Ahead of the upcoming Christmas holiday season, The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) has sent $515,000 to 156 Righteous Gentile, rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust living in 14 different countries. The foundation provides monthly financial awards to these aged and needy Righteous Gentiles, helping to repay a debt of gratitude on behalf of…
Nefesh B’Nefesh infographic breaking down the 2021 Aliyah stats for North America. Aliyah (immigration to Israel) surged in 2021, with the 27,050 new arrivals from across the globe representing a 30% increase over the previous year’s 21,820 olim (immigrants), according to statistics released today by the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, The Jewish Agency…
As dozens of Jewish organizations plan delegations to the United Arab Emirates following the signing of the Abraham Accords, Visions of Abraham (VOA), a nonprofit working to create and promote educational initiatives relating to interfaith programming between Muslims and Jews, has launched. The group aims to provide an in-depth look at the impact of the…
Health experts say that it’s not too late to get a flu shot, especially as COVID-19 remains active and Arizona’s flu season ramps up. Vaccination and following a few simple tips can help slow the spread and ease the burden on our state’s health providers. Most flu cases have occurred from mid-December through February over…
Congratulations go to The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Arizona Alumni Amanda Bauer. Amanda recently received her MA from the University of California Los Angeles in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Her MA thesis is titled, “A Preliminary Catalogue: Female Plaque Figurines in Late Bronze Canaan” (2021). She…
Photo: Tamara Zach, left, and Meghan Shapiro have been elected to the Jewish Family & Children’s Service Governance Board. Tamara Zach and Meghan Shapiro have been elected to serve a three-year term on the Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JFCS) Governance Board. JFCS is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization that strengthens the community by providing behavioral…
NEWH, The Network of the Hospitality Industry, the premier networking resource for the hospitality industry, providing scholarships, education, leadership development, recognition of excellence, and business development opportunities hosted its NEWHonors Arizona TopID awards gala on Dec. 9 at Papago Golf Course in Phoenix. These awards honor organizations that create the best hospitality spaces in the…
A company that fuses Torah values with environmental stewardship. A prayer-enhancement curriculum that imbues spiritual meaning into tefilla for school-age children. An organization that supports families who have suffered miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss. These are just some of the mission-driven Jewish nonprofits funded by the Orthodox Union’s Impact Accelerator program, which identifies and invests…
Photo: Roz Rothstein, CEO StandWithUs and Mark Swenson, Arizona state Deputy Treasurer. On December 9, treasurers from U.S. states announced that they sent a letter to Unilever CEO Alan Jope demanding clarification of the discrepancy between the representations that Unilever made to states about its lack of authority to override Ben & Jerry’s announced boycott…
Photo: Dr. Katy Borodkin. Image courtesy of Tel Aviv University A new study from Tel Aviv University found that interaction between mothers and their toddlers is reduced by a factor of four when the mothers use their smartphones, which might damage the toddler’s development and have even greater and far-reaching consequences. The results of the…
