Pictured above: Halle Siegel, Mara Friedman, Eva Bogomolny, Lexi Stovsky and Eric Sterin at Shabbat services. Yesterday, while eating outside at the Phoenix Public Market Cafe, a gust of smoke blew over me. Whenever I smell a campfire, I am always taken back. My eyes didn’t water from the smoke, but because its rustic smell…
Academically talented and motivated teens can get a taste of college this summer. Participants in the Arizona State University Barrett Summer Scholars program experience college firsthand and prepare for enrollment and success at ASU and Barrett, the Honors College. Participants live on campus, engage in college-level coursework and build a community with their peers. Students participate…
Pictured above: Participants at last year’s camp for young adults. Photo by Yoav Magid Who says summer camp is just for kids? Now young adults can relive (or discover) the unwired fun, creativity and friendship of Jewish summer camp. Presented by Moishe House, Camp Nai Nai Nai offers a weekend of adventure for young adults…
The word “shinshinim” sounds funny at first, but it has significant meanings. Shinshinim is an acronym for sh’nat sherut, which means “a year of service.” The Shinshinim Young Ambassadors Program brings recent Israeli high school graduates to a variety of Jewish communities abroad. There, the teens immerse themselves into the community and act as a…
College, like most things, isn’t like how the movies portray it to be. Walking on campus at Vanderbilt University, I sincerely believed I would be instantly surrounded by my twelve closest friends who I would grow old with. Needless to say, that did not happen. Instead of my happy-go-lucky dreams, I was met with an…
Always at the vanguard of innovative programming for Jewish college students, Hillel is once again creating a buzz on campus. The Springboard Fellowship – a two-year talent pipeline for the next generation of Jewish professionals – sprung to life last July at Arizona State University in Tempe and will soon be in place at the…
Leah Avuno never has a dull moment. She is always on the go. Her mission: to represent Israel, touch hearts and minds, teach, learn, discover new ideas and expand others’ world views on a daily basis. Leah and another Israeli, Bar Alkaher, are the first emissaries from Israel in Tucson as participants in the Shinshinim…
In February 1941, the University of Arizona Board of Regents voted unanimously to approve the establishment of the University of Arizona Hillel Foundation. The building that Hillel currently occupies on the UA campus is where it has been since 1950, across from the Student Union on Second Street and Mountain Avenue. Hillel offers a wide…
Mazelpalooza, one of the biggest parties of the year. continues to grow, with an expected turnout this month of over a thousand people. The event was first started in 1998 by the Young Leadership Division at the Federation in Phoenix. It has always been held on Christmas Eve – the perfect time to attract a…
Sitting down for an interview at 8 pm on a Tuesday night, after a long non-stop day of classes and meetings, Leah Avuno and Bar Alkaher are still bubbling over with energy and enthusiasm. The Jewish Agency for Israel could not have found a more perfect pair of 18-year-olds to bring Israel to life for…
