Pictured above: Dr. Deborah Lipstadt Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Southern Arizona invites the Tucson community to join them for their Celebration of Caring event to be held on Sunday, April 8 at 5:30 pm at the Westin La Paloma in Tucson. This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, distinguished professor, author and…
Pardes Jewish Day School has incorporated TED-Ed Club into their 21st Century Learning curriculum. A division of TED-Ed Lessons Worth Sharing, the program includes a network of over 3,000 clubs in 115 countries. It enables Pardes students to participate in a global movement that empowers youth to seek their passions and share them with inventiveness…
Genocide Awareness Week, April 9-14, is a series of lectures, exhibits and storytelling by distinguished survivors, scholars, politicians, activists, artists, humanitarians and members of law enforcement. This week-long event seeks to address how we, as a global society, confront violent actions and current and ongoing threats of genocide throughout the world, while also looking to…
March is National Women’s History Month and throughout our history, women have played a significant role, from the first Jewish woman, Sarah, to Purim’s celebrated Queen Esther. For those who do not know the story, King Ahasuerus has unknowingly taken a Jewish woman to be his queen. Her cousin Mordecai uncovered and prevented a plot…
February 19, 2018 And there it is. The look. The look I knew I would see. And I will get it again and again, from this moment forward. I just didn’t expect it to happen so quickly. As my family checked into our hotel tonight, after two nights of choppy, if any sleep, countless hours spent wandering around…
One of the hallmarks of modern society is unrelenting noise. The persistent sounds of traffic, sirens, cell phones, television and unsolicited conversations are all part of contemporary life and “living out loud.” We have come to accept as normative the constant bombardment of visual and auditory noise. From electronic devices which keep us plugged in,…
So, we blinked and here we are already into the second month of 2018. That means we begin our campaign for Jewish needs anew, and it’s not the same old, same old. Our board recently adopted a new mission statement, To engage and strengthen a vibrant Jewish community while providing for Jews in need locally,…
The 28th Annual Brandeis National Committee, Phoenix Chapter, Book & Author Luncheon will take place on Monday, March 12 from 9 am-3:30 pm at The Sheraton Grand Phoenix at 340 N. Third St. in downtown Phoenix. There will be a panel of five bestselling authors featured: Tina Brown (The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983‐1992), A.J. Finn…
In 1980, I began my career as a law clerk working at the Arizona Court of Appeals. My job was to research issues for the judge and work on draft opinions, which would then be thoroughly reviewed, analyzed and edited until he was completely satisfied with the result. I spent countless hours examining case law…
