Lowe’s is helping people to transform their homes this April with free curbside gardening kits. With more people spending time at home due to the pandemic, Lowe’s said they want to help people feel confident in those spaces. According to Lowe’s, nearly 90% of respondents who completed a home improvement project last year said they…
Photo: Looking out over the Rincon Mountains. Saguaro National Park is offering a summer Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program to teens, ages 16-18. YCC is an 8-week youth employment program consisting of three main components: conservation work, environmental education and outdoor recreation. The dates for the season are June 7, 2021 through July 30, 2021….
Grayhawk Capital, Arizona’s longest operating venture capital firm with a focus on early growth Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology companies, announced it has named Leib Bolel as a partner and full member of the firm. Leib first joined Grayhawk Capital in 2019 as a venture partner on the heels of establishing his own fund. “Having created significant…
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts is thrilled to welcome back pianist Jeffrey Siegel to Scottsdale for Keyboard Conversations, a series of concerts-with-commentary, scheduled to begin December 2021 on Tuesdays at 7:30 pm in the Virginia G. Piper Theater. Tickets are on sale now. Attending the everlastingly fascinating Keyboard Conversations With Jeffrey Siegel is just…
Arizona Gives Day is almost here, and the Rialto Theatre is excited to announce a virtual concert next Tuesday, April 6th at 2:30 pm with Cash Lansky, Golden Boots, and special guest Doug Martsch of Built to Spill! Stream the concert on the Rialto Facebook page or Youtube channel (watch here). Arizona Gives Day is an annual…
Passover Symbolism Through the Lens of Addiction and Recovery By Hannah Prager “Egypt is not just a geographical place. Egypt is a state of being. It’s a state of mind.” said Rabbi Mendy Lipskier. When we celebrate Passover, there is a commandment for us to see ourselves as if we’re leaving Egypt today. Egypt,…
Last September’s White House signing ceremony formalizing the Abraham Accords ushered in a new era of normalization between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, and between Bahrain and Israel. The Abraham Accords laid the foundation for diplomatic, economic and other ties between Israel and the two Gulf states with a promise of a warm peace…
Photo: People walk toward the National Mall and Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., as part of the Israeli-American Council’s global #SixMillionSteps campaign. Credit: Inbal More Photography. In the first effort of its kind, the Israeli-American Council (IAC) is inviting people worldwide to walk or run and share their tallies via a social media campaign with…
With a growing international footprint and new intensive trainings, resources, and consulting services, the Jewish Teen Funders Network has rebranded as Honeycomb (honeycomb.org), focusing on helping educators and community leaders run immersive Jewish philanthropy experiences and programs and other meaningful grantmaking activities for youth and families. Following more than a decade fostering Jewish teens’ philanthropy, Honeycomb recognizes the…
Today, Buzzfeed’s Tasty announced their broadcast partnership on the first-ever Clubhouse Passover Seder this coming Sunday, March 28. The all-inclusive, diverse “Night of 1,000 Jewish Stars” program will usher in the most-celebrated Jewish holiday worldwide, taking a comedic, yet earnest, approach to the Passover Seder dinner highlighted by some of today’s most iconic Jewish actors, comedians, musicians, influencers, Holocaust survivors, philanthropists, and…
