Jewish War Veterans Copper State Post 619 is an all-volunteer organization, whose sole mission is to support hospitalized, homeless and at-risk veterans in need in the Phoenix metro area. JWV was created in 1896 by American Civil War veterans. Jewish War Veterans Copper State Post 619 (JWV) recently installed the following members to its Board of…
If you live in Arizona, there is an important event happening this Thursday, March 30 at the Valley of the Sun JCC. But don’t worry, if you live anywhere else, you can watch the event virtually. There is no charge, but registration is required: https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/wcarizonastpp0323
For the past few years, Arizonians needing food assistance have come to the Arizona Kosher Pantry in Phoenix to pick up necessary items. AKP, which has been in operation since 2018, helps thousands of Arizonans each month, according to azkosherpantry.org. The site also mentioned that the pantry provides more than 200,000 pounds of food each year. It is stocked with donated…
Photo: News 360 TV COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — A year ago, Jeff Cohen and three others survived a hostage standoff at their Reform Jewish synagogue in this Fort Worth suburb. Their trauma did not disappear, though, with the FBI’s killing of the pistol-wielding captor, 44-year-old British national Malik Faisal Akram. Healing from the Jan. 15, 2022,…
Julian Edelman, the former wide receiver for the New England Patriots began to embrace Judaism as a young adult. As his NFL career progressed, he and his father, who is Jewish began to embrace Judaism more and more and began studying with Rabbi Bill Hamilton during weekly sessions. In 2015, he made a trip to…
Nine different law student groups at the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Law, have begun this new academic year by amending bylaws to ensure that they will never invite any speakers that support Israel or Zionism. If it wasn’t so frightening, one might be able to recognize the irony in the sight of campus progressives…
Click here to Reserve your seat Living a Life That Matters: from Nazi Nightmare to American Dream We are very honored to have Ben Lesser as our Holocaust speaker this year. Tickets are available now for the Chandler Center for the Arts. In this engaging, inspiring, and educational Holocaust survivor memoir, Ben Lesser invites you to…
The ADL was recently notified of Ethan Schmidt (pictured above, left), a right-wing extremist based in the Phoenix metropolitan area who posted a video describing himself as an authoritarian Christian nationalist. In the video, Schmidt was driving in an undisclosed area announcing that he and his partner are “hunting” LGBTQ+ supporters and people in the…
Gun Violence Awareness Day Participants ‘Chalk Over Hate’ WASHINGTON, DC – To fight the hate underlying mass shootings, hundreds are taking to to the streets of America armed only with chalk. The campaign – ‘Chalk Over Hate’ – launches on the eve of Shavuot and on the National Day of Gun Violence Awareness, Friday June 3rd….
On May 4, ADL Education Director Kelsey Greenberg-Young and Associate Director of Law Enforcement and Security Initiatives Matt Brown met with the Mesa Police Department’s (MPD) Hate Crimes department, at their request. MPD’s strategy for their involvement with K-12 schools in the Mesa area focuses on bias, bullying, and hate-related education. MPD intends to utilize federal grant funding…
