We are fortunate to live in a state with a variety of choices when it comes to picking the right school for your child. Hopefully, next year there will be an additional charter school option for parents. The Albert Einstein Academy will offer not only a STEAM-based (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) education but…
Gesher Disability Resources did something on Sept. 10 that they haven’t done since 2001. They held a b’nai mitzvah for eight of their members. It started with a mom asking Amy Hummell, Gesher’s executive director to consider doing the program. And then a week later, another mom asked. “It was the craziest thing,” says Amy….
By Joshua Goldstein The shofar sounds that we blow on the High Holidays take on a new meaning this year as we enter the holiday. Traditionally, the notes tekiah, shevarim, and teruah represent different notes of cries. This idea of crying is meant to stir our conscience during the time of Rosh Hashanah to confront our…
Even though Rabbi David Klatzker won’t physically move to Arizona until Sept. 8, he has already been working on getting to know the members of Congregation Or Tzion. Rabbi Klatzker has been chosen for the role of transitional rabbi since Or Tzion lost its beloved leader, Rabbi Micah Caplan, on June 14. Klatzker decided to…
When Adena Astrowsky set out to write a book about her grandmother Mania Lichtenstein’s memories from the Holocaust, she assumed it would just be a valuable keepsake for her children and other family members. Little did she realize that Living Among the Dead: My Grandmother’s Holocaust Survival Story of Love and Strength was going to…
StandWithUs has announced the launch of its new division, Rabbis United. Rabbis United will enable StandWithUs to connect more closely with rabbis and other synagogue leaders and their congregations from a variety of denominations and backgrounds in cities around the world. “It is an initiative that will hopefully help familiarize people with the wealth of…
Jewish Family & Children’s Service offers many programs and services to assist the entire community, but there are also specific ones just for the Jewish community. These programs are always provided but are being utilized more than ever by people facing challenges during these unprecedented times. One of these that many people do not know…
Matthew Schwartz always had writing a book on his bucket list, but with his full-time job as an investigative reporter with KVOA News 4 Tucson, he figured it would have to wait until he was retired. Then in 2014, he received some valuable advice. He spoke to a group from Arizona Mystery Writers when the…
For more than 35 years, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger has been working with policymakers and engaging in broad-based advocacy to solve and fix the systemic problem of hunger in America. MAZON was founded by Leonard “Leibel” Fein (z”l) and Irv Cramer in 1985, to build a bridge between the relative abundance of the…
Photo: The pavilion at Mt. Sinai cemetery will soon be equipped with streaming technology for services. Planning your end of life arrangements is not a task that anyone looks forward to, but taking care of the details is “truly the greatest gift someone can give their family,” says Ira Mann, general manager at Mt. Sinai…
