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... 

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... 

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... 

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....