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People in the news 5.4.12

grace — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:10:28 +0000

RONALD S. WEINSTEIN, M.D., founding director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program, has been honored with the 2012 Technology Innovation Award by the University of Arizona. Weinstein was recognized for the many companies, institutes and scientific instruments that he has created and with which he has been involved. His recent innovations include changing the way health professionals are taught and how they provide health services, and a health-care curriculum for high school students. The award was presented at the recent ninth annual Innovation Day luncheon.

A new play by ESTHER BLUMENFELD, “Father’s Ashes,” has been selected for the full-length plays presentation at the 2012 Arizona Women’s Theatre Company’s 6th Annual Pandora Festival of New Works (gazwtc.org). A staged reading will be held May 20 at 2 p.m. at the Scottsdale Center of the Performing Arts. For tickets, call 480-499-TKTS(8587).

JOAQUIN RUIZ, Ph.D., executive dean of the Colleges of Letters, Arts and Science at the University of Arizona, has been selected as one of the 2012 Fathers of the Year by the Father’s Day Council Tucson. The council, which raises funds for type 1 diabetes research and endowment at the Steele Children’s Research Center at the UA, will hold its 18th annual Father of the Year Awards Gala Diner & Silent Auction on Saturday, June 16 at Loews Ventana Canyon.

People in the news 4.20.12

grace — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:50:38 +0000

DEANNA EVENCHIK was named to the Jewish Federation of North America’s National Women’s Philanthropy Board. Evenchik recently served as the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s Women’s Philanthropy chair and the Woman’s Philanthropy Campaign chair. She is currently on the JFSA executive committee and serves as the 2012 Federation Community Campaign vice chair.

Bronzes by Tucson sculptor DAVID UNGER, inspired by dancers at the University of Arizona School of Dance, are now being exhibited at Steven Boone Gallery in Santa Fe, N.M.,Old Pueblo Frameworks and Gallery in Tucson and galleries in Michigan and Maine. Unger’s work can be seen at davidunger sculptures.com.

People in the news 4.6.12

grace — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:34:28 +0000

DAVID A. RUBEN, M.D., MBA, a psychiatrist and pain management physician, is a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Arizona. His website is drrubenforussenate.com.

People in the news 3.23.12

grace — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:32:27 +0000

A book by MERYL HERSHEY BECK, “Stop Eating Your Heart Out: 21 Days to Freedom from Emotional Eating” will be published next month by Red Wheel/Weiser & Conari Press. Beck is a licensed clinical counselor in Tucson.

People in the news 3.9.12

grace — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:53:24 +0000

Rutgers University Press has published “Gentile New York: The Images of Non-Jews among Jewish Immigrants” by GIL RIBAK. Ribak is the Schusterman Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Judaic Studies, University of Arizona. More information and a 20 percent discount are available at http://judaic.arizona.edu/sites/judaic. arizona.edu/files/Ribak_author_flier.pdf.

People in the news 2.24.12

PHYLLIS BRAUN - AJP Executive Editor — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:43:25 +0000

Pima County Attorney BARBARA LAWALL will receive the Public Service Award at the American Jewish Committee’s Judge Learned Hand Awards luncheon on March 14 in Phoenix. She is being honored for her contributions to the advancement of equality and democratic principles through her work in the nonprofit and public sectors. LaWall worked for the Pima County Attorney’s Office for almost 20 years before being elected to head the office in 1996.

DEBRA S. JACOBS has co-authored “Everyday Activities to Help Your Young Child with Autism Live Life to the Full,” published last month by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. An occupational therapist for 30 years, Jacobs earned a specialty certification in autism from Thomas Jefferson University. She is one of nine occupational therapists in the country to earn this certification. She has a private practice in Tucson and works for the Tucson Unified School District.

A novel by GERMAINE SHAMES, “You, Fascinating You,” inspired by the life of Jewish ballerina Margit Wolf, will be published next month by Pale Fire Press. Shames is the author of “Between Two Deserts” and two earlier nonfiction books, and is a former foreign correspondent and contributor to Hemispheres, More and National Geographic Traveler.

People in the news 1.13.12

grace — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:33:09 +0000

REBEKKAH DIAMOND, a science teacher at Canyon Del Oro High School, was chosen to participate in the National Science Teachers Association yearlong fellowship program. One of three teachers chosen from Arizona, Diamond will receive an NSTA membership package, online mentoring, the opportunity to participate in web-based professional development seminars and financial support to attend NSTA’s 2012 National Conference on Science Education in Indianapolis. Diamond graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry.

An article by LORI RIEGEL, “New Educational Models: Engaging Stakeholders — Travelling up the Get-It Scale,” was published in the Fall 2011 edition of The Jewish Educator. Riegel is religious and cultural education coordinator at Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging.

People in the news 12.23.11

PHYLLIS BRAUN - AJP Executive Editor — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:06:20 +0000

ASHER SUSSER, former visiting scholar in modern Israel studies at the University of Arizona, has a new book, “Israel, Jordan, and Palestine: The Two-State Imperative,” which will be published this month by Crown Books/Brandeis University Press.

DAVID MONTEFIORE has posted several YouTube videos in honor of Chanukah, featuring selections from his Grammy-nominated album, “Hazzan Rishon Opus I and Opus II,” including youtube.com/watch?v=d9CuGBdWDgQ.

People in the news 12.9.11

grace — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:22:14 +0000

Jeff Sambur, a retired firefighter, has published a book about his San Diego to Maine bicycle ride, “Destroying Demons on the Diagonal,” a lighthearted account that takes readers to the highest points in three states and 15 baseball stadiums, among other places. For more information, contact the author at jeffsambur @gmail.com.

People in the news 11.25.11

grace — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:16:51 +0000

BARBARA R. LEVY, ACFRE, has been named chair of the Ethics Committee of Association of Fundraising Professionals, which represents 30,000 individuals around the world. Levy currently serves as president of the Tucson Symphony Society Board of Trustees. She is principal in her firm, Organization & Fundraising Counsel, and has been in the fundraising profession for more than 30 years in Arizona.

ADAM ZELDIN, a student at Johns Hopkins University, has received a Bloomberg Scholarship, a competitive scholarship that provides full grant funding of the student’s financial need. The scholarships were established by Michael Bloomberg, a 1964 JHU alumnus and current mayor of New York City, and continued by an anonymous donor.