Posts By April Bauer

Shelley and Steve Singer announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily, to Yaron Hurvitz of Tel Aviv. Yaron is the son of Mickey and Udi Hurvitz of Ramat HaSharon, Israel. The wedding is planned for June 2012 in Tel Aviv.… Read more »

IRINA RUDNITSKY, owner of CN BISTRO & DELI BY CAFFENATION on Valencia Road, has opened a new site in the Crossroads Festival shopping center at 4951 E. Grant Road, featuring cream cheeses and other menu items from old family recipes. CaffeNation was voted best coffee in Tucson in 2009… Read more »

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.… Read more »

SOLAINE ALICE CARTER, daughter of Beth Mitchneck and Paul Carter, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, April 21 at Congregation Or Chadash. She is the granddaughter of Bunny and Marvin Mitchneck of New Ro­chelle, N.Y. Solaine attends St. Gregory College Preparatory School, where she is an honor… Read more »

A daughter, ANGELINA VIRGINIA KROOT, was born Feb. 3, 2012, to Cathy Szostek and Aaron Kroot of Grayslake, Ill. Grandparents are Shirley and Michael Kroot of Tucson.… Read more »

Tucson natives REBECCA GOLD and SHANA CUTLER, who created the LoveJay Girls line of special occasion dresses for girls last year, have launched SAMMI & DAVID, a new casual clothing line for girls ages 7-12. More information is at sammiand david.com. The TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER has hired LIZ… Read more »

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.… Read more »

GABRIEL LOUIS COHON, son of Rabbi Samuel M. and Wendy Cohon and Rhody and Greg Downy, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, March 31 at Temple Emanu-El. He is the grandson of Rabbi Baruch J. and Claire Cohon of Los Angeles, Calif., and Dr. Benjamin and Brenda… Read more »

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.… Read more »

JANOS WILDER has been named a James Beard semi-finalist for Outstanding Chef: United States. The James Beard Foundation named Wilder as the top chef in the Southwest in 2000. Wilder is the chef of Janos, JBAR and Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails. DARRELL PATTON, assistant varsity coach at ST. GREGORY… Read more »

A daughter, TZIPORRA MALKA CHORNY, was born Feb. 23, 2012, to Nichole and Joel Chorny of Tucson. Grandparents are Aaron and Shawn Hellman of Tucson and Rabbi Ammos and Avivia Chorny of London, Ontario.… Read more »

A son, YOSEPH (YOSSI) SHA’ANAN GEFFEN was born Feb. 3, 2012, to Zev and Leah Geffen of Modi’in, Israel. Grandparents are Sharon and the late Joseph Geffen of Tucson and Michael and Dena Granof of Austin, Texas.… Read more »

A daughter, JOSEPHINE SULIMA GEFFEN, was born Dec. 20, 2011, to Malka and Kristy Geffen of Portland, Ore. Grandparents are Sharon and the late Joseph Geffen of Tucson and Pam Sulima of Madison, Wisc.… Read more »

A son, YOSEPH (YOSSI) MEIR, was born Aug. 23, 2011, to Noach and Yocheved Meir of Beitar, Israel. Grandparents are Rabbi Ron-Ami and Miriam (Mimi Geffen) Meyers of Seattle, Wash. Great-grandparents are Sharon and the late Joseph Geffen of Tucson and Sylvia Meyers of Winnepeg, Canada.… Read more »

ZAKKAI SHLOMO MARKO­WITZ, son of Ilana and Neil Boss Markowitz, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, March 24 with Congregation Chaverim at a ranch in Oracle. He is the grandson of Jana Liba Klenburg of New York, N.Y., Barbara and the late Herb Potashkin of Watchung, N.J.,… Read more »

SAMUEL ELIJAH RIVERA, son of Rachel Rivera and Dennis Rivera, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, March 24 with Congregation Or Chadash at the Tucson Jewish Community Center.. He is the grandson of Miriam Effron of Shorline, Wash., Stephen and Clydean Troner of Tucson, and the late… Read more »

SAPIR L. CURIEL, daughter of Mimi and Dan Curiel, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, March 17 at Chabad on River. She is the granddaughter of Lily Mimran of Ramat Hasharon, Israel, and Abraham Curiel, Liz Daddoun and Nissim Davda, all of Jerusalem, Israel. Sapir attends Tucson… Read more »

REBECCA ELLEN BAUER, daughter of April and William Bauer, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, March 17 at Temple Emanu-El. She is the granddaughter of Barbara Esmond of Tucson, Lynne and Joel Esmond of Los Angeles, Calif., and Joan and the late John Bauer of Raytown, Mo.… Read more »

KACIE AMANDA BAUER, daughter of April and William Bauer, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, March 17 at Temple Emanu-El. She is the granddaughter of Barbara Esmond of Tucson, Lynne and Joel Esmond of Los Angeles, Calif., and Joan and the late John Bauer of Raytown, Mo.… Read more »

Hank Mitchell Case, 87, died Feb. 23, 2012. Mr. Case was born in Perth Amboy, N.J. He started his college career at New Jersey State University (now Rutgers), interrupting his studies to enlist in the U.S. Navy during World War II, serving as an engineer. After the war he… Read more »