Temple Emanuel of Tempe member Karen Joseph’s life has revolved around two consistent themes since 2009 – networking and empowerment. A former preschool teacher at the iconic 92nd Street Y in New York, Joseph’s passion for teaching and helping others became the perfect springboard for creating S-E-V-E-N (Supporting and Empowering the Vision of Entrepreneurial Networking),…
Just when you thought you knew everything about the horrors of the Holocaust, new research surfaces to prove that things were even worse than first believed. Thirteen years ago, researchers at the United States Holocaust Museum began cataloguing statistics on ghettos, slave labor sites, concentration camps and death factories. When Dr. Geoffrey Magargee, a renowned…
Developed as a close combat technique by the Israeli Defense Force, Krav Maga was founded by Imi Lichtenfeld, who added street fighting techniques to his formal training in boxing and wrestling when he was faced with ethnic violence on the streets of 1930s’ Prague. After moving to prestate Israel, he began to synthesize his skills…
My friend Karen told me about a recent experience that really hurt her. It started out as a harmless Sunday morning junket to some local yard sales with a friend, who, after some serious haggling, purchased a table and chairs for less than a $100. “Boy, I really ‘Jewed’ them down, didn’t I?” her friend…
There was a backpack with wires hanging out of it in the pickup area of Los Angeles International Airport. I looked to see if I could spot the owner of the bag, but no one was in sight. I immediately alerted a policeman who shrugged his shoulders and said he would investigate. I couldn’t help…
Israel’s Ministry of Tourism recently hosted 160 tourism delegates from around the world to deliver the message that even with the recent issues in Gaza, Israel is dynamic, compelling and definitely “open for business” from worldwide tourism. The Tourism Ministry’s effort to get this message across to its tourism industry invitees was remarkable. Of the…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair …” Thus wrote Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities. I think of those words as we…
He had been in town only one week, but Shahar Edry graciously welcomed the opportunity to talk about his vision for the future. “That’s what I’m here for,” he grinned. Though he was barely settled at his desk, he was eager to share his ideas for making the Israel Center a viable, active part of…
