Increase your blessings just by adjusting your attitude. It’s early in the morning, traffic is terrible and I am racing across town to make it to my 7:30 yoga class on time. As I run breathlessly into the room, I smile at the irony of entering a space where mindfulness of breath is at the…
It’s been a long time since World War II; so long that most who were alive during this critical time in our world’s history have long since passed. And meeting Jews who survived the Holocaust is also becoming more and more difficult. Soon, there will be no one left to talk to who knew what…
Or Adam is a different type of congregation. In the 1960s, the Secular Humanistic Judaism movement was founded, led by Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine. Dana Naimark attended his temple in Michigan, so years later, when she met her husband Rick and they found themselves in Phoenix, they decided to promote those ideas and concepts by…
When I was a little kid, my mother took a picture of me and our dog Patches sitting on a bed. We were both 2 at the time, and my mother wrote the caption: “Puppies.” I’ve always had dogs around me, so when I finally got myself into an apartment that allowed pets, I rescued…
All of my best memories happened at summer camp, specifically, one that I went to when I was 11. Back then, my family lived in Framingham, Mass., a suburb located about 45 minutes east of Boston. After I completed the fourth grade, my parents sent me to summer camp as a final farewell to the…
Oct. 19–Nov. 4 Theater Arts Studio presents David Auburn’s “Proof,” winner of a Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play. Performances run Oct. 19 through Nov. 4, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. General admission tickets are $20; students age 25 and younger $10; groups of 10…
Dear Helen: Can you give me some very practical tips to prepare for a phone interview? I know I could do the job if I get it. But there’s a pre-screening interview – 30 minutes with one person – before an interview with the whole team. I need to pass this test to get to…
The word for love in Hebrew is ahavah, which fits perfectly as a part of Rabbi Judi Ahavah Del Bourgo’s name, as she radiates a positive energy that is hard to describe but easy to feel. Del Bourgo is the new rabbi at Har Zion Congregation of Scottsdale. My first encounter with her was at…
Making a decision about where to send your children to school can be an overwhelming task. Considerations include: your child or children’s ages and personal learning style(s), what you would like your children to learn, and what environment best suits them. On the following pages, we have provided information about high-quality schools that offer an…
I have always been led to believe, and prior research showed, that absolutely no Jews were buried in the old Tombstone Boothill Cemetery. I am aware that in 1882 a young Jewish man by the name of Kiv Phillips, a deputy sheriff, was shot and killed in the line of duty, but his remains were…
