Israel and the Middle East in Turmoil Congregation B’nai Midbar invites the entire community to join us on Thursday, March 27, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the DesertView Performing Arts Center, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive, SaddleBrooke. Listen, Hear, and Learn Dynamic and knowledgeable, Aryeh Green speaks from a unique and deeply personal perspective on…
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Generals, January 2025
Stand With Israel Club Save the Date
Jan. 28 at 4 p.m.: Deb Rochford, National Campaign Director of Jewish National Fund-USA, presents in the Vermillion Room at SaddleBrooke One. Feb. 6 at 4 p.m.: Sharon Megdal, PhD, Director of the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC), presents “Arizona’s Wicked Water Problem” at the DesertView Performing Arts Theater. Deb Rochford currently…
Clubs & Classes, May 2024
Congregation B’nai Midbar
What’s This? A New Name and a Logo, Too? Melanie Einbund Introducing our new name: Congregation B’nai Midbar at SaddleBrooke (transliterated: B’nay Meedbar, meaning “The People of the Desert”). Wow! What a ride it has been! You’d think that changing a name would be easy. Well, it wasn’t. But thanks to many, we did it!…
Generals, January 2024
Stand With Israel Presentation January 16
Please join us for a presentation by Oz Laniado, executive director of StandWithUs and former Israel Defense Forces casualties officer, to learn about what is happening in Israel and how to stop the spread of antisemitism. His presentation, “Geopolitical Challenges in the Middle East, Israel, and the Rise of Antisemitism,” sponsored by the Stand with Israel…
Clubs & Classes, January 2024
Israel After the October 7 Attack

Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers are back to Sunday mornings at a new venue, the SaddleBrooke One Clubhouse Vermillion Room. The program starts at 9:45 a.m., with a coffee social at 9:15 a.m. We are proud to have Dr. Anat Balint, the inaugural Jeffrey B. Plevan Chair in Modern Israeli Studies at the Arizona Center for…