For more than 40 years, Jewish Family & Children Services of Southern Arizona has provided Passover foods to Jewish residents who otherwise would not be able to afford to purchase the traditional foods that are part of the holiday celebration. Matza & More is a fine example of Tucson’s Jewish spirit of warm outreach to…
Teaching yoga in preschools has exploded in popularity nationwide, and Jewish preschools are catching on. Numerous websites and curricula offer yoga as a way to strengthen, stretch, relax and energize young children’s bodies and improve overall health through movement. “Teaching yoga is not just a trend among Jewish preschools, but among preschools in general,” says…
The Tucson Jewish Community Center and local nonprofit Community Gardens of Tucson will partner to open a new 24-plot community garden on the grounds of the J in late autumn 2015. Groundbreaking for the garden is anticipated within the coming months. “To the best of our knowledge, it’s really the first community garden in Arizona…
Timing couldn’t have been more serendipitous for Maxine Murray to start exercising at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. “I have a diagnosis of osteopenia, a condition which leads to osteoporosis,” says Maxine. “The medication known to treat this condition only builds bone density, not necessarily healthy bones. I had to do something additional to maintain…
When Ori Parnaby first saw the job posting for the Tucson Jewish Community Center concierge position, she laughed along with her sister and said, “That’s not a real job!” Indeed, Ori is one of only a few concierges at JCCs across the United States. “It’s revolutionary!” she exclaims. “It is utterly transforming our ability as…
By the end of a coffee with life coach Molly Eglin, you’ll want a cup of whatever she’s drinking. She speaks passionately, oozing with joie de vivre for her family, her profession and most things in general. As an ontological coaching specialist, her ultimate goal for every client is to “be who you are and…
