Proper estate planning ensures that there is a legacy left behind after you have passed away. It ensures that your affairs will be managed by whom you want and how you want when incapacity occurs. It enables you to leave all of your hard-earned assets to whomever you want, when you want and how you…
Andara, a senior lifestyle community in Scottsdale, is definitely not an “old folk’s home.” While plenty of bubbies and a few zeydahs live at this independent and assisted-care resort, you won’t find many residents sitting in a rocking chair or knitting – unless they’re taking a break from one of the countless activities that Director…
Restricting calorie consumption is one of the few proven ways to combat aging. Though the underlying mechanism is unknown, calorie restriction has been shown to prolong lifespan in yeast, worms, flies, monkeys, and, in some studies, humans. Now Keren Yizhak, a doctoral student in Prof. Eytan Ruppin’s laboratory at Tel Aviv University’s Blavatnik School of…
Figuring out your life is no easy task. People such as Mozart knew what they were passionate about at an early age, while others take decades to find their calling. Retired Arizona Rabbi Leo Abrami, a practitioner of Logotherapy, otherwise known as positive psychology, believes the answers to finding meaning and happiness in ones life…
“You’re too intense,” my 88-year-old friend, Mickey Greenberg, stated with the clarity of an oracle as we lunched at Butterfields the other day. It wasn’t an accusation as much as a statement of fact, and without a doubt, she is correct. I’m not exactly sure what prompted the comment. Maybe it was my declaration that…
If you really want to see how today’s seniors differ from the senior citizens of yesterday, just step inside the IronOaks Fitness Center in Sun Lakes near Chandler. Watch a gym-full of “ancients” walking on treadmills, pedaling stationary bicycles, exercising with weights or doing aerobics in the pool, and you will be amazed. These people…
Israel became an independent state on May 14, 1948. Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) is celebrated each year on the same date on the Hebrew calendar. This year that falls on May 5, “Cinco de Mayo,” an important day for the people of Mexico. Being that part of my family comes from Mexico, I will…
A fashion connoisseur and importer of vintage fashions from around the world, with a large Israel-fashion influence, Misty Guerriero of Vintage by Misty is one of the most style-inspiring people on the planet! Her beauty and spirit, adorned in the most luxurious of patterns and materials, are wickedly chic and intoxicating. With a brick and…
Across the country many Jewish college students have reported that anti-Israel activity has created a hostile environment for Jewish students on some campuses. The hostility in California’s huge state university system prompted two University of California faculty members to cofound the AMCHA Initiative. The AMCHA Initiative is a nonprofit organization dedicated to investigating, documenting, educating…
As the son of a Conservative rabbi, Austin Clar expected to find many connections and insights when he spent a year studying in a yeshiva in Jerusalem. What he didn’t expect to find were some wonderful Israeli craft beers and the key to his career when he returned to the United States. Thanks to that…
