Jewish American Heritage Month

Arizona Jewish life is the lifestyle magazine that celebrates the vitality, diversity, challenges and accomplishments of our community. Specializing in print and digital magazines, annual resource guides/directories, and contemporary new online media, Arizona Jewish Life is a powerful marketing tool for anyone wanting to reach the Jewish community with impact.

The Center for Jewish Philanthropy of Greater Phoenix is dedicated to serving the Greater
Jewish community throughout the Valley. By bringing us together, we can celebrate,
reimagine, and cultivate a stronger and more diverse Jewish community through Jewish
philanthropy and dedication to service.

A Safe Space for Children, Teens & Adults in Greater Phoenix - Jewish Family and Children’s Service is a non-profit, non-sectarian 501(c) (3) organization dedicated to strengthening the community through quality behavioral health social services, and primary medical care to children, families and adults. Our approach to care is based on traditional Jewish values, but that does not mean we only serve Jewish families. We provide quality services to people of all faiths that helps strengthen families, resolve conflicts and cope with everyday living.

There are 72 jewish nonprofit organizations in the greater Phoenix metro area, including the cities of Phoenix, Casa Grande, Chandler, Mesa, Scottsdale, and Tempe. Combined, these Phoenix metro Jewish organizations employ 176 people, earn more than $22 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $56 million.

JDC founded to assist Jews in need. With the onset of World War I, some 60,000 Jews in Ottoman-ruled Palestine were near starvation, cut off from traditional sources of support in the European Jewish community. Henry Morgenthau Sr., U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, cabled prominent American Jewish leader Jacob Schiff in New York, appealing for $50,000 (equal to $1 million today) in aid to be dispatched immediately. American Jewish donors promptly wired the sum, and JDC was born.