Irwin Sheinbein This is Me

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1. 1. 40 years in the desert and counting - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix

   www.jewishaz.com/issues/story. - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/11/2006   Last Visited: 6/11/2006

   "As soon as he was finished explaining why we needed the variance, there was this excruciatingly loud clap of thunder and a wind that came and opened up the doors of the council chambers,'" says Irwin Sheinbein, president of the PHA board.
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   "The people that were involved from the beginning recognized that they wanted to see a day school that had an Orthodox philosophy to it," Irwin Sheinbein says, "but again they were realistic to understand that you didn't have the constituency - the strictly Orthodox constituency - to fill the school."
   
   Therefore, he says, Rebibo and his wife, Odette, had to emphasize that all Jewish students would be welcome and they weren't going to be turned into Orthodox students, but would be given the background to make informed decisions about their own Jewish identity and practice.
   
   That worked. After the school was established, Sheinbein says, many of the most active parents "were leaders at (Temple) Beth Israel, which at the time was the leading Reform congregation in Phoenix."
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   "The people who started the academy didn't have children of elementary school age," says Irwin Sheinbein, "but they recognized the benefit of a day school for future generations."
   
   Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the first Jewish day school in the Valley has done anything but wander about the desert.

2. 2. Day Schools

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   Published on: 11/28/2004   Last Visited: 11/28/2004

   President: Irwin Sheinbein Kindergarten-eighth grade. Community day school since 1965. Hebrew, general studies.

3. 3. www.ouwestcoast.org

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   Published on: 11/19/2007   Last Visited: 1/3/2008

   President: Irwin Sheinbein