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Daily Archives: December 3, 2020
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Hanukkah Happenings
Hanukkah begins at sundown on Thursday, Dec. 10. Although there are not the usual amount of celebrations happening, there are still a few events hosted locally to participate in. PJ Library Hanukkah in a Bag Each bag contains eight Hanukkah activities to enjoy with your family. $8 (one bag per family). Bags will be available…
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Krispy Kreme Glazed Doughnut Recipe (copycat)
Who can resist an original glazed doughnut fresh off the conveyor belt at Krispy Kreme? Now you can make them at home with this copycat recipe adapted from a recipe originally shared by Mark Bittman of The New York Times. Ingredients For the donuts 1 1/4 cups whole milk 2 1/4 teaspoon instant (quick-rise) yeast…
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The sweet history of Jews and doughnuts
Photo: As the popularity of the doughnut increased, Adolph Levitt opened a donut shop on Times Square, where people would stop and watch his new invention churn out donuts, often stopping traffic. During Hanukkah, doughnuts or sufganiyot are a traditional food to eat. The deep-fried dessert is symbolically prepared to remind us of the miracle…
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How do you spell it?
Hanukkah, Chanukah, Hanukah, Chanukkah, Hanukka, Chanukka. During a recent Google search for the word “Hanukkah,” I found more than 15 variations on how to spell the Festival of Lights. Every year when we are working on the issue that includes Hanukkah, we go back and forth between spelling it Hanukkah or Chanukah. The only easy…
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Israeli duo’s early Alzheimer’s detection test brings cure one step closer
Photo: RetiSpec COO Roy Kirshon, left, and CEO Eliav Shaked. (Robert Sarner/ Times of Israel) By Robert Sarner Israeli expatriate biomedical engineers Eliav Shaked and Roy Kirshon may be far from old age but one of its dreaded curses – Alzheimer’s disease (AD) – figures prominently in their lives. As business partners in an artificial…
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Engaging and enriching virtual programs for older adults
Join the Jewish Family & Children’s Service Center for Senior Enrichment during the month of December for Zoom programming exploring music, movement and more. “When COVID became a reality and JFCS had to close our physical CSE, we worried about the isolated older adults in our community,” states Jennifer Brauner, CSE director. “We are thrilled…
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Digital banking workshops for seniors
Scottsdale-based Early Warning Services, LLC, the network operator behind Zelle, the U.S.-based digital payments service, offers free e-learning classes aimed at older Americans. These classes are developed through a partnership with social change nonprofit Older Adults Technology Services (OATS). OATS online, interactive courses, offered through its award-winning technology training program, Senior Planet, educate older adults…
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Tucson International Jewish Film Festival celebrate 30 years
The Tucson International Jewish Film Festival will run this year from Jan. 3-27. The TIJFF is one of the longest-running Jewish film festivals in the country and one of the longest-running film festivals in Arizona. Being 2020, all the films this year will be virtual but there is a silver lining – there will be…
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2020 Giving Guide
ARIZONA KOSHER PANTRY 602-492-4989 azkosherpantry.org The Arizona Kosher Food Pantry is dedicated to serving all surrounding communities with the ever increasing challenges of food security regardless of religious orientation. The AKP provides specialty kosher Items to the Jewish community in a consolidated “pantry” format. BEATITUDES CAMPUS SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY 602-428-9206 beatitudescampus.org Since 1990, the Beatitudes…