On Feb. 22 about 1,000 people from the Phoenix/Scottsdale Jewish community came together to celebrate the future of Pardes Jewish Day School at the school’s Campus Dedication and Concert in the Park. Chaired by Pardes parents Rachel Hoffer and Elisa Pinkus, the event featured a special concert by the well-known a cappella group, the Maccabeats. Prior…
Ongoing: Club J at the Valley of the Sun JCC Provides afterschool programming ranging from sports to cooking and crafts to Israeli culture and more for those in K-8. Transportation from near-by schools available. 12701 N Scottsdale Road. 480-483-7121 ext. 1275 | vosjcc.org | [email protected] J-Care Afterschool Program at the Tucson JCC Includes activities, help…
Israeli engineers are highly sought after in Israel and abroad. The high-tech capabilities within the country are renowned globally, and major corporations are opening research and development operations throughout Israel. Engineers of every type are succeeding in almost every part of the globe, and yet the country is not producing enough engineers. An elite academic…
BrainTech 2015, a global conference to explore ways in which brain technology will change the human landscape, was held in Tel Aviv March 11-12. The conference was organized by Israel’s brain initiative, Israel Brain Technologies, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance Israel’s neurotechnology industry by accelerating neuro-innovation and fostering international collaboration. President Shimon…
Tucson’s Weintraub Israel Center Oshrat Barel, WIC Director and Community Shlicha Where are you from in Israel? Northeast – a city called Beit Shean. When did you become Tucson’s shlicha? I came with my family, my husband and three daughters August 2013 and its two-year term with an option to do third year, so I…
Tucson plans full week of Israel-related events Yom Ha’aztmaut, Israeli Independence Day, falls on April 23 this year. The occasion of Israel’s 67th birthday is cause for much joy and celebration in Jewish communities throughout the world. In the Tucson Jewish community, the Weintraub Israel Center has been busily coordinating with various organizations around the…
As part of the 10th anniversary of the Phoenix-Ramat Gan sister city connection, the Israeli city is sending a performing arts delegation to Phoenix to perform at three April events. The city of Phoenix joined the Sister City movement in 1972 with the creation of Phoenix Sister Cities. As a nonprofit organization seeking to develop…
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Arizona State University have expanded their partnership with a new joint research agreement. The expanded collaboration will establish new research initiatives as well as student exchanges. The two universities will collaborate in a number of areas, including cyber security, homeland security, nanotechnology, robotics, community medicine, remote sensing, and sustainability….
An enthusiastic crowd of about 200 people from across the Greater Phoenix area came together for the 2015 Annual Campaign Kickoff for the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix on Feb. 26 in the warm and inviting sanctuary of Temple Chai in northeast Phoenix. Keynote speaker of the evening was Gil Tamary, Washington bureau chief for…
During April we celebrate Passover, Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut. While these are very different holidays, they are connected. They remind us of the persecution Jews have faced for millennia, they tell the story of the Jews surviving and thriving by coming together as a community, and they celebrate the vibrancy of Jewish life. Today,…
