975
Herbert Pagani was a Jew from Tripoli. He was a left-wing singer-songwriter, but he was also Jewish and a Zionist, who died in 1988. This was his cry for his people, beautiful and true, it was released in French "Plaidoyer pour ma terre". He wrote it in 1975 when the...
Show your support for Lone Soldiers in the IDF
This week’s cowardly attack on Israel civilians intensifies the stress and the safety of Lone Soldiers. The personal toll on Israelis, the IDF and Lone Soldiers is the worst ever experience since the birth of the state, 75 years ago. The need to support Lone Soldiers...