“I think of myself as a mental health lawyer,” says Charles Arnold, when asked what kind of law he practices. “We define our practice by the type of people we serve.” Arnold – “Chick” to his friends – is one of three recipients of the Arizona Region American Jewish Committee’s 2013 Judge Learned Hand Award…
The year was 1976: America celebrated its 200th birthday, Alex Haley published Roots, the Dow Jones closed at 1004, and I arrived in Tucson with a backpack, a college degree and $80 in my pocket. My parents were less than thrilled with my postgrad decision to hitchhike across the country to “find myself.” Tucson was,…
Welcome to our new feature about love: how to find it and how to keep it alive and vibrant. I hope this column will pave the way for you to find the love you seek. When it comes to relationships, if you want it to be terrific, you need to be specific; this is actually…
Coming from a generation whose first impressions of Russia were molded by early James Bond films, I hope I might be excused for having a soundtrack of Bondian music running through my head the day I risked all by breaking away from my official tour group to enjoy a few glorious hours freely wandering the…
“A sheynem dank,” “Molto grazie,” “Many thanks.”Dr. Herbert and Seema Liston and Joyce Stutzer are all enjoying their new retirement homes at La Siena, so whether they say it in Yiddish, Italian or English, they’re glad they moved into the lifestyle-focused senior-living community in north Phoenix. Named for and taking some of its architectural styling…
Every year at Passover we tell the story of the Jews leaving Egypt. Whether you take that story to be a literal tale of a people moving from slavery into freedom, or a symbolic representation of a massive psychic shift of consciousness, in retelling the story it benefits us to look at our own lives,…
It’s a bit intimidating to find yourself on the other end of the telephone with one of the top-selling novelists in the world. But when she’s as bubbly, personable and unassuming as Jodi Picoult, you quickly forget about her multiple No. 1 best-sellers and find yourself enjoying the chat as if you were longtime pals…
The first time I went to overnight camp I was 9 years old. I don’t remember having any particular desire either to go or not go. It was just what 9-year-old little girls from Chicago’s North Shore did. For two months! Two months! That was a really long time for my 9-year-old self to be…
Walking into the office, one is immediately drawn into the warmth radiating from the colorful artwork and artifacts on the walls and shelves. Colorful Latino art posters depicting animals, birds and nature, and wonderful Judaic handiwork: a menorah, a ceramic bowl with a “chai” in the center, a wooden box with a bronze Star of…
