BBYO, in partnership with Our Common Destiny and the Marcus Foundation, is launching a new international $50,000 teen competition called the Common Ground Challenge in which participants will compete to design and implement new engagement programs that encourage dynamic conversation among diverse groups of teens. The challenge was created in the memory of Ilia Salita,…
American Friends of Soroka Medical Center (AFSMC) will host the Desert in Bloom Virtual Gala on October 18 at 12 pm ET. Their 8th annual gala will feature a unique musical and philanthropic experience with more than 500 guests expected to participate. The event will celebrate Soroka Medical Center’s successes in fostering scientific and medical…
The Martin Pear JCC on the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus (“The J”) announces a month-long schedule of programming in support of Breast Cancer Awareness as we honor friends and family that are fighting, have survived, or lost a loved one to breast cancer. The community can join in-person or online for a variety of…
Many mothers are experiencing an increase in insomnia severity and mild-to-high levels of acute COVID‐19 anxiety, according to a new study by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College in Israel. “In the study, we addressed, for the first time, consequences of the COVID‐19 pandemic and home confinement…
Photo: Harvey J. Alter, left, along with Charles M. Rice and Michael Houghton jointly won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine on Oct. 5. On Oct. 5, a Jewish scientist was one of three professors jointly awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Harvey J. Alter, along with Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice,…
Photo: Yuma Mayor Douglas J Nicholls and JNF-USA Central Negev Taskforce Co-Chair, Bruce Goldberg. Following a meeting between City of Yuma Mayor, Douglas J. Nicholls and Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF-USA) Central Negev Taskforce Co-Chair, Bruce Goldberg, the organization’s leadership has praised the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the City of Yuma, AZ,…
Photo: IDF soldiers at Ttzabar Battalion, Givati Brigade receiving hygiene kits from FIDF. In light of Israel’s second national lockdown to handle the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers are being ordered to remain on base for an indefinite period of time to minimize their exposure to the virus. The IDF, by…
Photo: Actresses Monica Horan, Blythe Danner and Bella Thorne are just a few of the celebrities featured in ads for Women for Biden-Harris 2020 campaign. It only made sense when Kim Rosenblum started working for Women for Biden-Harris 2020 that she reached out to her friend of more than 25 years, Barry Greenberg, owner of…
Photo: Jeff Fields at the 2018 Connections of Hope Gala for Teen Lifeline. On Oct. 6, The National Association of Realtors announced Jeff Fields, with Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty in Scottsdale, as one of its five 2020 Good Neighbor Award winners. As a volunteer and past board president of nonprofit Teen Lifeline, Fields has…
Scottsdale Community Bank (SCB) has received conditional approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to establish Arizona’s first new community bank in 12 years. “This is a very exciting achievement for our outstanding organization and is a strong signal for positive economic development in the City of Scottsdale and the State of Arizona,” says…
