Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Phoenix

9th Grade - Lessons from the Holocaust
2025-03-18 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254, United States
What allowed the Holocaust to happen? Explore the events and ideologies that led to history’s darkest moment and the stories of resilience, courage, and humanity that emerged in its wake. Uncover the lessons of empathy, moral responsibility, and remembrance—and how they guide us to build a more compassionate and just world today.
Instructor: Steve Glassman

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Text Study with Rabbi Aviva
2025-03-17 10:00 - 11:15, 2025-03-10 10:00 - 11:15 | Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254, United States
Come study the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Aviva Funke, assistant director at the BJE. The weekly Torah portions in the Fall are some of the most familiar to us as they follow the lives of our Patriarchs and Matriarchs focusing on lessons that are relevant for our lives today.
Mondays beginning January 9 through May 5 from 10:00 AM – 11:15 AMCost: $180
Faculty: Rabbi Aviva Funke

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Wise Aging: Living with Joy and Resilience
2025-03-14 11:30 - 13:00, 2025-03-07 11:30 - 13:00 | AZ
Based on the Book: Wise Aging Living with Joy, Resilience, & Spirit. This course will follow the wisdom in this popular resource for aging well.
Fridays beginning January 10 through May 16 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM. 14 ClassesCost: $280
Faculty: Nancy Pollinger
No Sessions:

January 24
January 31
February 21
April 11
April 18

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Wise Aging: Living with Joy and Resilience
2025-03-14 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-03-07 10:00 - 11:30 | Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254, United States
Based on the Book: Wise Aging Living with Joy, Resilience, & Spirit. This course will follow the wisdom in this popular resource for aging well.
Fridays beginning January 10 through March 26 from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.Cost: $140
Faculty: Anita Rabenowitz
Sessions:

January 10
January 24
February 1
February 21
March 7
March 14
March 28

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Hebrew for Foreign Language Credit
2025-03-13 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-06 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254, United States

Temple Chai Confirmation
2025-03-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254, United States
Welcome to Folktale Kitchen, where the rich history of Jewish storytelling inspires the recipes we create! Each week, hear a timeless tale and bring it to life by cooking the foods woven into its story, blending tradition, flavor, and meaning. $30 materials fee
Instructor: Chef Morgan

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OMG by Design
2025-03-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254, United States

Cooking Up Stories
2025-03-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254, United States
Welcome to Folktale Kitchen, where the rich history of Jewishstorytelling inspires the recipes we create! Each week, hear a timelesstale and bring it to life by cooking the foods woven into its story,blending tradition, flavor, and meaning. $30 materials fee
Instructor: Chef Morgan

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Miracles & Crafts
2025-03-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254, United States

Judaism & The Afterlife
2025-03-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254, United States

11th & 12th Grade - Sage Advice: Wisdom to Live By
2025-03-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254, United States

10th Grade - Festivibe: Games for Spring
2025-03-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254, United States

Tot Shabbat Hop
2025-03-07 09:30 - 11:30 | Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254, United States
Join the Phoenix Jewish preschool community for Shabbat morning, followed by a BJE program in one of the preschool classrooms!
This is an amazing opportunity to explore different schools in our community.
This Tot Shabbat’s host will hosted at the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus.

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Beginner's Yiddish
2025-03-06 10:30 - 11:30 | Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254, United States
Spend a delightful hour with Rabbi Laibel Blotner.
If you have never spoke Yiddish or need a refresher on the what is affectionately referred to as Mama Loshon (Mother-tongue), this is the class for you! Cover the words, sayings and priceless expressions of this language spoken by Ashkenazi Jews for over 1000 years.
Thursdays beginning February 6 through March 6 from 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
Cost: $100
Faculty: Rabbi Laibel Blotner

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The Art of Medicine & Medicine as an Art Examined through a Jewish Lens [VIRTUAL]
2025-03-05 11:30 - 12:30 | Virtual
Combining wildly diverse historic and contemporary artistic portrayals of medical procedures, practitioners, personalities and patients across cultures, with texts on the politics, ethics, and unfolding discoveries in medicine, this 7 week course will resonate personally as we consider the history of medicine, the doctor-patient relationship, and the place and impact of medical technology in our own lives.
Wednesdays beginning January 15 through March 5 from 11:45 AM – 12:45 PMCost: $140
Faculty: Marcie Lee, MSW & Richard McBee

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Faith & Doubt, Passion, Defeat & Triumph: The Biblical Narrative of the Jewish People [VIRTUAL]
2025-03-05 10:30 - 11:30 | Virtual
This is how Richard McBee describes what fuels his life and work. A courageous and cutting-edge artist, noted art critic, founder of the Jewish Art Salon, and author, Richard Mc Bee is one of the most important voices introducing, portraying, and preserving Jewish life through its art and artists worldwide. For this once in a lifetime BJE 7-week course, Richard McBee and Marcie Lee, consultants to one another over many years, will co-teach McBee’s work and how it engages the historical events and personalities, and the contemporary life issues that shape and impact Jews.
Wednesdays beginning January 15 through March 5 from 10:30 AM – 11:30 AMCost: $140
Faculty: Marcie Lee, MSW & Richard McBee

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