By Barbara Kaplan Mother’s Day brings thoughts of my mother and the influence she had on my design life. I guess you can say she helped design my life. My mother taught me one of the great joys in my life, which is to love beauty. That is, of course, my version of what I…
When Sheryl Bronkesh got off the plane in Arizona in 1977, she was struck by the smell of the desert. It reminded her of Israel where she had spent her junior year of college. She felt at home and has made it her primary residence for the past 37 years. Born in the Bronx, Sheryl…
Ellen Melamed, 63, always asks herself, “How can I help others?” Currently, a lecturer in family and community medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and artist-in-residence at the UA School of Fine Arts, Ellen’s healing path has been circuitous. For the first half of her life, she tried to cope. Born in…
“There are 10,000 people a day turning 65 and I think most of them live in Arizona,” says Janet Arnold, senior concierge for the Valley’s Jewish community. “All the Boomers are getting older and we’re not our parents or our grandparents’ seniors. We’re different. We’re still vibrant, we’re still full of life, we want to…
As the proud daughter of PFC Edward A. Rosenberg, who fought, was wounded in Germany’s Black Forest in WWII, and earned the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star, it was a pleasure and privilege for me to attend a recent meeting of Jewish War Veterans Scottsdale Post 210, one of four such groups in Arizona….
Jewish War Veterans Post 210 Commander Michael Chambers’ military past is surprisingly diverse. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy after high school, then after making aliyah, spent six years in army intelligence in the Israel Defense Forces. He then volunteered for the U.S. Air Force reserves when he returned to the States. Not only that,…
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Julie and Dan Witenstein know something about teamwork. Not only have they been married for 29 years, but they have also been running Arizona Sunrays Gymnastics and Dance Center for the last 25. As newlyweds, they had the opportunity to start a new business at a facility where Dan had been coaching gymnastics. His goal…
When my son was 5 years old my husband and I temporarily lost our minds and spent a ridiculous sum of money on a mini version of a Hummer for him to drive around the neighborhood. This car was totally amazing. Now that I think about it, perhaps it was part of our financially strapped,…
