Photo: “To Care” by Saguaro High School student artist Ella Luthro explores similarities between the Spanish flu and COVID-19. It is part of the exhibition “A Stitch in Time” at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Inspired by a current exhibition at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), students from two local high schools have…
JLTV (Jewish Life TV) proudly announces the broadcast premieres of international award-winning thrillers “Fauda” and “Prisoners of War” in U.S. and Canada, debuting on July 1, 2021. While these series have been available in a limited capacity via select streaming services, JLTV’s broadcasts marks the first time that these landmark series will air on cable…
Photo: Arizona Rep. Alma Hernandez with Holocaust survivors in the Arizona House of Representatives in Phoenix in 2020. Arizona House Bill 2241, known as the Holocaust Education Bill, passed in the Senate on Wednesday, June 30, ending a more than three-year effort to ensure Holocaust education is taught in Arizona’s public schools. The bill, which…
Photo: The research team A scientific breakthrough: Researchers from Tel Aviv University have engineered the world’s tiniest technology, with a thickness of only two atoms. According to the researchers, the new technology proposes a way for storing electric information in the thinnest unit known to science, in one of the most stable and inert materials…
Phoenix Art Museum announces a newly branded annual artists’ grants program made possible through the generosity of local donors Sally and Richard Lehmann. Known as the Sally and Richard Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards (Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards), the annual grants program will provide the opportunity for up to three Arizona-based artists to receive a grant…
Photo by Josiah Duka Photography TheaterWorks launches the Wonderland Sessions beginning Wednesday, June 30 at 7 pm at the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts. Held in conjunction with TheaterWorks’ Curiouser & Curiouser Too, the Wonderland Sessions explore the making of the immersive Curiouser Theater productions, which have captivated audiences in sold-out performances and gained…
A new Tel Aviv University study reveals that perceiving marriage as unsuccessful is a significant predictor of death from a CVA and premature death among men, no less than well-known risk factors such as smoking and lack of physical activity. The study was based on extensive health data from more than 30 years of research…
Photo: Sacred Circle by Pam Reinke The Arizona Women’s Partnership, Inc., an all-volunteer philanthropic non-profit, formed in 2002 and based in Phoenix which provides grants to grassroots charities that assist disadvantaged women and children at risk in AZ, is pleased to announce that it has awarded another $35,500 in grants. AZWP is now well over…
Beth Emeth Congregation of the West Valley is very pleased to announce that on July 1, 2021, Rabbi Jeffrey Lipschultz will become their new rabbi. Rabbi Lipschultz has been active as a conservative rabbi for the last 20 years, he grew up in Tempe and Scottsdale. He majored in political science and psychology at Fort…
From June 29th to July 3rd, America’s largest labor union, the National Education Association (NEA) will vote on two motions attacking Israel – New Business Item 29 (NBI 29) and New Business Item 51 (NBI 51). Urge your state and national NEA leaders to oppose this hate, and support mutual understanding and peace. NBIs 29 and 51 are…
