On Sunday, January 14, 2024, it will be 100 days that our hostages are in tunnels in Gaza!!! Please join us this Sunday in a bike ride to commemorate 100 days in captivity for the hostages being held in Gaza. Details below: Sunday, January 14, 2024 Location: Grass area between Scottsdale Civic Center and Library…
EVENT DETAILS L’dor V’dor Please join us for a special night to celebrate Hillel, ensure our continued success, honor treasured members of our community, and spend time with our students who are directly impacted by Hillel’s work. February 4, 2024 The Clayton House 5 – 8 PM Dinner & Drinks, dietary laws observed Business casual…
Our contributing writer Tara Dublin recently self-published her debut novel, THE SOUND OF SETTLING, A Rock and Roll Love Story, to rave 5-star reviews and reader demands for a sequel and streaming series. It is a fun read. Inspired by Tara’s real-life ultimate “meet-cool” with Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters in 2001, THE SOUND OF SETTLING…
By Cindy Saltzman The first time I met Adele Raemer was during a Zoom interview. She wore a T-shirt with Hebrew letters on it that I couldn’t quite make out. When asked what it said, she replied, “Oh, I had the other one on before. I’m bilingual.” She pulled up a matching t-shirt with English…
StandWithUs Selects Area 2023-24 for its Campus and High School Programs In a climate rife with antisemitism and pro Hamas campus rallies, StandWithUs is leading the way by building a growing network of Zionist students who can educate their peers and stand firmly against antisemitism. Through its StandWithUs High School Kenneth Leventhal Intern program…
By Susan Kern-Fleischer In many ways, acclaimed artist Ora Tamir is a storyteller. Though there are no spoken or written words, her surrealistic paintings capture the fantastical, adventurous, evocative, and sometimes serious stories and images that exist in her mind’s eye as she begins to paint. The Artist Ora was born on a kibbutz:…
By Debra Rich Gettleman Dr. Melanie Rich, (no relation), doesn’t necessarily look like a first responder as she sits in her tastefully appointed Scottsdale, AZ office. But she’s been on the ground helping victims cope with trauma for decades. At Ben Taub hospital in Houston in 1975, she was part of the team that…
As Israel and America stand strong against Hamas, Hezbollah, and anyone who supports the massacre of innocent civilians, the desire to help is palpable. But how do you know where and how to give? How do you determine a charity is credible and fiscally responsible? How can you be sure that the money you donate…
By Joan Joanne Greene My grandparents lived through pogroms – organized massacres where bands of men, seething with hatred of Jews, rode into Jewish villages on horseback, looting, raping, killing, and burning down their homes. I’ve known this the same way I’ve known about the killing fields in Cambodia and the Armenian genocide. Unimaginable evil…
@jewishbreakingnews is reporting that two of the 203 hostages have been freed. They are American’s Natalie and Judith Raanan, from Evanston, Illinois. They were visiting family for their grandmother’s 85th birthday. They are being transferred through Egypt and will be flying into USA soon. A source told US media that the two are being released…
