The Israeli launch of the world’s first construction-tech hub aims to provide construction companies and real-estate developers everywhere access to disruptive high-tech innovation. Announced on April 27, the Construction Innovation Zone is a unique joint project of the Israel Builders Association, the Tel Aviv-based SOSA platform for global startup ecosystems, the Israeli Construction and Housing…
The school year in Israel runs from Sept. 1 through June 30. Israeli kids especially look forward to hahofesh ha-gadol (“the big vacation,” as summer break is universally called here), because they go to school six days a week. So during the school year they seldom get a chance to sleep over at a friend’s…
The number 40 in the Jewish tradition holds a unique spot in our history and collective psyche. The flood lasted for 40 days. Moses went up to the mountain to receive the Torah for 40 days and 40 nights. The Hebrew people wandered in the desert for 40 years. We are forbidden to study Kabbalah…
The Tzofim Friendship Caravan is celebrating over 40 years of bringing excitement, energy and friendship to North America. Founded in 1973, the first Caravan came to the United States to bring a message of hope and peace for Israel. Since that first Caravan, the program has grown to three different groups traveling across North America, from New…
Desert Foothills Jewish Community Association has been providing fellowship and spiritual support since 1998. The purpose of DFJCA is to offer the Jewish community an unaffiliated organization for themselves and their friends. Meetings are held monthly, at the offices at Grayhawk, located at Thompson Peak Parkway and Hayden Road in Scottsdale, on the third Friday at 7…
Shavuot. What a wonderful and special time! We stop, as a people, and joyously express our gratitude to G-d giving us the holiest of gifts, our beloved Torah that has sustained us and nurtured us to this very day. Torah is a gift to the Jewish people, one perhaps that too many of us take for granted…
NEW EXHIBIT AT THE CUTLER PLOTKIN JEWISH HERITAGE CENTER “Love & Marriage – The Cultural Evolution of Jewish Weddings 1912-2016” will be on display throughout the summer at the Cutler Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center at 122 E. Culver St. in Phoenix. This presentation, a collaboration between the Jewish Heritage Center and the Sylvia Plotkin Judaica…
Throughout the summer Love & Marriage – The Cultural Evolution of Jewish Weddings 1912-2016. See page 80. June 3 Schmooze Singles and Couples Pool Party (30s & 40s) with AVIV of Arizona. 5-8 pm at a private home in Central Phoenix. For additional details and to RSVP, visit Facebook.com/azschmooze. June 4 CBT Got Talent at Arizona…
