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Lilach Mazor Power: Growing the Giving Tree
Photo: Lilach Mazor Power inspects a plant in one of the many grow rooms at her dispensary. The Giving Tree…
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Leib Bolel: In the business of uniting Israel and Arizona
Leib Bolel is the president and CEO of the Arizona Israel Technology Alliance, where he oversees the facilitation of growth…
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Love Knots: Jeweler Freida Rothman links her past with her future
Freida Rothman is a nationally known jewelry designer whose jewelry is sold across the country at Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale’s…
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Experts Predict Winter COVID-Flu Combo “a Double Whammy”
By Sharon Gelbach Top epidemiologists the world over are warning that this fall’s flu season could be catastrophic, with patients suffering from flu and/or COVID overwhelming the health systems. One way of mitigating those effects, they say, is for as many people as possible to take the influenza vaccination. Professor Arnon Afek, the deputy director…
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Creative Aging Classes via ZOOM
Jewish Family & Children’s Service is offering a new session of its popular Creative Aging classes for people age 60+ beginning in August. All classes have been moved to ZOOM for the safety of our participants. Not familiar with ZOOM? We can help – just let us know! Dance Through the Decades Tuesdays – 11-12…
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Biz Ins
Terrance Daniels announced as CFO of JFCS Jewish Family & Children’s Service announced that Terrance Daniels, a seasoned professional in finance and longtime partner of the organization, will now serve as its chief financial officer. Terrance has served as a financial consultant to JFCS and its domestic violence shelter subsidiary, the Sojourner Center, over the…
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New Tech Gap Year Program in Israel
Aardvark Israel and Big Idea are thrilled to announce a new partnership enabling participants the best of both organizations’ Gap Year experiences! Introducing…Big Idea Gap Year @ Aardvark Israel. Designed for Jewish young adults, ages 17-21, who are interested in technology and expanding their professional skills, this new program brings together participants from around the…
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Friends of the IDF Welcome new Associate Director
The Friends of the IDF is thrilled to welcome Keren-Dee Hamui as its new Associate Director of the San Diego, Orange County and Arizona chapter of the FIDF. Keren-Dee visited Base 401 and said it changed her life and impacted her relationship with the IDF and her involvement in FIDF. She is from South Africa and…
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Phoenix mayor demands answers from Homeland Security
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego is demanding answers from acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf after recent reports that migrant children are being detained at the Hampton Inn & Suites hotel in Phoenix, unbeknownst to City of Phoenix officials. On July 27, the mayor posted this message on her Twitter account along…
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Back to School is Different this Year
By Dan Shufelt On July 25, 2019, Arizona Helping Hands participated in the Back to School Clothing Drive at Grand Canyon University. During that single afternoon and evening, we supplied school uniform clothing, along with backpacks stuffed full of school supplies to 1,972 children in foster care. Thanks to collection drives and donations from dozens…
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MAZON: A Jewish Response to Everyone’s Hunger
For more than 35 years, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger has been working with policymakers and engaging in broad-based advocacy to solve and fix the systemic problem of hunger in America. MAZON was founded by Leonard “Leibel” Fein (z”l) and Irv Cramer in 1985, to build a bridge between the relative abundance of the…
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Nike won’t be opening plant in Goodyear
Nike said Tuesday it’s withdrawing plans to make soles for its Nike Air shoes in a Phoenix suburb because of the coronavirus pandemic. The company had planned to invest $184 million in its third U.S. manufacturing line for Nike Air sneakers in Goodyear, Arizona. The plant was slated to begin operations this year, and employ…
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Bubbies and Sistas Know Best
In 2019, Jewish Life Television launched “Bubbies Know Best,” a dating show with a Jewish twist – where three Jewish grandmothers act as matchmakers for young and old, straight and gay, Jewish and non-Jewish. Based upon the show’s great success in season one, “Bubbies Know Best” began pre-production on season two earlier this year. With…