The demographics of Arizona have evolved so much over the last few decades that Arizona can now boast a number of kosher restaurants. But perhaps more surprising is that the Valley also has two kosher dessert enterprises – both with long-standing ties to the community. Fairytale Brownies is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The business has…
More than 9,000 athletes from 72 countries are expected to participate in the 19th Maccabiah Games in Israel July 18-30, including 11 athletes, three coaches and a member of the medical staff from Arizona. The Maccabiah Games began in 1932 in what was then British-ruled Palestine. Held every four years in Israel, the Maccabiah Games…
“Don’t wear horizontal stripes,” her mother would say. “They emphasize your big hips.” It’s hard to believe that Robin Brody would ever have worried about that. Her trim, athletic body is no doubt the envy of many women of all ages. Robin started running at age 54 and has run five full marathons in the…
Rabbi Judi Ahavah Del Bourgo of Har Zion Congregation in Scottsdale loves sharing her knowledge about the Torah and her passion for yoga. She enjoys this so much that she has begun a class that combines both spiritual aspects of her life. It all started for the rabbi while teaching elementary school in New York…
Scottsdale resident Cheryl Senkfor is more than just a jewelry artist – she is a literal dream weaver. A designer of woven wire jewelry, her talent for wearable art springs from a profound mystical experience she had in 2003. Senkfor, the owner of Woven Angel, has been an artist since childhood, pursuing mosaics, clay, ceramics…
MARCIA FINE Growing up as an only child in a small town, Marcia Fine found that her best friend was a good book. Reading was always an integral part of her life, so it was no surprise that she went on to earn a master’s degree in English and to become an English teacher. But…
In Jewish tradition, the cemetery is not a place of death but a place of life, where people honor their cherished ones and come to visit, sometimes leaving a small stone on the headstone as a sign of love. Many Jews long to be buried in a Jewish cemetery, not in the Jewish section of…
Anything to help an important cause. Kate Gallego has always been devoted to social justice, caring for the environment and helping her fellow citizens. So, when shortly after 9/11, a friend invited Kate to an event to raise money for the Red Cross and first responders, she made sure to be there. The gimmick for…
Anything to help an important cause. Kate Gallego has always been devoted to social justice, caring for the environment and helping her fellow citizens. So, when shortly after 9/11, a friend invited Kate to an event to raise money for the Red Cross and first responders, she made sure to be there. The gimmick for…
She’s an Emmy Award-winning writer, Emmy-nominated TV host and a best-selling author, but look up Teresa Strasser on urbandictionary.com and you’ll see she’s the “hot Jewish broad on the Adam Carolla show.” Now she has brought her incomparable wry wit and poignant perceptions to Phoenix, where her syndicated cable show, “The List,” uses that very…
