EZRA JOSEPH LYONS, son of Hilary and Patrick Lyons, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, June 2 at Congregation Chaverim. He is the grandson of Enid Bluestein of Los Angeles, Calif., and Kathleen Lyons of Crown Point, Ind. Ezra attends BASIS Tucson Middle School, where he is… Read more »
JOSHUA CHARLES BURKE, son of Roslyn and Charles Burke, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, June 2 at Congregation Or Chadash. He is the grandson of Barbara and Don Champion, and Dorothy and Bob Burke, all of Tucson. Joshua attends Andersen Junior High School in Chandler, Ariz.… Read more »
BENJAMIN JOSHUA DAVIDSON, son of Laynie Browne and Brad Davidson, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, May 26 at Congregation Chaverim. He is the grandson of Judith and Andy Benson, Rochelle Browne, Allan Browne, and Michelle Kutnezsky and Jerry Davidson, all of Los Angeles, Calif. Benjamin attends… Read more »
JACOB FRANCIS WEINSTEIN, son of Joann and Steven Weinstein, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, May 19 at Congregation Anshei Israel. Jacob attends Emily Gray Jr. High School, where he is an honor student and a member of student council. He enjoys snow skiing, football, basketball, hiking,… Read more »
LEAH TAMAR TOLBY, daughter of Abigail and Noah Tolby, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, May 12 at Congregation Anshei Israel. She is the granddaughter of Aviah and Stuart Friedman of Phoenix, and Linda Solomon of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Leah attends Tucson Hebrew Academy where she… Read more »
BRADLEY BENNETT FEIG, son of Cynthia and Dan Feig, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, May 12 at Congregation Chaverim. He is the grandson of Bobbie and Leroy Feig and Sharon Kasle, all of Tucson, and Gaylor and Barbara Kasle of Boca Raton, Fla. Bradley attends St.… Read more »
BRENNEN PIERCE FEDER, son of Anita and Bradley Feder, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, May 5 at Loews Ventana Canyon with Congregation Chaverim. He is the grandson of JoAnn Angeles and Elayne and Jerry Feder, all of Tucson. Brennen attends Esperero Canyon Middle School, where he… Read more »
ALLISON ROSE YOUNG, daughter of Deborah and Gary Young, celebrated becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, April 28 at Congregation Anshei Israel. She is the granddaughter of Kathy and Harris Breit and Carol and Glenn Young, all of Tucson. Allison attends Desert Sky Middle School, where she is an… Read more »
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… Read more »
JULIE RAY CREATIVE, which provides graphic design, web development, marketing and social media strategy, has moved to 131 E. Broadway. Julie Ray may be contacted at 891-8098 or julie@julier aycreative.com.… Read more »
Victor Levin, 81, died April 3, 2012. Born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Mr. Levin moved to Columbus, Ohio. He attended South High School and received a masters degree in physics from Ohio State University. Mr. Levin worked as an aeronautical engineer for Rockwell and Batelle in Columbus. He moved… Read more »
(L-R) Birthday celebrant Ellis Friedman, Steven Stiglitz, Marnie Friedman and Irene Friedman 70th in shul The day before his 70th birthday on Feb. 12, Ellis Friedman led the Shacharit and Musaf services and chanted the Maftir (Torah reading before the Haftorah) at Congregation Anshei Israel’s Shabbat morning service. His wife, Irene, gave the D’var Torah. Members of their havurah — Vivien… Read more »
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… Read more »
TUCSON MEDICAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN and UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER — DIAMOND CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER were among the first nine hospitals in the state to be certified by the Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics in the voluntary Pediatric Prepared Emergency Care program, created through a… Read more »
LIAM JOHN O’ROURKE, son of Lee and Paul O’Rourke, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, April 28 at Congregation Or Chadash. He is the grandson of Rhoda and the late Jack Demovic, Lollie and the late James Butler, all of Tucson, and Sandy and the late Bob… Read more »
The first Israeli government official to ever appear before J Street received a rousing, whistling, foot-stomping reception. And that was it, as far as the welcome went. The speech delivered March 26 at J Street’s annual conference by Barukh Binah, the deputy chief of mission at the Washington embassy,… Read more »
Shlomo Bar Aba as Eliezer Shkolnik in ‘Footnote’ Footnote,” the marvelous fourth feature by Israeli director Joseph Cedar and his wittiest and most accomplished, begins with music reminiscent of melodramatic Hollywood thrillers of the 1940s. The absurdly ominous score is so over the top that it’s funny. Indeed, the director is winking at us, acknowledging from… Read more »
Shuler Hensley and Eugene Brancoveanu in “The Thomashefskys” “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome! Tonight we’re here to tell you a story. It’s the story of Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky, two kids from little shtetls in the middle of the Ukrainian nowhere who came to America and became the founders and pioneers of the American Yiddish Theater … they… Read more »
Bryna E. Hellman, 82, died March 27, 2012, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., Mrs. Hellman graduated from Taft High School. She moved to Tucson in 1966. Mrs. Hellman was a life member of Hadassah and a member of AIPAC. She volunteered at… Read more »
Hazel Virginia Schoenberg, 91, died March 15, 2012. Raised in Tennessee, Mrs. Schoenberg lived in Brooklyn and the Bronx, N.Y. with her husband. She lived in Tucson for 23 years. Mrs. Schoenberg was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Fred Schoenberg and granddaughter Erin Schoenberg. Survivors include her… Read more »
