Every kind of music under the sun can be found here in sunny Arizona. We have the Phoenix Symphony, the Tucson Symphony, many smaller chamber music groups, choral groups, jazz venues, clubs and more. The Musical Instrument Museum has a wide variety of offerings in northeast Phoenix. They have a beautiful, tuneful state-of-the art concert…
September brings the beginning of the performing arts season to Arizona. Most groups are quiet during the hot summer months, though this past summer a few brave companies offered summer programming and were pleased with the results. Actors Theatre is one that experimented with summer programming and according to Matthew Wiener, their Producing Artistic Director,…
For homeopath Dr. Lauri Grossman, tikkun olam (healing the world) is more than a Jewish value she learned growing up in the heart of the Jewish community of Brighton Beach in Brooklyn and later the suburbs of New York. Her position as chair of the Department of International Affairs for the American Medical College of…
Morris Callaman is currently developing The Cove Family Fun Center – one of the largest and most technologically advanced indoor family entertainment centers of its kind in Arizona. The building size, based on the architectural renderings is just less than 67,000 square feet on approximately six acres of land in the Northeast Valley. The Cove…
In his journey from street kid to multimillionaire financier, Morris Callaman has come to believe there is a natural partnership between real capitalism and tikkun olam (repair of the world). “Tikkun olam is who I am. … I want to move society, human beings forward,” says the 44-year-old Morris. Morris says he believes the term…
Yom Kippur, the highest of the High Holidays, is celebrated by Jews throughout the world and is precious to us all for many reasons. The memories of childhood, the special feeling of detachment from the world though prayer and reflection, the closeness of the family praying together – all these unite to form the “specialness”…
I grew up in a home where money was talked about openly and often. Not about how much money my dad made, but about how he invested it so that it would grow for the future. “Most people make money with their hands, but if you’re smart, you’ll learn how to make money with your…
For many of us, the new year is a time to look back at what went well during the previous 12 months, look forward to what opportunities may arise in the next 12 and reflect on how we can improve, overall. While we as individuals are testing ourselves spiritually, the new year can also be…
To the ‘outside’ world, Judaism is Judaism. But to those in the community, there is an awareness that Judaism covers a wide spectrum of ideas and beliefs. Labels abound: Orthodox, Conservative and Reform are joined by Renewal, Humanistic, Reconstructionist and so on. Each denomination has its own interpretation of Torah and tradition, and each manifests…
When Rabbi Marty Scharf announced last year to the High Holy Day crowd at Kivel Campus of Care that he would not be able to continue doing services for them after 20 years, a low rumble could be heard throughout. At the Yom Kippur break, Kivel residents and family members were visibly shaken by the…
