In Focus

In Focus 6.6.14

Israel 66 Celebration

The Tucson Jewish Youth Choir, led by Cantor Janece Cohen, performs.
The Tucson Jewish Youth Choir, led by Cantor Janece Cohen, performs.

About 500 people attended the Israel 66 Celebration held Wednesday evening, May 14, at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Coordinated by the Weintraub Israel Center, which is a joint program of the JCC and the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona, the event included children’s activities, Israeli food, community exhibitors, a 12 torches ceremony, an address by Deputy Consul General of Israel Uri Resnick, Ph.D., and a performance by Israeli singer Lior Balavi. Children received passport stickers at activity stations representing Israel sites, such as building a marshmallow snowman on Mt. Hermon, digging for archaeological treasures in the sand at Beit She’an, climbing the bounce house slide at Masada, and having their photos taken at Ben Gurion Airport.

(L-R) Sharon B. Megdal, Fernanda Winchester and Cathy Olswing at the 12 torches ceremony honoring local women who have helped strengthen the Tucson-Israel connection. The other honorees were Alice Baker, Gail Ben-Jamin, Sigal Devorah, Anne Friedman, Jami Gan, Batsheva Popovtzer, Esther Sherberg, Kathy Unger and Naomi Weiner. The event was inspired by a ceremony held each year on Mt. Herzl on Israel Independence Day. (William Olguin)
(L-R) Sharon B. Megdal, Fernanda Winchester and Cathy Olswing at the 12 torches ceremony honoring local women who have helped strengthen the Tucson-Israel connection. The other honorees were Alice Baker, Gail Ben-Jamin, Sigal Devorah, Anne Friedman, Jami Gan, Batsheva Popovtzer, Esther Sherberg, Kathy Unger and Naomi Weiner. The event was inspired by a ceremony held each year on Mt. Herzl on Israel Independence Day. (William Olguin)

 

in focus israel 66 chickenin focus israel 66 cowAt the activity station representing Tucson’s partnership region in Israel, Olivia Isaac (left) enjoys the petting zoo and Gilli Davidson (right) milks a pretend kibbutz cow.

 

 

 

Temple Emanu-EL reunion

Back row (L-R): Charlotte Toppel, Carol Schiffman-Durham, Fern Marmis, Mila Vasser; middle row: Dan Kirchner, Ellen Adelstein, Gladys Hanfling, Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon; front: Charlene Rosman
Back row (L-R): Charlotte Toppel, Carol Schiffman-Durham, Fern Marmis, Mila Vasser; middle row: Dan Kirchner, Ellen Adelstein, Gladys Hanfling, Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon; front: Charlene Rosman

On Friday, May 9, Temple Emanu-El celebrated the 13th anniversary of the 2001 adult B’nai Mitzvah class. Nine of the 14 members of Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon’s first adult B’nai Mitzvah class helped lead the Shabbat service.