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The East Valley Jewish Community Building Initiative will provide the starting point for an ongoing conversation about how to create a stronger, even more cohesive Jewish community in the East Valley.

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Please join us on Sunday, May 5 for an afternoon seminar in which local Jewish leaders will gather to explore the Jewish value of community by examining its role for Jews in the East Valley in relation to the Greater Phoenix area.

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Fred Astren, Ph.D.

Fred Astren, Ph.D.San Francisco State University Professor and Chair, Department of Jewish Studies Professor Astren received his doctorate in Near Eastern Studies from the University of California at Berkeley in 1993.