We all have learned the facts behind the holiday of Rosh Hashanah. That the holiday begins on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, which falls this year on Sept. 6. Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of the world and marks the beginning of the Days of Awe, a 10-day…
Emily Kaye joined Landmark Capital Mortgage as a mortgage loan officer. Landmark Capital Mortgage is an Independent mortgage brokerage located in Scottsdale that specializes in home lending, including purchase, refinance, construction loans, FHA VA USDA loans, self-employed loans and more. Emily is a state-licensed mortgage loan officer. She is passionate about helping people succeed…
Post Grad-AZ Jewish Dating is a new group that was created under two months ago by four young Jewish professionals in Arizona. The group was started with the intent of helping other Jewish singles, aged 22-34, to mix and mingle with new and familiar faces in the Valley of the Sun. The group will be…
Photo: Netanel and Dr. Gidali with Sheba the dog. Photo courtesy Sheba Medical Center. For Judi Felber, each bit of progress that her 24-year-old son Netanel makes at Sheba Medical Center’s Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit – everything from grasping an object to sitting up independently to even just smiling, is celebrated. On December 13, 2018,…
Sun exposure has its benefits, among them: enhancing passion in humans. Researchers in Professor Carmit Levy’s Tel Aviv University (TAU) laboratory have found that exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunlight increases levels of romantic passion in both genders. The radiation affects the regulation of the endocrine system responsible for the release of sexual hormones in…
OneTable, an organization that empowers people in their 20s and 30s to envision new rituals and build community through Shabbat dinner, released the new PAUSE episode in their 12-month video series. This month’s episode, in collaboration with the Jewish Food Society, highlights three different Shabbat breads from around the world, inviting our users to explore…
Photo: MDA Director-General Eli Bin; Cross River Bank President, Chief Executive Officer and Founder Gilles Gade; Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion; International Fellowship of Christians and Jews President and Chief Executive Officer Yael Eckstein Magen David Adom has prioritized the task of placing defibrillators in public spaces throughout Israel. Already, thousands have been installed around the country. Defibrillators…
Decades after the U.N. General Assembly passed Resolution 3379, which declared Zionism was a form of racism, Zionists continue to be maligned on college campuses, social media, and city streets. Confronting the ongoing hostility toward Zionism in a positive, multifaceted way, Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF-USA) launched “This is What Zionism Looks Like,” a campaign that…
Shmuel Silverberg, a Yeshiva student, was shot and killed late Tuesday night, Aug. 17, in front of the Yeshivas Toras Chaim in Denver, Colorado. Yeshiva Toras Chaim released this statement, “Our Yeshiva Toras Chaim community is grief stricken at the killing of one of our students overnight. We are caring for our faculty, staff, students,…
Photo: Artist Marc Bennett stands with his work, “The History of the Star of David.” “The History of the Star of David” art installation has remained on track with strong stakeholder support and is now on view in its permanent home at Soroka Medical Center. Artist and filmmaker Marc Bennett’s monumental artwork greets visitors, patients…
