Planning for a bar or bat mitzvah can become practically a full-time job with all of the decisions that need to be made from the venue to the favors. We searched party planning sites, Pinterest and blogs to find some of the hottest trends in celebrations for 2018. We are happy to share them with…
Pictured above: Charlotte with her brother, Max, find their mother’s name on the Wall of Names at the Shoah Memorial (Memorial de la Shoah) in France. Charlotte Adelman says her father, Hershel, had a talent to “foresee things.” The one thing he did not foresee was what would happen to his family in Paris in…
Pictured above: Charlotte Adelman with Alain Quatreville. On July 7, Charlotte Adelman set out on a remarkable journey to Paris, France to be reunited with the son of the family that hid her during the Holocaust (for more on that story click here). She traveled with members of her family including her daughter and son-in-law,…
Pictured above: The Women’s Leadership Institute’s third year of mentors and mentees. Rabbi Elana Kanter established the Women’s Jewish Learning Center in 2010 as a center for high-level Torah study for women. Part of the mission of the center is to help develop women’s leadership within the community. The Women’s Leadership Institute is helping to…
Pictured above: Allison embraces her new found siblings, Victoria Yegehiaian and Mark Beekman. Imagine checking your Facebook messages and discovering a note from a woman who claimed to be your long-lost sister, yet you know you grew up an only child. What would you think? That exact situation happened to Rabbi Allison Lawton almost seven…
We are all used to the saying, “50% of marriages end in divorce,” but recent research pins the figure between 42-45%. The main contributing factor seems to be that fewer people are getting married. Many are opting to live together instead of tying the knot. There is one demographic, however, where divorce rates seem to…
Pictured above: Leonard Bernstein and Gail Dubinbaum. To honor what would have been Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, Temple Solel is presenting a special concert on the anniversary of Bernstein’s death, Oct. 14. “It’s an event that Solel is putting on in conjunction with The Phoenix Opera,” says Todd Herzog, cantorial soloist at Temple Solel. “John…
Pictured above: Jesse Zaritt from the Center for Jewish Studies will be performing at the conference. A special conference will be held on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University this fall. Jews and Jewishness in the Dance World celebrates and examines the impact of Jews and the Jewish experience in the dance field and…
Pictured above: Marc Prowisor is security project director of One Israel Fund. These two men are coming to the Valley in October to share their different perspectives, but similar passions, regarding the nation of Israel. ONE ISRAEL FUND Marc Prowisor is a security expert living in Israel’s Shiloh Region and has worked for the past…
Pictured above: Susan and Nestor Guzman The Arizona Jewish Historical Society will honor Susan and Nestor Guzman with the 2018 Heritage Award. The Heritage Award is presented to individuals who have made an exceptional impact on our community through outstanding leadership, service and dedication. Together, this couple has enriched the Valley with over four decades…
