Kenneth Cohn hiking in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming (Photo courtesy Kenneth Cohn)
Ever since he can remember, Kenneth Cohn, DVM, wanted to work with animals. “As a child, right from the beginning, I knew that being a veterinarian was exactly what I wanted to do,” says Cohn. Drawing from his 38-year career in St. Louis and Tucson, Cohn has written a… Read more »
The shell of the new Chabad UA house was completed last month. (Courtesy Chabad UA)
It was under the direction of the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (commonly and lovingly referred to as “The Rebbe” by practitioners of the Chabad-Lubavitch philosophy of Judaism) in the 1950s that Chabad began setting up permanent educational and resource centers for Jewish students on university campuses… Read more »
PHYLLIS LEVIN GOLD has been named director of the Northwest Division of the JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA. Gold served as executive director of Satori School for 23 years. Prior to that, she was director of undergraduate student advising for the psychology department at the University of Arizona. She… Read more »
Jill Rich JILL RICH will receive the Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Southern Arizona Chapter at its 27th Annual National Philanthropy Day luncheon on Nov. 19 at the Westin La Paloma. Rich has been volunteering and raising funds for causes and social services in Tucson for… Read more »
Barbara and Larry Subrin were married in Chicago on June 20, 1965. This year they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on a Disney cruise to Alaska with their children and grandchildren.… Read more »
Jacob Benjamin Klotz Medovoi, son of Marcia Klotz and Leerom Medovoi, will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on Aug. 8 at the Tucson Jewish Community Center with Congregation Or Chadash. He is the grandson of Ciporah Medovoi, of Los Angeles, and Martha and Robert Klotz, of Denver. Jacob attends Orange… Read more »
Samara Rachel Medovoi Klotz, daughter of Marcia Klotz and Leerom Medovoi, will celebrate becoming a bat mitzvah on Aug. 8 at the Tucson Jewish Community Center with Congregation Or Chadash. She is the granddaughter of Ciporah Medovoi, of Los Angeles, and Martha and Robert Klotz, of Denver. Samara attends Orange… Read more »
Tracy Salkowitz In memory of Ray Lederman, who always made whoever he was speaking to feel as if they were the most important person in the world. Many of us, when considering the legacy we want to leave, think about our family and our community. We hope to raise children who… Read more »
(JTA) — A 65-year-old haredi Orthodox woman became the oldest woman ever to birth a child in Israel and one of the oldest in the world. Chaya Sarah Schachar of Bnei Brak delivered her first child, a healthy boy, on May 18 at the Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba,… Read more »
Florence M. Lazar, 92, died July 2, 2015. Mrs. Lazar was born in Jersey City, N.J., and has been a resident of Tucson since she moved here with her husband, a retired dentist, in 1978. Mrs. Lazar was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Mark A.… Read more »
Marilyn Bart, 80, died June 27, 2015. Mrs. Bart was born in the Bronx, N.Y. She married Roy Bart in 1954 and they moved to Tucson with their three daughters in 1961. She had a career in real estate. Survivors include her husband, Roy Bart; brother, Sid (Roz) Katz… Read more »
Alfred E. Lipsey, 96, died June 27, 2015. Mr. Lipsey graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1940, with a B.E. in drama. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1949, with an M.A. in drama. He was an actor/director of theatrical productions for USC… Read more »
Helen Marie Soloway, 94, died June 26, 2015 in Phoenix. Mrs. Soloway was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She worked as an executive secretary for the United States Naval Department for 24 years. In 1963, while visiting her brother, Ben, and his family in Tucson, she met her future husband,… Read more »
Temple Emanu-El will offer its 16th year of A Taste of Judaism, a free, interactive exploration of Jewish spirituality, values, and community in three two-hour sessions. The classes are led by Rabbis Samuel M. Cohon and Batsheva Appel. Over the past 15 years in Tucson, the free sereis has… Read more »
Iris-folded pomegranate card by Anne Lowe
The Tucson Jewish Community Center Fine Art Gallery will exhibit “Stitching Jewishly,” handcrafted Jewish ritual and cultural needlework by the Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework, Tucson Chapter, along with “Jewish Touches of Whimsy in Paper Art and Calligraphy” by Anne Lowe from July 31 through Sept. 15. An artists’… Read more »
Yochanan Gibly, Simon Esbit, Erica Tevere and Maya Collier celebrate Purim at Tucson Hebrew High.
Tucson Hebrew High will hold a back to school celebration and opening session for Jewish teens in ninth to 12th grades on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m. at Hebrew High’s host, Congregation Anshei Israel. The evening will include a speed dating-style presentation of this year’s classes as well… Read more »
Pinchas Zohav, M.Ed., M.A.J.S., a certified counselor, has been hired by the Northwest Division of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona to provide chaplaincy services to hospitals, retirement communities and the homebound. Zohav notes that hospital patients must notify the hospital that they are Jewish in order to be… Read more »
Many Americans who regularly engage with the Israel “issue” feel it. I feel it. There is a sense in my Christian and Jewish social circles that Israel as a bipartisan issue among Americans is becoming a Republican-dominated issue that will eventually (if it hasn’t already) drive out Democrats. At… Read more »
Shay Hammer, who died at age 15, inspired the community garden being created at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. (Susanne Kaplan)
It is forbidden to live in a town that does not have a green garden. — Jerusalem Talmud, Kiddushin 4:12 Sustainability, growing local and urban gardens are trending. But growing your own food has been a staple of a healthy lifestyle over the last century, from the early Zionists… Read more »
Rabbi Richard Safran (Phyllis Braun/AJP)
The saddest event in Rabbi Richard Safran’s life was probably the death of his wife of 60 years, Lois, two years ago. “I shared everything with my life partner. Sometimes it’s overwhelming” to be alone,” says Safran, but that hasn’t stopped him from helping others navigate difficult times, or… Read more »
