Gun Violence Awareness Day Participants ‘Chalk Over Hate’ WASHINGTON, DC – To fight the hate underlying mass shootings, hundreds are taking to to the streets of America armed only with chalk. The campaign – ‘Chalk Over Hate’ – launches on the eve of Shavuot and on the National Day of Gun Violence Awareness, Friday June 3rd….
As an Israeli town with one of the highest percentages of new immigrants, it was only natural that Kiryat Yam would attract refugees from Ukraine who have been streaming to Israel in the last couple of months. One of the most important elements of helping these families process their trauma and settle is ensuring that…
Israel’s only ceremony in honor of US Memorial Day was held today (Monday) at the 9/11 Living Memorial. Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund hosted the Governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, alongside US Ambassador in Israel, Thomas Nides. The ceremony was attended by representatives from the US Army and US Congress, The Israeli Ministry…
By Ellen Braunstein Joseph Specter sang in a garage rock band as a teen, but he got as much of a rush “listening to and experiencing opera,” he says. The president and general director of Arizona Opera worked from 1999 to 2007 as a professional baritone, performing in more than 20 opera and musical theater…
In association with over 200 synagogues and Jewish film festivals across North America, the first annual Israel Independence Day Film Festival will be held beginning May 4th and continuing for a total of six nights, streaming virtually to enjoy from the comfort of home. This important event brings together the potential of every community, no…
On May 4, ADL Education Director Kelsey Greenberg-Young and Associate Director of Law Enforcement and Security Initiatives Matt Brown met with the Mesa Police Department’s (MPD) Hate Crimes department, at their request. MPD’s strategy for their involvement with K-12 schools in the Mesa area focuses on bias, bullying, and hate-related education. MPD intends to utilize federal grant funding…
After intensive study to receive his Masters of Arts in Jewish Studies from the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, Rabbi Schesnol went on to be officially ordained by the International Institue for Secular Humanist Judaism this past April. Although Rabbi Schesnol has been the spiritual leader of Or Adam Congregation for Humanistic…
Tucson couple pays tuition for first two years of university or trade school for entire class at South Tucson elementary school By Mary Coleman Kold News 13 TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – Every student of Mission View Elementary School’s fourth grade class will have the first two years of tuition of a university or trade school…
By Rachael Mitchell Marketing Director-Tucson Jewish Community Center On April 1, the Tucson Jewish Community Center (The J) welcomed long-standing, local non-profit Arts for All Inc., to the organization under the umbrella of its Disability Program Services department. For 36 years, under the outstanding leadership of Executive Director Marcia Berger, Arts for All, Inc….
JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israel is planning to end the requirement for travelers arriving at Ben-Gurion International Airport to test for COVID-19, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. It comes as more tourists are arriving for the spring season, including Birthright Israel trips. Currently, arriving passengers must take a test at their own expense. New reports by…
