Posts By April Bauer

In advance of the Nov. 2 elections, the Arizona Jewish Post sent questions to the Arizona candidates for U.S. Senate and the local candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives. Here are their unedited responses. U.S. Senate Rodney Glassman, Democrat Q: Given the controversy generated by Arizona SB 1070,… Read more »

An inservice workshop, “Teaching the Holocaust through Diaries, Personal Correspondence and Memoir,” with Harvard professor Susan R. Suleiman, will be held on Thursday, Oct. 28 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the University of Arizona Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen St. Suleiman is C. Douglas Dillon professor of the… Read more »

Clara Davidov, in traditional Bukharan costume, participated in last year’s “Israel Ethnic Epi­curian Gala.” (Photo courtesy of Sue Schergin)

The second annual “Israel Ethnic Epicurean Gala,” sponsored by the TIPS (Tucson, Israel, Phoenix and Seattle) partnership, will be held Nov. 3 with food prepared by nine ethnically diverse Israeli women from our Partnership 2000 region of Kiryat Malachi and Hof Ashkelon. The women, who will spend a week… Read more »

The place is the Warsaw Ghetto, the year 1942, and the black-and-white footage shows fashionably dressed men and women, with yellow Stars of David as accessories, having a high time at a champagne ball. Later we see emaciated kids rooting through mounds of garbage and excrement for scraps of… Read more »

Benjamin Allen Kleiman

Honor for ZBT/UA alum Zeta Beta Tau, the nation’s first Jewish fraternity, which was found­ed in 1898 and became a non-sectarian brotherhood in 1954, held its 2010 national convention July 15-18 in Manhattan Beach, Calif. At the four-day conference, Ron Pardo, a 1988 University of Arizona graduate now residing… Read more »

BOBBI PALEY, NCCTM has received professional accreditation as a Newfield Certified Coach from Newfield Network’s “The Art and Practice of Ontological Coaching” program in Boulder, Colo. Paley maintains a private practice offering individual coaching and group workshops. Call 955-1440 or visit www. bobbipaley.com. JEWISH ARIZONANS ON CAMPUS, which partners… Read more »

SHERRI SILVERBERG, president of the Catalina Foothills School Board, is running for re-election. Silverberg is a certified public accountant and a long-time volunteer in the district. For more information, visit www.Silverberg4CFSD.com. BRENDA TOBIN, a Peace Corps volunteer in Cambodia, was chosen to speak in the Khemi language at the… Read more »

RACHEL KAYLA DVEIRIN, daughter of Julie Feldman and Keith Dveirin, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 16 at Temple Emanu-El. She is the granddaughter of Annique Dveirin of Tucson, and Claire and Fred Feldman of Newport Beach, Calif. Rachel attends BASIS Charter School where she is… Read more »

SETH MAXWELL BALLEN BROWN, son of Lenore Jay Ballen and Howard Mark Brown, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 16 at Congregation Or Chadash. He is the grandson of Frances Brown of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Seth attends Orange Grove Middle School where he is an honor… Read more »

GABRIELLE ERICA KLEIN, daughter of Cheryl and Alan Klein, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 9 at Temple Emanu-El. She is the granddaughter of Bonnie and Gary Wieder of Phoenix, and Honey and Lou Klein of Scottsdale. Gabrielle attends Orange Grove Middle School where she is… Read more »

YAEL CHAIYA-ESTHER LAYTIN, daughter of Julie and Shalom Laytin, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 2 at Chabad on River. She is the granddaughter of Penny Fox of Tucson, and Malka and Isska Laytin of Jerusalem, Israel. Yael attends Tucson Hebrew Academy where she is an… Read more »

Let’s not be fooled. The opening weeks of the United Nations General Assembly feature numerous side meetings between Jewish organizations and dozens of visiting dignitaries. Many of the Europeans, and possibly some Arab delegates as well, will be expressing sympathy if not encouragement for Israel’s potential need to attack… Read more »

In the four weeks since direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks resumed, settlement construction has been identified widely as the most immediate obstacle to the survival of negotiations. In media accounts about the diplomatic standoff over the issue, Israel’s decision not to extend its self-imposed 10-month freeze on settlement building has… Read more »

On Sept. 17, State Treasurer candidate Andrei Cherny announced his plan to lead an effort to divest Arizona’s stock holdings from companies that do business with Iran and other state sponsors of terrorism. According to Cherny, Arizona owns stock in about two dozen companies that are listed on the… Read more »

Zev Garber will present “Shoah at the University: New Considerations in Holocaust Education” as part of the Shaol Pozez Memorial Lecture Series on Monday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Garber, emeritus professor and chair of Jewish studies and philosophy at Los Angeles Valley… Read more »

Stephen Stone (Sheila Wilensky/AJP)

Tucsonan Stephen Stone, 70, conducted what may have been one of the first studies of obesity in American children, a precursor to First Lady Michelle Obama’s current childhood health mission. “Childhood Obesity: Identification, Management and Prevention,” his research project that began in 1985 at the University of Maryland, identified… Read more »

Sharon Glassberg

Sharon Glassberg, director of the Coalition for Jewish Education of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona, and Guy Gelbart, director of the Israel Center, will present talks at Pima Community College Downtown Campus during Ethnic Studies Week, Oct. 1-7. Glassberg will discuss Jewish identity from a historical and modern… Read more »

Odyssey Storytelling and Temple Emanu-El will present “My Jewish Story” on Saturday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El. Six community members will present 10-minute true stories about their personal Jewish histories. “Some will be funny, some poignant, all will be entertaining,” says Penelope Starr, founder and producer… Read more »

"Partnership" by Natalie Leonard

Drawings by Natalie Leonard and Zevi Bloomfield are the local winners in an art contest sponsored by the TIPS communities of Tucson, Israel, Phoenix and Seattle. The drawings are printed on note cards the Israel Center will distribute at community events. This is the fourth year of the TIPS… Read more »

Temple Emanu-El will present a communications workshop, “Listening to Be Heard,” on Sunday, Oct. 3, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Participants will learn to focus on how they communicate rather than what they communicate. Presenters are Connie J. A. Beck, Ph.D., an associate professor in the psychology, policy and… Read more »