by EVJCC | Aug 31, 2023 | Arts & Culture, Teens
Congratulations to Julia Zilman, a recipient of last year’s East Valley JCC “Doing Jewish” grant, who recently published her 2023-24 (5784) calendar as part of her “Rugelach Love” project. She began this project as a way to learn more about her family’s history and...
by EVJCC | Sep 21, 2022 | Food, Teens
The East Valley JCC is excited to announce a project being developed by one of our Doing Jewish grant recipients. Julia Talore Zilman of Scottsdale has launched a project that started as a family recipe book but has grown to include a fundraising event for a Kyiv...
by EVJCC | Jan 27, 2022 | blog, Teens, Youth and Teen
Applications are now available for the East Valley JCC’s Doing Jewish Youth Grants, a new grants program for Jewish students in grades 7-12 who live in the Greater Phoenix area. “Judaism is about doing,” says Rabbi Michael Beyo, EVJCC CEO. “It’s about how we live our...
by EVJCC | Aug 4, 2020 | blog, Teens
The East Valley Jewish Community Center (EVJCC) and Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC), are inviting middle and high school students in the East Valley to submit artwork reflecting their experience and interpretation on how their lives have been affected by the...
by EVJCC | Sep 11, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Teens
Each summer, more than 3,000 Jewish teens, ranging from ages 12-16, participate in the JCC Maccabi Games, an annual Olympic-style sporting competition for Jewish teens in North America. In 2020, the East Valley JCC will send a delegation to the Games for the first...
by EVJCC | Aug 29, 2019 | Camp, Teens
The East Valley JCC is thrilled to announce that Sam Schuman started this week as the East Valley JCC’s Camp, Youth & Family director. Sam has been a part of the JCC Camp community since he was in diapers. From camper to junior counselor to athletic head and now...