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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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Jewish Community Members Honored at National Philanthropy Day Celebration
Several Jewish community members were among those honored Nov. 13 at the National Philanthropy Day virtual celebration hosted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Southern Arizona Chapter. The chapter includes members from Tucson, Marana, Green Valley and Southern Arizona. They have more than 150 members in the chapter, some of whom have been fundraising for…
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The Resourcefulness of the Historical and Contemporary Jewish Kitchen
On Wednesday, November 18 at 1 pm (ET), YIVO will host a panel looking at fermenting and foraging techniques, which are increasingly appealing to those seeking to create economical, nourishing, waste-free meals. The panel, moderated by Jane Ziegelman and featuring chefs Ari Miller and Jeremy Umansky, will explore today’s innovative tactics for creating waste-free meals…
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Children’s Museum of Phoenix Reopens
The Children’s Museum of Phoenix will reopen on Friday, November 20th with Adventure Play, providing over 20,000 square feet of insanely creative, open-ended, imaginative play experiences for children and their families – all outdoors. Encompassing the entire front yard along 7th Street as well as over 15,000 square feet of new space created in the…
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Israeli Hospital Creates Unique Program to Keep Schools Open
Sheba Medical Center, the largest hospital in Israel, which has created numerous technological innovations to combat COVID-19, has launched a novel pilot ‘rapid corona’ testing program., designed to keep schools open amidst the challenges of the pandemic The director of the Infectious Diseases Unit at Sheba, Dr. Gili Regev-Yochay, launched Live Safe – Studying Alongside…
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Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked 8th in the World for Research Quality
The Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, Israel, has been ranked eighth globally for research quality in a weighted (proportional) ranking conducted by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) of Leiden University, the Netherlands The Weizmann Institute is one of only two institutions outside the United States in the top ten (the other is…
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Historic Virtual Kristallnacht Commemoration
Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and H.E. Shaikh Abdulla Bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s Ambassador to the United States, are inviting you to join them on Monday evening, November 9 at 8 pm ET for a historic virtual Kristallnacht commemoration. This is the first time that a Gulf leader will…
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Fall Community Blood Drive
The Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix and Martin Pear JCC will hold a third community blood drive at the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus on Friday, Nov. 6 from 8 am to 1 pm. To date, approximately 100 donors have answered the call to give back at the first two blood drives, which took place…
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11-Year Old Boy Inspires The Giving Tree to Raise $10,000
Photo: Employees of The Giving Tree Dispensary don their Get Your Grey On T-shirts in honor and support of #TeamParker and the National Brain Tumor Society. With over $90,000 raised for charities, The Giving Tree Dispensary is has been involved in a number of campaigns to help give back to their community, including hosting a…
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Amplifying Voices Series
Amplifying Voices is a six-part virtual series presented by the Tucson JCC designed to help us explore the intersectional relationship between Black and Jewish identity and community. The program is designed to create space for Jews of Color to share their experiences as both Jews and Black people and is available to anyone who would…
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Birthright Israel announces Arianna Huffington as Keynote Speaker for Nov. 8 Event
Birthright Israel, the largest provider of cultural trips in the world, announces that Thrive Global Founder and CEO and international media mogul Arianna Huffington will participate in a keynote on entrepreneurship and the importance of building resilience and prioritizing well-being at the 2020 Excelerate Summit on Sunday, November 8. The online event kicks off the ten-year anniversary…