Marian Salzman May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month. After having two brain tumors removed in the last four years, Tucsonan Marian Salzman, 53, is celebrating being alive. And she’s not just alive, she’s vibrant, creative and has a prominent role in the world of public relations and newscrafting. Salzman, the CEO… Read more »
Rachel Baumann Rachel Baumann, a University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson student, has won the Shandel Medical Endowment Scholarship from the University of Arizona Hillel Foundation. The merit-based, $20,000 biennial scholarship is awarded to Jewish second-year medical students attending the UA College of Medicine in either Tucson or Phoenix.… Read more »
Palestinian Authority Minister of Health Dr. Hani Abdeen visits 8-year-old Sarah Ghanem, from the village of Durah near Hebron, while she is treated at Hadassah Hospital’s pediatric oncology-hematology department in Jerusalem on Sunday, May 5. (Courtesy Hadassah) Palestinian Authority Minister of Health Dr. Hani Abdeen visited Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem on May 5. The hospital said Abdeen was the first P.A. health minister to visit the facility. Abdeen, accompanied by other senior officials from the Palestinian Authority, met some of the dozens of Palestinian physicians who… Read more »
Everett Gelberg, 88, died May 10, 2013. Mr. Gelberg was an Army veteran of World War II and served in the Battle of the Bulge. He graduated from Rutgers University in New Jersey and owned and operated a pharmacy for 25 years. Upon retiring 17 years ago, he and… Read more »
Morton K. Tuller, 91, died May 1, 2013. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and raised in Chicago, Mr. Tuller toured the country as a young man in the stage production of “Dead End Kids.” He was a pre-med student at Wright Junior College in Chicago when World War II began.… Read more »
Lois Sarah Safran, 80, died April 28, 2013. Born in New York City, she moved to Laurelton on Long Island and attended Far Rockaway High School, where she met her husband, Richard Safran. For 18 years, she worked at Family and Children’s Service agency in Ft. Wayne, Ind. She… Read more »
Errol Mark Kahn, DDS, 50, died April 25, 2013. A lifelong resident of Tucson, Dr. Kahn graduated from Sabino High School, attended the University of Arizona and the University of Pacific School of Dentistry. He practiced for over 20 years in Tucson. He was past president of Southern Arizona… Read more »
A son, NOLAN PATRICK MULLOY, was born March 10, 2013 to Melissa Amster Mulloy and CPT Patrick C. Mulloy of Freihung, Germany. Grandparents are Annette Miranda Amster of Mesa, Bernard Amster of Tucson, and Michael and Linda Mulloy of Springfield, Va.… Read more »
ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA reporters Mark Duggan and Fernanda Echavarri have won 2013 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, along with former AZPM employees Steve Shadley and Robert Rappaport. Two feature stories are in the running for the national Murrows. AZPM’s interim news director,… Read more »
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS will be honored as Woman of the Year by Emerge Arizona: Women Leaders for a Democratic Future at its annual event on Thursday, May 23 in Phoenix. The former Arizona congresswoman also received a Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation on May… Read more »
EMILY SERENE JONES, daughter of Elena and Bob Jones, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, May 18 at Temple Emanu-El. She is the granddaughter of Dr. Judith Shepard Gomez and Temple Emanu-El’s cantorial soloist Marjorie Hochberg of Tucson, Patti and Darrell Jones of Myrtle Creek, Ore., Leslie… Read more »
A daughter, SYDNEY JORDAN FREED, was born March 1, 2013 to Lindsey Robinson Freed and Eric Freed of Dallas. Grandparents are Felice and Gary Freed of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Tucson, and Jeff Robinson of Dallas. Great-grandparents are Corrine Brooks of Mesa, Lin Schentes of Dallas and Harold (Sonny)… Read more »
PATTIE MARTIN, M.Ed., has been named director of older adult services at JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN’S SERVICES. She previously directed one of those services at JFCS, Select Care Managers.… Read more »
Esther Sternberg, M.D. ESTHER M. STERNBERG, M.D. will give the keynote address at the University of Arizona Women’s Mental Health Symposium on Saturday, April 27 at the Westin La Paloma. Sternberg will speak on “Brain Immune Interactions: The Science of Health and Well-Being.” Sternberg is director of research for the UA Center… Read more »
SOPHIA MORGAN ISAAC, daughter of Nina and Andrew Isaac, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, April 20 at Congregation Anshei Israel. She is the granddaughter of Barbara and Chuck Isaac of Phoenix, Sharon and Seth Weintraub of Medford, Ore., and the late Frances Sydney of Boynton Beach,… Read more »
SAMANTHA LEONARD, granddaughter of Micki and Jerry Shulman, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, April 13 at Temple Emanu-El. Samantha attends Orange Grove Middle School, where she plays clarinet in the school orchestra. She is a member of the teen choir at Temple Emanu-El, and enjoys Irish… Read more »
Rivkah Sophia Selmon, daughter of Penny Selmon and Ira Selmon, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, April 6 at Congregation Bet Shalom. She is the granddaughter of Judy and Jerry Delman of Tucson and Cindy and Searle Selmon of New York. Rivi attends Tucson Hebrew Academy. She… Read more »
Peggy S. Civalier, 62, died March 25, 2013. Born in Rochester, N.Y., Mrs. Civalier graduated from Franklin High School and Monroe Community College. Survivors include her husband of 39 years, Craig T. Civalier; children, Cody Civalier and Brooks Civalier, both of Phoenix; and three grandchildren. Graveside services were held… Read more »
Moses Geffen, 74, died March 20, 2013. Survivors include his children, Marc Geffen of San Diego and Gary Geffen of San Bernadino, Calif.; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Graveside services were held in the Congregation Young Israel section of Evergreen Cemetery with Rabbi Yossie Shemtov officiating.… Read more »
Ralph Stein, 82, died March 11, 2013. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Mr. Stein graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and attended Ohio State University as a graduate student in nuclear engineering. He began his career as a chemical engineer for Battelle Institute in Columbus, Ohio. At Battelle, in the… Read more »
