2021 will go down in the books as one of the best years in real estate and for Michael A. Pollack Real Estate Investments it has also meant the sale of five Valley shopping centers, many of which had been in his portfolio since the early 1990s. The sales, which all occurred in the fourth…
The Religious Zionists of America-Mizrachi (RZA), the umbrella movement for religious Zionism in North America, took the lead in convening 350 Diaspora rabbis and community leaders together to petition the Israeli government to re-open the country’s borders to their communities as expeditiously as possible. The participating leaders come from more than 28 countries across…
Photo: A Magen David Adom EMT administers a fourth Covid booster in a nursing home. Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s paramedic and Red Cross service, began administering fourth doses of the Covid vaccine Tuesday to seniors living in elder care facilities in an attempt to thwart the spread of the Omicron variant and to protect…
Lost Tribe, a nonprofit that connects Jewish teens through gaming and new media, announced today Lost Tribe’s Israel Journey: Tech & Gaming, a first-of-its-kind Israel travel experience that will appeal to teens’ interests around gaming culture, new media and content creation. The program is a partnership between Lost Tribe and BBYO, the leading pluralistic…
JQY (Jewish Queer Youth), a nonprofit that supports and empowers LGBTQ youth from Orthodox, Chassidic, and Sephardic/Mizrahi homes, announced on Dec. 27, it received a $1 million donation that will enable the New York City-based organization to vastly expand critical social services to LGBTQ youth in major Jewish communities around the US. The gift, by…
The Sixth Cohort of the Americans for Ben-Gurion University Zin Fellows Leadership Program will begin in January 2022 with 23 dedicated leaders who have been selected to become ambassadors for Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Israel in their local communities. Ari Ackerman from New York, Seth Harlem from Florida, and Susan Szafir from…
Photo: Shattered glass remains from a broken window at Kol Ami Tucson. Over the holiday weekend, the Tucson Police Department said Kol Ami Synagogue, formerly Temple Emanu-El, was vandalized, resulting in multiple broken windows and shattered glass. In a separate incident on Dec. 25, a group of people assaulted two men as they walked into the…
Innovative and always forward thinking, the state’s largest woman-owned law firm, Rose Law Group pc, is pleased to announce a new Space Law practice. This revolutionary new practice is a first for Arizona and it will involve assisting clients in the space and satellite arena. As part of the division, Rose Law Group pc represents…
Photo: Anuradha Mittal is the driving force behind Ben & Jerry’s decision to boycott over 800,000 Jews who live in 140 communities in various parts of Israel. Anuradha Mittal, the head of Ben & Jerry’s Board of Directors and Vice President of Ben & Jerry’s Foundation Inc. has been crowned 2021 Antisemite of the Year…
Photo: Handing out smartphones at a staff appreciation event at Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging. By Nanci Levy Every year Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging honors its “tenured” staff, staff members who have been working at Handmaker for more than five years. This year 50 staff members were honored. More than half of…
