EVJCC Blog
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...
The ELC achieves Five-Star Quality First rating
The Early Learning Center at the East Valley JCC is proud to announce that it has been awarded the prestigious Five-Star Quality First rating. This recognition highlights the center’s commitment to providing programs that address the development, education and health...
Teen debuts 5784 calendar with family recipes
Congratulations to Julia Zilman, a recipient of last year’s East Valley JCC “Doing Jewish” grant, who recently published her 2023-24 (5784) calendar as part of her “Rugelach Love” project. She began this project as a way to learn more about her family’s history and...
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...