Photo: Tamara Zach, left, and Meghan Shapiro have been elected to the Jewish Family & Children’s Service Governance Board. Tamara Zach and Meghan Shapiro have been elected to serve a three-year term on the Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JFCS) Governance Board. JFCS is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization that strengthens the community by providing behavioral…
NEWH, The Network of the Hospitality Industry, the premier networking resource for the hospitality industry, providing scholarships, education, leadership development, recognition of excellence, and business development opportunities hosted its NEWHonors Arizona TopID awards gala on Dec. 9 at Papago Golf Course in Phoenix. These awards honor organizations that create the best hospitality spaces in the…
A company that fuses Torah values with environmental stewardship. A prayer-enhancement curriculum that imbues spiritual meaning into tefilla for school-age children. An organization that supports families who have suffered miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss. These are just some of the mission-driven Jewish nonprofits funded by the Orthodox Union’s Impact Accelerator program, which identifies and invests…
Photo: Roz Rothstein, CEO StandWithUs and Mark Swenson, Arizona state Deputy Treasurer. On December 9, treasurers from U.S. states announced that they sent a letter to Unilever CEO Alan Jope demanding clarification of the discrepancy between the representations that Unilever made to states about its lack of authority to override Ben & Jerry’s announced boycott…
Photo: Dr. Katy Borodkin. Image courtesy of Tel Aviv University A new study from Tel Aviv University found that interaction between mothers and their toddlers is reduced by a factor of four when the mothers use their smartphones, which might damage the toddler’s development and have even greater and far-reaching consequences. The results of the…
Photo: Ido Rosenblat, Magen David Adom chief information officer, and Uri Shacham, MDA chief of staff, stand in front of “MDAnet,” the technology system used in Israel and modified for Hatzalah South Florida. Magen David Adom’s groundbreaking technology, which powers the emergency dispatching systems in Israel for medical emergencies and the National Fire Rescue Service…
Do you know (or have) a teen going to Israel? They can apply for a grant! The Harold & Jean Grossman Teen Israel Experience Incentive Grant Fund was made possible through a generous endowment established by Harold (z”l) & Jean (z”l) Grossman to encourage Jewish teens to participate in Israel experience programming. Teens age 15…
