It’s time. After more than 25 years of squeezing into a renovated ranch house, next door to the Tucson Hebrew Academy, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona is, at last, launching a capital campaign to build a new facility right around the corner, on the Jewish community campus. “When I started here 20 years ago,…
“And they shall beat their swords into plough shares, and their spears into pruning hooks.” (Isaiah 2:4) In a very 21st century iteration of Isaiah’s prophesy, Mark Seifert, MD is the first cardiologist in Arizona to take an electromagnetic technology, invented to improve the aim of Israeli fighter pilots, and use it instead to save…
When Lynne moved into Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood in 1976, the setting was ideal for her young family. “I loved the house because Arcadia at the time was just a perfect neighborhood to raise my family. We had almond trees, we had a fig tree, naval and juice oranges. It was just gorgeous,” says Lynne. But…
Student volunteers at Arizona State University and the University of Arizona are joining a new national advocacy and research project to combat the growing problem of food insecurity on college campuses. The Campus Hunger Project is a collaboration of Challah for Hunger and MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger. Since ASU and UA already have…
Ester Leutenberg and her daughter Kathy Khalsa were inspired to write their first book together in 1987, in response to their son and brother Mitchell’s death by suicide the previous year. It provided a path to healing for them, while creating a tool to help others. With illustrations by her younger daughter, Amy, their Life…
Lance Goldberg does not shy away from discussing death. It’s actually a top priority for him. He is carrying on the advocacy work that his wife, Terry, started before she died in 2015. “We all die. And our loved ones all die,” says Lance. “It’s not a question of can you keep them from dying,…
Honey is one of those rare foods that you can indulge in and feel virtuous about at the same time. When we dip apples in honey and recite the blessing for a sweet new year, we also enjoy the healthy benefits of liquid gold. Honey is reported to be an excellent source of antioxidants and…
Does the name Henry Gross ring a bell? You might remember him as the youngest performer at Woodstock – he was 18 when he took the stage with the ’50s revival band Sha Na Na. Or you might recall his 1976 No.1 hit, “Shannon.” Or perhaps you saw him in the road company of the…
Once upon a time, there was a storyteller by the name of Jordan Wiley-Hill. And Jordan dreamt of a way to use his creativity as a storyteller, pedagogic skills as an educator and awareness of the benefits of mindfulness and meditation to help students succeed in school. So Jordan created the Mindfulness Education Exchange. His…
It’s been a busy year for the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix, so they’re gearing up to celebrate. In the first year of its Life & Legacy program, the foundation and its 12 community partners exceeded their goal and secured 347 legacy commitments, totaling an estimated $17.2 million, to support local Jewish organizations. “I…
