More than 720 501c3 nonprofit organizations across the state, from small hyper-local volunteer-run agencies to major organizations with widespread presence, have registered and been vetted for participation in Arizona Gives Day, a 24-hour online fund-raising event benefiting Arizona charities. Arizona Gives Day is an annual, statewide day of giving that invites Arizonans to support their…
Pictured above: Dr. Danielle Ofri. The 10th Annual Cindy Wool Memorial Seminar on Humanism in Healthcare, honoring a decade of encouraging compassionate care, will be on Monday, March 25. Dr. Danielle Ofri, an internist, acclaimed author and one of the foremost speakers about the doctor-patient relationship, will discuss the topic of her latest book, “What…
Pictured above: The OdySea in the Desert complex is an entertainment destination in Scottsdale. The OdySea in the Desert management team has been informed by Ventura Entertainment, the parent company of Dolphinaris, that dolphins will not be part of a new attraction slated for the former Dolphinaris space. Ventura representatives confirm with OdySea in the…
Pictured above: An IsraAID volunteer helps Syrian refugees come ashore on the island of Lesbos, Greece. Photo courtesy of IsraAid Rachel Wallace will present “Humanitarian Heroes Around the World” at the Weintraub Israel Center’s Gertrude and Fred Rosen Memorial Lecture on March 11. The free lecture launches a month-long photo exhibit, “Stories of Courage and…
Image by DariuszSankowski on Pixabay Israel’s Council for Higher Education approved a multiyear plan to boost internationalization in higher education. The CHE set a goal of 24,000 for the number of international students studying in Israel by 2022, compared with 11,000 international students in 2017, an increase of 118 percent. In order to facilitate the…
Hipster or Hasidic? There’s no need to chose sides when you wear a shirt from Schmattees, a new apparel line whose designs combine a little bit of cheekiness and a whole lot of chutzpah.The 10-piece line of humorous t-shirts and sweatshirts combine Jewish culture and rituals, Yiddish expressions, eye-catching graphic design with current meme-linguistics. Slogans such as “If You Can’t Say Anything Nice…Say It In Yiddish”, “Happy…
Last Day of February Effort Helps Raise the Awareness of Rare Genetic Diseases JScreen, a national nonprofit community based genetic screening and health initiative, highlights the importance of Rare Disease Day 2019 by offering a discount on their at-home genetic screening test valid only on Feb. 28, 2019 – Rare Disease Day. To claim the discount,…
The United States, Russia, and China have all landed spacecrafts on the moon. Soon humanity will add a fourth country to that list: Israel. SpaceIL is scheduled to launch Beresheet, an unmanned spacecraft, onboard an American SpaceX rocket today (Feb. 21) at 5:45 pm PST. It will be the first non-governmental spacecraft to land on…
PHOTO: Heather Johnston, U.S. Israel Education Association executive director, speaks at Wednesday’s forum alongside Ashraf Jabari, a Palestinian, and Avi Zimmerman, an Israeli, the two of whom are cofounders of the Judea Samaria Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Photo by Eitan Tal An initiative aimed at advancing economic opportunities in the West Bank was launched…
PHOTO: Apollo 16 landed on the moon in 1972. Courtesy NASA Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries announced Feb. 18 that Israel’s inaugural voyage to the moon – the world’s first privately funded lunar mission – will begin on Feb. 21 at approximately 8:45 pm EST, when the lunar lander “Beresheet” (“In the Beginning”)…
