September is the exciting time of the year when many things begin anew! It’s the beginning of football season, the return of “snowbirds” to Arizona, the first hint of cooler weather, AND the start of Jewish New Year, 5780! Resuming on September 13, Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation invites everyone to attend our regular monthly Friday…
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Religion, July 2019
SLJC’s Twilight Service
Summer is here, and so are the special Twilight Services that are held by Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation each summer! These shorter, informal services will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on the second Friday during the months of July and August! Everyone is welcome to attend! Stay tuned for the upcoming announcement of…
Religion, June 2019
Special healing service June 14
A special healing service! Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation invites everyone to attend its annual Healing Service on June 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Sun Lakes Chapel near Riggs and Sun Lakes Blvd. This beautiful and meaningful service, led by Rabbi Irwin Wiener and Cantor Ronda Polesky, will be unique because it will not include…
Religion, May 2019
All about Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation
Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation, a long-established Reform congregation that is conveniently located in Sun Lakes, strives to meet the needs of all generations within the East Valley. What makes SLJC unique are our monthly services that blend beautiful and liturgy with meaningful prayer and rituals. During our services on Friday night, May 10, we will…
Religion, May 2019
To mourn, to remember – Holocaust remembrance
Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. The German Jewish Political Theorist, Hannah Arendt (1906-1975), wrote during the trial of Adolph Eichmann in Israel: “It was as though in those last minutes he (Eichmann) was summing up the lessons that this long course in human wickedness had taught us – the lesson of the fearsome, word-and-thought-defying banality of…
Religion, April 2019
SLJC to host Congregational Passover Seder April 20
Commemorating the story of Exodus that recounts the freedom of the Israelites from slavery in Ancient Egypt, Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation will host a Congregational Passover Seder that will be held on April 20, the second night of Passover, at the Palo Verde Country Club! Everyone is invited! Bring your kids, grandkids, friends and neighbors…
Generals, April 2019
Friends of Israel, SLJC, presents Intel VP April 28
The Friends of Israel, Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation, presents Zivit Katz-Tsameret from Intel where she is Vice President, Manufacturing and Operations Factory Manager, Fab Sort Manufacturing. She will speak about her personal road to success as an engineer with Intel! What is happening at the Ocotillo Intel? Why Israel is a leader in technology and…
Religion, March 2019
Everyone is invited to the Jewish Congregation’s Passover Seder
Everyone is invited to the Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation’s Passover Seder! Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation will host a Congregational Passover Seder that will be held on April 20, the second night of Passover, at the Palo Verde Country Club! Everyone is invited! Bring your kids, grandkids, friends and neighbors to share in this delicious…
Religion, February 2019
You are invited
A New Year and a new YOU! Be Healthy, Be Happy and make new friends! Havurah Chai is the place to be as we are entering our fourth year of fun and friends. We have a wide variety of events, plus lunches and dinners and will be celebrating our fourth anniversary with dinner at…
Religion, February 2019
Something for everyone
Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation, a long-established Reform congregation that is conveniently located in Sun Lakes, strives to meet the needs of all generations within the East Valley. Whether new to the area, a long-time resident of East Valley communities, looking for an opportunity to learn more about Judaism or reconnect with your heritage or…