In Focus

In Focus 11.7.14

Kalmanovitz Center dedication

(L-R) Hirsch Handmaker (Kalmanovitz campaign co-chair), Jane Kivel (Handmaker Foundation past chair), Lowell Rothschild (Kalmanovitz campaign co-chair), Terry Perl (Handmaker board chair), Art Martin (Handmaker president and CEO), Alice Baker, Myles Beck (Handmaker past chair), Mayor Jonathan Rothschild and Paul Baker. The Bakers are among the top donors to the Kalmanovitz campaign, along with the Steven Ohren Foundation. (Frederick Clark Photography)
(L-R) Hirsch Handmaker (Kalmanovitz campaign co-chair), Jane Kivel (Handmaker Foundation past chair), Lowell Rothschild (Kalmanovitz campaign co-chair), Terry Perl (Handmaker board chair), Art Martin (Handmaker president and CEO), Alice Baker, Myles Beck (Handmaker past chair), Mayor Jonathan Rothschild and Paul Baker. The Bakers are among the top donors to the Kalmanovitz campaign, along with the Steven Ohren Foundation. (Frederick Clark Photography)

Some 200 guests attended the dedication of the Paul and Lydia Kalmanovitz Elder Care Center on Monday, Oct. 27. Located on the campus of Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging, the center is a partnership between Handmaker and Tucson Medical Center. The Kalmanovitz Foundation pledged $3 million toward the center, with a fundraising campaign supplying an additional $1.5 million. Handmaker will provide long-term care of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, while TMC will provide short-term geriatric psychiatry care. Community leaders present included Mayor Jonathan Rothschild and U.S. Rep. Ron Barber. Rabbi Thomas Louchheim gave the opening prayer and benediction; Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon led the mezuzah dedication and closing prayer.

 

 

 

 

 Mega Challah Bake

(L-R): Jessica Shulem, Rachel Rush, Hilary Kelpel, Jodie Friedman and Alyssa Silva. (Roland Bosma)
(L-R): Jessica Shulem, Rachel Rush, Hilary Kelpel, Jodie Friedman and Alyssa Silva. (Roland Bosma)

Close to 200 women and girls took part in the Mega Challah Bake, cosponsored by Chabad Tucson and the Tucson Jewish Community Center, on Thursday, Oct. 23 at the JCC. The event marked Tucson’s participation in the Shabbos Project, a global movement to celebrate the Jewish day of rest.