Tucson JCC Program Guide - Winter 2018 Tucson JCC Program Guide - Winter 2018 | Page 6

ARTS & CULTURE
NEW! Meet Anne Frank’s Stepsister
Sunday, February 18, 7:00 pm
Enjoy a historical evening with Eva
Schloss, a holocaust survivor, author
and stepsister of Anne Frank. This
lecture is presented by Chabad
Tucson. Come hear her powerful message.
Ballroom
NEW!
The Fiddler on the Roof Sing-A-Long
with Special Guest Neva Small!
Sunday, February 25, Noon,
Tickets available at The Loft Cinema
Meet actress Neva Small, who plays
“Chava” in the Fiddler on the Roof Film!
Belt it out and raise the roof at this
special Sing-A-Long screening of one of the most beloved
movie musicals of all-time! Join Tevye and his family as they
try to hang on to “Tradition”, and sing-a-long to such classic
musical numbers as “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Sunrise, Sunset”
and more! Wear your best Fiddler-inspired costume for
our pre-show Costume Contest, judged by Chava herself!
PLUS: Free glow sticks to use during the movie! Enjoy an
unforgettably fun afternoon for the whole family - Ya ha
deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum!
General Admission: $12
Loft Members and Children 12 & Under: $10
Jewish Farm Colonization Movement
NEW!
in The United States
Wednesday, February 28, 5 pm
The Jewish farm colonization movement began with the
first influx of “Russian” (Eastern European) Jews in 1881 and
ended with the First World War. The Russian immigrants,
fleeing Tsarist terror and filled with romantic visions of a
Jewish spiritual rebirth on America’s fertile soil, were met
by an American Jewish population dominated by German
immigrants who saw their recently won social standing
threatened by hordes of their poor coreligionists. These two
groups represented vastly different cultural and religious
traditions, and each had its own reasons for pursuing
the goal of grafting onto American Jewry an agricultural
element that had never taken root naturally. Yet they
shared a common dream—to prove that Jews, too, could be
farmers.
Instructor: Alan Sarkowitz
$12/ $10 members
Jewish Heritage Center
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NEW! Walk in a Refugee’s Shoes: In Partnership
with the International Rescue Committee Tucson
Sunday, March 18th, 2018, 11 am – 4 pm
Today, more than 65 million people are displaced
around the world. The International Rescue
Committee in Tucson invites you to participate in
the “Walk a Mile in a Refugee’s Shoes” simulation
event. This event will provide the community an insight into
the hardships, frustrations, and often the pain that refugees
endure. Participants will go through various stations that
simulate the refugee experience.
Free and Open to all
Suggested Donation of $10 at the door
Tucson J’s Sculpture Garden
50/50 Day
Thursday, April 26
50/50 Day is a global initiative focusing
on how to get to a more gender-
equitable world for everyone, all
genders, all ages, across all intersecting
issues. Join in global LiveCast Q&A
sessions featuring prominent leaders talking about getting to
gender equity across all parts of society, from the economy and
politics to culture and home.
NEW! The Secret Life of Animals Workshop
Monday, May 14, 2 – 4 pm
Do animals have thoughts and feelings? What would they
like us to know? What if we could communicate with them?
Drawing on the latest scientific findings we explore their
inner lives and the powerful human-animal bond. We also
explore how animals have been trained to detect cancer with
98% accuracy, medical alert dogs, therapy dogs and service
animals. Also, learn about how you can use a therapeutic
massage technique. You are welcome to bring your certified
service animals to the class.
Instructor: Genie Joseph
$20/$15 members
Jewish Heritage Center
Inside The Writing of The Lost Letter
with Jillian Cantor
Tuesday, June 12, 6 pm
The Tucson J is thrilled to celebrate the paperback launch
of “The Lost Letter” by local award-winning author Jillian
Cantor. From a stamp engraver’s apprentice in Austria on the
eve of Kristallnacht to a journalist coping with her father’s
memory loss in Los Angeles in 1989, the novel traces the
path of a mysterious love letter that connects generations of
Jewish families.
Free and Open to all
Jewish Heritage Center