Pomegranates (rimonim in Hebrew) add color and symbolism to Rosh Hashanah tables worldwide. Here’s why you should try one. By Viva Sarah Press Pomegranate season is underway. Markets are teeming with this glorious red fruit, supermarket shelves are packed with pomegranate juices, and cosmetic stores are promoting pomegranate oil-infused creams. The fruit-with-a-crown is one of…
Pomegranates add a splash of color, texture and flavor to many dishes. Photo by Anne Kleinberg Now that you know why you want to wrestle with this amazing fruit, check out recipes to enjoy the hard-earned nuggets of flavor in Jewish Life columnist Anne Kleinberg’s book Pomegranates: 70 Celebratory Recipes. Published by Ten Speed Press…
The Jewish tunes most familiar around the globe undoubtedly are the catchy “If I Were a Rich Man” from “Fiddler on the Roof” or the folksy wedding staple “Hava Nagila.” But to generations of Jewish people worldwide, the “Kol Nidre,” with its haunting melody, is the song that most resonates as it brings to mind…
ON-GOING: 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 nearby schools available. 12701 N Scottsdale Road. 480-483-7121 ext. 1275, vosjcc.org J-Care Afterschool Program at the Tucson JCC Includes a variety of activities, help…
Five Arizona teens spent the summer before their senior year exploring Israel and 4,000 years of Jewish history at the Alexander Muss High School in Israel. AMHSI, which is now a part of Jewish National Fund, is an accredited English-language, semester-abroad program for high school students where the land of Israel becomes a living classroom. Madeline…
Ever read anything so shocking that you had to run to the Internet (or your husband the pediatrician) to make sure you didn’t just dream it? That’s pretty much what happened the other day when I causually perused my hubby’s new issue of Contemporary Pediatrics. Did you know that the United States has the highest…
Family rallies to ensure Casino Night is an award presentation and fundraiser to remember Casino Night 2015 at the Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center takes on a western flair under starlit skies at the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus on Oct. 17. The community is invited to bring out their jeans, boots and…
Holidays great time to reflect on accomplishments and look toward future improvement This month we celebrate the Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur, two very important Jewish holidays. It is a time for us to be introspective as individuals – reaching out for forgiveness and refocusing how we want to live our lives differently. At…
Educational program on Ashkenazi Jewish genetic diseases The Jewish Genetic Diseases Center of Greater Phoenix is presenting Gary Frohlich speaking on “Our Heritage and Our Health – Facts about Genetic Conditions among the Ashkenazim.” The program will be held at the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, 12701 N Scottsdale Road, at 6:30 pm on Sept….
Through SEPT. 20 Lucky Stiff, a zany, offbeat and very funny musical murder mystery farc. At Arizona Broadway Theatre, 7701 W Paradise Lane, Peoria. azbroadway.org SEPT.1 Hadassah VOS talk on sex trafficking. See page 79 SEPT. 2-6 Red Rocks Music Festival in Phoenix and Sedona. See page 28 SEPT. 3, 10, 17, 24 Moral Choice…
