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Mayor Kate Gallego: Fierce advocate for…
Kate Gallego’s path to becoming mayor of Phoenix started when she won a runoff election with Daniel Valenzuela on March…
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Tikkun Olam Top Ten
In 2019, we published our first “Tikkun Olam Top Ten.” We are continuing the tradition with what we intend to…
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Lilach Mazor Power: Growing the Giving…
Photo: Lilach Mazor Power inspects a plant in one of the many grow rooms at her dispensary. The Giving Tree…
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One-Pot Creamy Mushroom and Spinach Orzo
We all have nights when we come home after a not-so-great day and need to sit down to something as comforting as possible, as quickly as possible. This orzo is the answer. This is the creamiest, cheesiest orzo you can imagine, filled with tender mushrooms and baby spinach, that cooks up in a single pot…
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Free Zoom “Sit or Stand” Ballet Classes for Seniors
Ballet Theatre of Phoenix is offering free Zoom “sit or stand” ballet classes to all senior citizens in the community. Held online every Friday from 12:00-12:45 pm, the classes are specially designed for older adults to develop flexibility, balance and strength through movement. Created in partnership with Jewish Family & Children’s Service as a program…
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Ten years after “Congress on Your Corner”
Photo: Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) listens as Democratic lawmakers speak in support gun background checks legislation bill H.R. 8 on Capitol Hill on February 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images) On Jan. 8, 2011, a gunman killed 6 people and wounded 13 others, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, at a…
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PJ Library Invites Families to “Plant for Tomorrow”
Stewardship for the earth and a deep love and respect for trees go back to the earliest days of Jewish tradition. To address the importance of these treasured principles, PJ Library is launching the “Plant for Tomorrow” matching donation campaign to help plant tens of thousands of trees for future generations. The campaign, which may…
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JCRC Statement on the Role of Arizona Lawmakers in the Capitol Insurrection
Democracy and civil society depend upon the commitment to two principles: objective truth and democratic process. Regrettably, both have come under assault in recent months, through baseless conspiracies of election fraud and a concerted effort to overturn the will of the majority of Americans who voted in the recent election. Tragically, last week those efforts…
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Paradox Acquires Israeli Chatbot Spetz.io
Photo: The Spetz team is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Spetz was founded by three classmates in an entrepreneurial accelerator program in 2017. (Photo courtesy Business Wire) Paradox, the leading conversational AI platform helping global talent acquisition teams automate recruiting tasks like screening, interview scheduling, and candidate communications, announced today the acquisition of Spetz.io, an…
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Bollards, a solo exhibit by Daniel Friedman
A new exhibit titled “Bollards,” a solo exhibit by Daniel Friedman, opened January 8 at Five15Arts @ Chartreuse at 1301 NW Grand Ave. in Phoenix. Trump’s border wall “is a taxpayer-subsidized monument to xenophobia and ignorance. The flimsy justifications for the ineffective wall, based on racism, cruelty and an idiotic campaign promise,” inspired the series…
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Mayor Kate Gallego: Fierce advocate for our future
Kate Gallego’s path to becoming mayor of Phoenix started when she won a runoff election with Daniel Valenzuela on March 21, 2019. The election was called after former Mayor Greg Stanton resigned his seat on May 29, 2018, to run for Congress. Upon winning the election, Kate became the second elected female mayor and the…
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Arizona Housing Fund’s goal to help the homeless
Arizona has a homelessness problem, and with the expiration on Dec. 31 of the eviction moratorium for Arizona residents affected by COVID-19, the situation is expected to become worse. With 10,000 people already on the streets in Arizona (according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) and a growing waiting list for affordable…
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Educating in the era of COVID-19
There’s no doubt that next to frontline workers, teachers have had the most challenging year of their professional lives, having to shift from in-person to online learning in the blink of an eye. Still, teachers being the optimists they often are, rolled up their sleeves and soldiered on. We posed some questions to Valley teachers…