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September 20, 2002/Tishri 14 5763, Vol. 55, No. 4
Campus poised to open
Long-awaited move to Scottsdale begins
LEISAH NAMM
Managing Editor
BETH OLSON
Staff Writer
Moving day is finally here for the much-anticipated Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus. The Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix, along with a handful of its agencies, will be open for business at the site Sept. 30.
Sharing the 115,000-square-foot Scottsdale campus, located at 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, are the Bureau of Jewish Education, Council for Jews with Special Needs, the Jewish Community Foundation and the Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center.
At current count, there are nearly 1,000 VOSJCC members, said Katie Fox, membership director. A full listing of fall and winter programming is available on the center's new Web site, www.vosjcc.org.
All VOSJCC programs and services will start Monday, Sept. 30, said Fox. The only exception is the pools, which are expected to be complete by Thanksgiving, she added. The JCC preschool, currently at Temple Chai in Phoenix, is expected to begin operating at the site Sept. 30.
The Bureau of Jewish Education's office will be operational at the campus beginning Sept. 23, said Myra Shindler, principal of BJE's Hebrew High. There won't be any break in programming, as the majority of BJE's offerings are held at satellite locations.
"The bureau will have a lot of programs, just like we always do, at the different synagogues in the Valley," said Shindler.
Plans are for Hebrew High to move from Temple Chai in Phoenix to the campus in mid-October, pending completion of the classrooms, said Shindler.
The BJE Resource Center will be open by late October.
The Council for Jews with Special Needs also foresees no interruption in its current services.
"Almost all of our services are delivered at the sites - schools, camps, in parents' homes - outside of our office," said Executive Director Becca Hornstein. "The majority of our services are delivered outside of the administrative office."
Hornstein said the agency is "very excited" to be in the new campus with its sister agencies. "Especially with the Jewish Community Center because we have in the past provided a great deal of assistance in their summer camp and various programs," she added. "Because their programs and services are expanding, it means that our opportunity to provide assistance will therefore expand. We really find that so exciting."
A future move to the campus includes the Phoenix Hebrew Academy's middle school grades. A moving date has not been set, said Rabbi Harris Cooperman, principal.
"We want to make sure everything is in place," said Cooperman. "We can't have any delays along the way."
A dedication ceremony for the campus will take place 8:45 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, followed by breakfast at 9 a.m. and the federation's annual meeting at 9:30 a.m., said Shirley Norris, federation marketing director.
Contact the writers at leisah_namm@jewishaz.com and beth_olson@jewishaz.com.
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