Roz Monahan is no stranger to the stage. She grew up taking dancing lessons and then went on to work on Broadway in several shows. “I don’t want to be specific with names, but I was in several shows – some were successful, many were not,” she says. She danced in the “most famous chorus…
The full quote from Margaret Mead reads: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. On Monday, June 21, we discovered an antisemitic/anti-Zionist post from Dr. Fidaa Wishah, a pediatric radiologist at Phoenix Children’s Hospital that stated, among other things, that…
Photo: Rabbi Rami Bigelman and Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin speak with the media at Chabad on River in Tucson on June 8. On Monday morning, June 7, as Chabad on River Center’s Director, Rabbi Rami Bigelman, arrived to teach a Torah class, he found a swastika painted on the classroom door with a racial slur. He…
Photo: A covered walkway connects the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Marcus Campus in Beer-Sheva with the train station and the Advanced Technology Park. Credit Dani Machlis/BGU A winning consortium led by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) – the Israeli leader, and Arizona State University (ASU) – the U.S. leader, along with several other…
Have you ever thought about fostering or adopting a child but didn’t know where to start? Welcome to Yatom: The Jewish Foster & Adoption Network. Yatom is a nationwide program with its base here in the Valley. Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, founder and president, started Yatom when he realized that the Jewish community at large…
Photo: Denise and Eric Kaye. Photo courtesy Jean Laninga Creative Denise and Eric Kaye, owners of Connections In Home Care, have been providing professional care that allows people to age in place in their homes for more than six years in the Valley. Since they are such a respected resource in the senior community, they…
Photo courtesy Focus Features At the beginning of “Final Account,” you realize that this is unlike any other documentary on the Holocaust that you’ve ever watched. It starts with an elderly gentleman, Hugo Gote, singing a song with the verses, “Sharpen the long knives … so that they go better … into the Jewish belly.”…
Leading for Change has been shaping the progressive leadership in Arizona since 2013. Through their leadership training programs and collaborations with diverse community leaders and social justice organizations, they are creating a pipeline of civic leaders prepared to reshape Arizona for the betterment of its people – children, youth and adults alike. At the helm…
Photo: Eytan Zias, co-founder and bladesmith for STEELPORT Knife Co.; the STEELPORT 8-inch chef knife. PHOTO COURTESY AUBRIE LEGAULT STEELPORT Knife Co. is a new cutlery brand handcrafted in Portland with aspirations of becoming America’s kitchen knife company. Everything that goes into the product – from the raw steel to the wooden handle – is…
Housed in the hallway right outside the library at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in downtown Phoenix is a unique collection. The Robert Kravetz, MD Medical Museum consists of 15 cases of medical antiques that are just a part of Dr. Robert Kravetz’s enormous collection that began when he purchased a small toothpaste…
