Writer and actor Jennie Fahn will entertain Valley theatergoers with her one-woman show, “Under the Jello Mold,” at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts from Sept. 23-26. The show is based on Jennie’s colorful mother and told in anecdotes, characters and songs. The unique title is an homage to the hiding place where Jennie’s…
Decades after the U.N. General Assembly passed Resolution 3379, which declared Zionism was a form of racism, Zionists continue to be maligned on college campuses, social media, and city streets. Confronting the ongoing hostility toward Zionism in a positive, multifaceted way, Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF-USA) launched “This is What Zionism Looks Like,” a campaign that…
Shmuel Silverberg, a Yeshiva student, was shot and killed late Tuesday night, Aug. 17, in front of the Yeshivas Toras Chaim in Denver, Colorado. Yeshiva Toras Chaim released this statement, “Our Yeshiva Toras Chaim community is grief stricken at the killing of one of our students overnight. We are caring for our faculty, staff, students,…
Photo: Ben & Jerry’s ice cream pints with Hebrew lettering. (Linda Gradstein via JTA.org) By Ron Kampeas Arizona has become the eighth state to begin reviewing whether Ben & Jerry’s plans to withdraw from doing business in the West Bank merits sanctions under its law targeting the Israel boycott movement. In emails obtained by the Jewish Telegraphic…
Photo: Artist Marc Bennett stands with his work, “The History of the Star of David.” “The History of the Star of David” art installation has remained on track with strong stakeholder support and is now on view in its permanent home at Soroka Medical Center. Artist and filmmaker Marc Bennett’s monumental artwork greets visitors, patients…
