For a quarter of a century, the Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival has celebrated Jewish culture through film, bringing an exciting lineup of films to Arizona, honoring Jewish traditions and heritage. Their 25th Anniversary will not be any different, except this year it will include three extra days of screenings and take place in the…
Pictured above: Director Roberta Grossman with actors Karolina Gruszka and Piotre Glowacki on set in Poland. Few people today recognize the name Emanuel Ringelblum or realize the magnitude of three milk cans and 10 metal boxes buried in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, but two Valley Jewish organizations intend to change that. The…
Todd Herzog has such deep faith in music’s power and ability to build bridges that can span an increasingly divisive world he constructed an entire Valley event around this belief. The Desert Gathering Jewish Music Fest, will hold its 5th annual festival at the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus in Scottsdale from 4 to 8…
An American spelunker’s accidental discovery of long-buried buttons, a comb and a tin cup was the key to unearthing a decades-old story of ingenuity and survival during the Holocaust. This finding is the subject of “No Place on Earth,” a film that the Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival, Phoenix Holocaust Survivors’ Association and Generations After…
The rich diversity of Jewish music comes alive for music lovers of all denominations and levels of observance at this fall’s 4th Annual Desert Gathering Jewish Music Fest. Roots rock, soul, Americana, classic rock and traditional Jewish song are among the musical styles showcased at the free outdoor community gathering on Sunday, Nov. 6, noon-5…
With the prevalence of Google Maps and GPS, there is very little chance for people to run off course in today’s world, but according to one Valley couple, all who wander are not lost. Steve and Jan Hertzfeld are wanderers. Actually, they are wanderers, hikers, strollers, adventurers and explorers. Embodying the phrase “active members of…
Never forget. This short declarative sentence frequently is used to commemorate a wide array of national and international tragedies occurring in unprecedented numbers, but it originally was articulated after the Holocaust to memorialize the murder of more than 6 million European Jews. Very often “never forget” is used in conjunction with “never again,” as a…
Rabbi Barton Lee, the recently retired Arizona State University Hillel Director will present “Forever Young: A Rabbi’s Challenges Working with Jewish Young Adults on the College Campus” as part of the Beth Ami Temple Speaker Series at Beth Ami Temple in Paradise Valley on Friday, February 19, 2016 at 7:30 p.m.Rabbi Lee was the Rabbi/Executive…
Dr. Zuhdi Jaffer, president and founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, will speak at Beth Ami Temple on January 24, 2016. Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, an American Muslim activist nationally recognized for his belief on the “separation of mosque and state”, as well as being vocal opponent of the ideology of “political Islam” will…
The Jewish tunes most familiar around the globe undoubtedly are the catchy “If I Were a Rich Man” from “Fiddler on the Roof” or the folksy wedding staple “Hava Nagila.” But to generations of Jewish people worldwide, the “Kol Nidre,” with its haunting melody, is the song that most resonates as it brings to mind…
