Photo courtesy the Arizona Renaissance Festival. The Renaissance Fair is back Arizona Renaissance Festival & Artisan Marketplace (Sat-Sun through March 31). 10am-6pm. $28 adults, $18 ages 5-12, under 5 free (discount tickets available online and at Fry’s Food Stores). Medieval amusement park featuring a 13-stage theater, 30-acre festival village, arts & crafts fair, jousting tournament…
Pictured above: No more boring baguettes! Colored stones with baguette-shaped diamonds paired with rounds are a new trend in bridal jewelry. Becoming engaged is a public declaration of a couple’s love and commitment to one another. The symbol of that love is the engagement ring – often a round solitaire with a simple band. Classic,…
Pictured above: The Goldman Mikvah, located at Congregation Beth Tefillah in Scottsdale. There are many reasons to visit a mikvah, or ritual bath. Jewish law requires that one immerse in a mikvah as part of the conversion process to Judaism and woman are required to immerse before getting married and when observing the laws of…
Horowitz Joins JCFSA Maya S. Horowitz joined the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, Tucson, as project manager in November. Most recently, she was a marketing and digital communications specialist at Stanford University in California, where she also previously worked as a research assistant at the Center for Deliberative Democracy. She was a writer and…
The 23rd annual Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival, running Feb. 10-24, at three Harkins theaters across the Valley, will showcase a slate of 20 independent films, including the Western United States’ premiere of a rare multi-camera shoot from the original Broadway run of the play about Golda Meir, Israel’s only female Prime Minister. VENUES: Harkins Shea…
Pictured above: The Storch violin will be on display with “The Violins of Hope” exhibit. When the “Violins of Hope” exhibit comes to Arizona this month, there will be one violin on display that has ties to a Valley family. This violin had been somewhat of a mystery to the Storch family for a long…
Pictured above: Robin Grossman’s inspirational view where she create jewelry for City Trends. Robin and Russell Grossman have lived in their Paradise Valley house just since July 2018, but they have already put their own style into renovations and have made it their own. “I’m so happy here I don’t want to move,” says Robin….
There’s a new single’s group in the West Valley for ages 55 and older and Helene Fox hopes that it is as successful as the one she started in New York in 1991. “I started a Jewish singles group in Orange County, in upstate New York,” says Helene. “It went over really well – we…
Pictured above: From left, Jason Isaak (campaign staffer), Joseph Sciarrotta, Jr. (deputy division chief counsel) and AG Brnovich inside the Sderot Indoor Playground. Attorney General Mark Brnovich had never visited Israel until last year – and he ended up going twice (at no taxpayer expense). His first trip was in July 2018 where he attended…
Photo courtesy Desert Botanical Garden. THE GARDEN IS GOING TO THE DOGS Dog’ Day in the Garden (Sat. Jan. 19). 8am-2pm. $24.95 adults, $12.95 ages 3-17; $4 per dog. Enjoy the garden with your dog. Meet other dog lovers, heel for family photos, learn about local dog-related nonprofits, shop and enjoy samples with your pup….
