Violins of Hope

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Julee Landau Shahon and Rachel Hoffer with Violins of Hope

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Violins of Hope tells the remarkable stories of violins played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust. Today these instruments serve not only as powerful reminders of an unimaginable experience but also reinforce key lessons of tolerance, inclusion, and diversity that are pertinent now as well as for future generations.

The Violins of Hope have been played in concert halls and exhibited in museums throughout the world. They have been featured in books, print, film and television. They have been used in lectures and educational programs and their stories and messages have impacted hundreds of thousands of individuals.

In February and March 2019, Violins of Hope traveled throughout Arizona, visiting Tucson, Flagstaff, Sedona, and more than 30 sites here in the greater Phoenix area.

For more information, visit the Violins of Hope Phoenix website and Facebook page

Julee Landau Shahon

Julee Landau Shahon is co-chair of Violins of Hope as well as a Vice Chair of the Jewish Federation Board and the Annual Campaign Chair, a position she has held for four years during two different terms. She also serves as an advisor to the Women’s Philanthropy Board, having previously served as Board Chair and Executive Committee member. Julee also serves on the Board of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix, JFNA’s National Women’s Philanthropy Board and is a member of the Phoenix Steering Committee for Technion. A graduate of the University of Michigan and a member of Congregation Beth Tefillah, Julee lives in Scottsdale with her husband, Dr. Robert Shahon. When she is not working for the Jewish Community, Julee is a real estate agent with Realty One.

Rachel Hoffer

Rachel Hoffer, co-chair of Violins of Hope, is very active in the Jewish community locally and globally. She is the Jewish Federation NowGen board advisor and serves on the Federation’s National Young Leadership Cabinet. In addition, she is North America board chair for Youth Futures, a program of the Federation’s overseas partner, JAFI. Rachel has chaired numerous events and galas for the JCC, Pardes and Federation. She was co-chair of the capital campaign to move Pardes to the Ina Levine Jewish Community campus and co-chair for the capital campaign for Congregation Beth Tefillah’s new synagogue. In addition to her leadership roles in the community, Rachel is married to Jonathan Hoffer, mother of three girls and co-founder of Fanny and Martha, an apparel company that empowers women of all ages.

Stuart Gethner

Stuart Gethner is President of Gethner Education, Coaching & Consulting. GECC was founded on the principle of helping others attain financial security through investing in real estate. Regardless if you’re trying to create immediate cash or long-term cash flow, they show you the step-by-step principles, strategies and secrets to create success. They provide a community that focuses on positive & prosperous outcomes regardless of past challenges.

GECC believes, supports and teaches the various strategies of investing in real estate, including wholesaling, flipping, buying & holding, and short-term lending. Creative financing is their specialty, and they teach how to purchase property with little or no money down to create long-term wealth.

They start by creating clarity on your goals and then creating a plan to achieve them. They begin with the basic principles followed by producing solutions for the most common problems many struggle with: finding, evaluating, financing and crafting defined and flexible exit strategies. GECC has coached hundreds of students on how to successfully invest with tremendous results. Whether you want to invest in single-family residences, commercial properties, industrial complexes, land opportunities, and more, they are passionate about showing you how to achieve the freedom and lifestyle you deserve.

As a successful real estate investor, Stuart Gethner realized many people would like to invest in real estate for yield & protection: against swings in the stock market & the constant movement towards increased inflation in addition to increasing their monthly cash flow. They would like to be in personal control of their financial future. As a result, Stuart began assisting these individuals — from young people who would like to make their fortune, to those who would like to be personally responsible for their retirement regardless of what happens to Social Security, Medicare, or the Stock Market.

Stuart started by sharing his knowledge with others by starting a local networking community that meets monthly called Networking REI (Real Estate Investing) and hosts various educational classes and seminars. In addition, he started teaching real estate investment courses for the state association, Arizona Real Estate Investors Association and 12 courses for the National REIA. Stuart is also lead editor to the Phoenix Real Estate Agent magazine & National REIA Journal. He is a Senior Instructor at the Commercial Real Estate Institute where he has taught workshops on 10 different topics that over 10,000 students have attended.

Stuart was born in Chicago to a family of real estate professionals. His undergraduate degree and graduate degree were in the field of Business and Pharmacology. He moved to Phoenix, Arizona over 30 years ago and as a true entrepreneur, started three different and very profitable independent pharmacies. He sold all three companies, which are still in business today, and has focused all his attention on his Real Estate investment practice. Stuart and his wife Stephanie live in Scottsdale, Arizona with two daughters, one son, four dogs and a head of horses.

Connect with Stuart Gethner on LinkedIn and Instagram, and follow Gethner Education, Coaching & Consulting on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Gelie Akhenblit

Gelie Akhenblit is CEO/Founder of NetworkingPhoenix, the largest professional community of entrepreneurs, business owners and various industry professionals in the Valley. The mission and focus of NetworkingPhoenix is to help others meet their goals by building impactful relationships — online and in person through mixers, business events, and local educational partners. With over 40,000 profiles created on the website since it was launched in 2008, the membership keeps growing as professionals are drawn to the website because of the comprehensive calendar that lists majority of the networking events in the Valley.

In addition to running NetworkingPhoenix, Gelie works with clients and companies on a consulting basis in helping them grow — her specialty is marketing with a focus on relationship marketing. She is who you engage with
when you understand the value of that “one connection” that can change the trajectory of everything. As her tagline goes “Who do you want to meet? I’ll introduce you.”

As a seasoned presenter, Gelie has been on many stages and media platforms speaking on the importance of having a winning strategy when engaging in face-to-face networking and the power of building and maintaining strategic
relationships. In 2015, she was invited to deliver a TEDx talk on the topic of freedom. In her message, she shared her story of being a political refugee from the former Soviet Union and how her journey to freedom has evolved and led her to, relentlessly, chase after her dreams and happiness. When she’s not working on conquering the world she’s spending time with her young daughter, working out and enjoying the guilty pleasure of lounging in bed.

Connect with Gelie Akhenblit on on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram, and follow NetworkingPhoenix on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.