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Chag Pesach Sameach!
Sedona AZ – The following is a letter from Rabbi Alicia Magal, Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley:
Gratitude and blessings to essential workers.
Shalom to all from the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley.
On Friday, April 10 at 5:30 p.m. an Erev Shabbat service will be live streamed on Facebook for JCSVV members. All classes and services for the next few weeks...
Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley Welcomes All
Sedona AZ – Shalom to all from the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley.
Erev Shabbat services begin on Friday evening, January 3, at 7:30 p.m., led by Rabbi Alicia Magal, with candle lighting, songs, blessings, Torah reading, a healing blessing, and Mourner’s Kaddish. The Oneg refreshments and flowers are sponsored by the Membership Committee and Board of Directors.
At...
Joys of Yiddish at JCSVV
Sedona AZ (December 30, 2018) – Remember the musical Fiddler on the Roof? The play was based on stories by Sholom Aleichem that were written in Yiddish, the language spoken by Jewish people living in communities across Europe. But those communities and that language died out in the Holocaust.
It seems, however, that reports of Yiddish’s demise are premature. Remarkably, the language lives...
JCSVV welcomes community to discuss Judaism and Jesus
Sedona AZ (January 4, 2018) – Exodus tells the story of Moses.
Shalom to all from the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley. Erev Shabbat services will begin on Friday, January 5, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. led by Rabbi Alicia Magal, who will offer a drash (commentary) on the portion of the week, as well as Shabbat prayers, blessings for those who are ill and Kaddish, the Mourner’s prayer....
KSB Presents Annual Achievement Awards
Sedona AZ (February 15, 2016) – At its annual Achievement Awards luncheon, Keep Sedona Beautiful presented eleven honors for exemplary service and environmental accomplishments throughout 2015. The event was attended by 105 awardees and residents and emceed by popular local entertainers Tom and Shondra.
Community Service Awards were presented to the Verde Valley Caregivers Coalition, Steve and...
Meeting the Challenge of Verde Valley Sex Trafficking
Sedona AZ (January 3, 2016) – As the newest member of the Verde Valley Coalition Against Human Trafficking, the Women’s Havurah and the Social Action Team of the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley are cosponsoring a program to inform the community about the issue of sex trafficking of minors in Yavapai County. YCSO Detective Chad Shilling and Lori Rubenstein will present information...
Mental Health Awareness Week Seeks to Change Minds
Sedona AZ (April 28, 2015) – Bringing new awareness, hope and sensitivity to Sedona and the Verde Valley, the area’s first Mental Health Awareness Week will be May 11-16 announced Barbara Litrell, facilitator of the Mental Health Coalition Verde Valley (MHCVV) and Lori Morrison, Coordinator of the Education Committee of the Coalition. Dedicated to all who seek to lift the stigma associated...
Women’s Passover Seder at JCSVV
Sedona AZ (April 2, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:
The Women’s Havurah (Friendship Circle) of the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley (JCSVV) is hosting a Women’s Seder on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at 6:00 p.m., 100 Meadowlark Drive, Sedona, AZ.
In a typically male dominated society women were seen, but not heard. Yet the Passover holiday owes its...
Beit Sefer Shalom Open House
Sedona AZ (August 6, 2014) – The Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley Religious School, Beit Sefer Shalom, offers weekly classes on Sunday mornings during the school year for children 4-12 years of age. The Religious School presents an exciting and innovative curriculum for both Hebrew and Judaic Studies, including preparation for Bar or Bat Mitzvah.
JCSVV believes that Religious...
The Last Jews in Iraq
Sedona AZ (June 20, 2014) – On Sunday, June 29, 2014, at 2:00 in the afternoon, the Cultural Committee of the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley will sponsor a documentary on “The Last Jews in Iraq” with historical footage about the 2500 years of Jewish culture in Iraq. Dating from the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. and edited with touching...