Valley Beit Midrash is excited to introduce two new team members: Becca Habalow, Engagement Director Becca is excited to support the growth of Valley Beit Midrash in Denver! An east coast native, Becca grew up outside of Boston, MA but has been enjoying the rocky mountains living in Colorado for the past eight years….
Photo: Holocaust Survivor Dr. Alexander White, Phoenix Holocaust Association President Sheryl Bronkesh and Vice President Janice Friebaum at at an AZ Senate education committee meeting in January 2020. Photo Credit: Anthony Fusco, Jr. The Phoenix Holocaust Association (PHA) has been working for several years to advance a mandate for Holocaust education in Arizona. In 2021,…
Photo: One of the auction items is this humorous signed lithograph print titles “Wonder of Wonders … Miracle of Miracles!” by famous Israeli cartoonist, Martin Holt. Jewish War Veterans (JWV) Copper State Post 619 online auction “A Hand Up 4 Vets” will run Oct. 27 through Nov. 10. Funds from this auction will be used…
Yael Lerman and Jonathan Bell of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department regularly receive questions from high school and college students facing antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents. They experience hate in-person and online and come to us for legal guidance. Every situation is unique. The below aims to help students understand U.S. law. Q: A teacher/student leader…
Photo: left to right: Austin Rosen, Afo Verde, Diane Warren, Harvey Mason Jr. and Ben Maddahi On Thursday, October 7th, Creative Community For Peace (CCFP) held its third annual “Celebrating Ambassadors Of Peace” (AOP) event in Beverly Hills. This year’s honorees were: Harvey Mason jr., (CEO of the Recording Academy/Grammys); Diane Warren (Grammy Award Winning & 12 Time Oscar…
The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC), the people-to-people network of Jewish communities from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries that are developing Jewish life in the region, facilitated the first Jewish wedding in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 52 years this past weekend at the Ritz Carlton Manama. The event was also the first…
Photo courtesy Rabbi Billy. By David Benjamin Lex / El Inde The line to meet with the Rebbe was as long as ever. Any time Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson would open his doors in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY to receive visitors, hundreds of people from all over the world would gather. Many were neatly dressed…
Sheba Medical Center, Israel’s largest hospital rated by Newsweek as one of the top ten hospitals in the world for the third year running, published a study Oct. 7 in the New England Journal of Medicine outlining the decreasing levels of antibodies in individuals receiving the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine over a six month period. The…
Hate crimes are the highest priority of the FBI’s civil rights program because of the devastating impact they have on families and communities. We know that, historically, hate crimes are underreported. To help our community recognize the importance of the issue and to encourage people to report incidents to law enforcement, the FBI in Phoenix…
Jewish Free Loan would like to welcome Caroline Carriere as their new Administrative Assistance/Office Manager. Caroline is a recent graduate of Arizona State University and a long-standing member of the Jewish community of greater Phoenix. She has over 10 years of experience volunteering and working in Jewish nonprofit organizations, including with the Hillel Jewish Student…
