The more chaos outside of us, the more stability we need to create within. Authors Shari Gootter and Tejpal are releasing a new book to help guide personal transformation: Way To Be: 40 Insights and Transformative Practices in the Heart of Being. When writing the book, the authors never imagined how much more relevant it…
The Fourth of July is one of those summer holidays synonymous with large crowds gathering to swim, eat and watch fireworks. Unfortunately, this year due to COVID-19 those celebrations look a little different. There are opportunities to go to a “drive-in” style fireworks show across the Valley or maybe you’re lucky to be able to…
Photo: A strength stone kit turns a sheet of glass into stones for cancer patients and their loved ones. About a year ago, artist Gary Rosenthal was contemplating retirement when he received some devastating news. He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. “I figured I had one to three years to live,” says Gary. “Instead…
The Phoenix Holocaust Association has launched an initiative to show gratitude to caregivers in assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing facilities. The goal of the initiative is to give every caregiver employed at several different Phoenix Valley senior residences a grocery store gift card of at least $50. Vice President of PHA, Janice Friebaum,…
All Day Alba was created by a powerful duo: Milan-born martial artist, Rachel Katzin, and American entrepreneur, Brielle Mayberg. These two women have produced a line of “fashionwear” that is both comfortable and sophisticated, building a “relaxed confidence” for the wearer. How did the two of you meet? Brielle: We met completely by chance –…
Photo: Michael Berenbaum, left and Steven M. Wasserstrom will lead a discussion on anti-Semitism amid the challenges we face today. While we all have been finding our “new normal” working in solitude, museum directors at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Jewish History Museum and Holocaust History Center in Tucson and the Oregon Jewish…
Shira Siegel fell in love with Israel during her first visit there at the age of 15. “Since my first time visiting Israel, I have had this enormous love and just wanting to give back – feeling a responsibility to do as much as I can and give the most I can of myself,” she…
Photo: The Erlich family: Ben, Ella, Niel, Nachum and Alexzandra. Missing from the photo is their youngest son, Idan. Nachum Erlich came to the United States from Israel in 2005. He was a partner in Eran Diamonds in Israel when his partner’s son, who was living in the U.S. at the time, wanted to get…
In the middle of May, Graham Hoffman will become president and CEO of both the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona and the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona. Graham has held the position at the Foundation since 2018 and will be taking over at the Federation for Stuart Mellan, who has been president and CEO…
Photo: A “jewel box” home features upscale detailing and custom finishes. Karen Supman and James Mednik, Realtors with Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty, are good at helping people confronted with the challenges of downsizing, probably because both of them have been through the process themselves. When Karen’s partner died in 2012, she was left with…
