Josh Schachter: photographer, educator, environmentalist, storyteller It’s a big deal when any organization wins a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant. In November, Pima County Public Library learned that it did just that, receiving $100,000 from the foundation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services to design a mobile media lab, youth… Read more »
Jane Kivel, JFSA Woman of the Year The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona will honor its 2013 award winners at its Annual Meeting and Awards Celebration on Thursday, May 2 at 7 p.m. at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. “Feddys,” the custom metal and glass awards designed by Lynn Rae Lowe for the Federation, and other… Read more »
Mary Peachin, right, with fishing boat captain, Adolpho, and a rooster fish she caught in Zihuatenejo, on the
Pacific coast of Mexico. (Courtesy Mary Peachin) Mary Peachin is proud to be a third-generation Tucsonan, a granddaughter of the pioneer Jewish Levy family. She’s also forged her own path. At 72, she can count flying her own plane, sky diving, bungee jumping and swimming with sharks among her experiences. Her life of adventure traveling began… Read more »
The Tucson Cardozo Society, a program of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona, will hold a breakfast seminar on ethics and professionalism on Tuesday, May 7, 8 a.m. to noon at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. The Hon. Richard E. Gordon will lead a panel of judges. Gordon took… Read more »
Marlyne Freedman For more than a decade, Marlyne Freedman has been there for members of the Tucson Jewish community. Not just through her job as senior vice president at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona, but as a compassionate supporter of all things Jewish — both people and causes. At 66,… Read more »
Rabbi Richard Address Rabbi Richard F. Address, author of “Seekers of Meaning: Baby Boomers, Judaism, and the Pursuit of Healthy Aging,” will bring his quest to Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging on Tuesday, April 23. In a free public lecture at 7 p.m., Address — a baby boomer himself — will… Read more »
Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging will present Denise Camille Frye, the author of “Into the Fog,” for a talk and book-signing at “Mind Games 2” on Thursday, April 11 at 7 p.m. The event will serve as a virtual groundbreaking ceremony for the Paul and Lydia Kalmanovitz Elder-Care… Read more »
The University of Arizona Hillel Foundation will host a registration drive for potential bone marrow or stem cell donors on Wednesday, April 17, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on the UA Mall. The drive is being held on behalf of the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation, a nonprofit… Read more »
Dan Siegel, M.D. Dan Siegel, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, exemplifies the mission of the Cindy Wool Memorial Seminar on Humanism in Medicine. Siegel is the author of “Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation,” an in-depth exploration of the power of the mind to integrate… Read more »
David Zinke as Otto Frank and Gabriella De Brequet as Anne Frank in Pima Community College Theatre Arts’ production of “The Diary of Anne Frank” (Carol Carder) Pima Community College Theatre Arts will stage “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, April 11-21. In 1943 Holland, 13-year-old Anne Frank and her family were forced into hiding to escape deportation to concentration camps by the Nazis. During two years in hiding in a… Read more »
Yafit Josephson in 'New Eyes' Back by popular demand, the critically acclaimed one-woman show “New Eyes” will return to Tucson for a single performance on Monday, April 22. “New Eyes” tells the story of Yafit Josephson, a young woman living in Israel who joins the army as part of her mandatory service to her… Read more »
Jewish Family & Children’s Services will hold its Celebration of Caring luncheon on Thursday, April 18 at 11:30 a.m. at the Doubletree Hotel, 445 S. Alvernon Way. The event will include an overview of JFCS’s social and behavioral health programs. Stories about people the agency serves will be portrayed… Read more »
The Tucson Jewish community and friends will come together to commemorate Israel’s Memorial Day, Yom Hazikaron, on Sunday, April 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. “Yom Hazikaron is the day for us to respect those who gave their lives for the security of Israel and… Read more »
The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s nominating committee, chaired by Jeff Katz, has recommended the following slate of officers for the 2013-2014 program year: Kathryn L. Unger, chair of the board; Madeline Friedman, vice chair; Terry Perl, vice chair; James A. Whitehill, vice chair; James Wezelman, treasurer; Shelly Silverman,… Read more »
Israeli soldiers with Purim packages donated through Connections Israel
(Courtesy Connections Israel) Congregation Or Chadash religious school students in grades 1-6 partnered with Connections Israel, a nonprofit organization based in Jerusalem, to send mishloach manot (Purim baskets) to soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces. Along with donating money for the holiday treats, the students wrote letters that were added to the… Read more »
Ron Blomberg Former New York Yankee first baseman Ron Blomberg made history as the first designated hitter in the major leagues. “In 1973 I screwed up the game of baseball and I’m very proud of it, and having a Jew to do it is great,” he told the AJP in a… Read more »
Israeli flags fly high at a recent Israel Festival in Tucson. (Marty Johnston/TJCC) “Israel’s Incredible Innovations” — 65 years’ worth of remarkable achievements in computing, medicine, agriculture, biotechnology, renewable energy and many other fields — will be front and center at the Israel 65 Festival on Sunday, April 21, which will be held from noon to 6 p.m. on the Jewish community… Read more »
Tucson’s Israel 65 Festival next month will celebrate “Israel’s Incredible Innovations,” such as: Computers • MinDesktop, a thought-controlled, hands-free computer for the disabled that could be used without a keyboard or mouse. Developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev students under the supervision of professor Rami Puzis, it features… Read more »
The annual Mimuna concert, a Moroccan-style end-of-Passover celebration sponsored by the Weintraub Israel Center and Temple Emanu-El, will be held Tuesday, April 2 at 6 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El. “We will host two very special musicians for a live performance of the MoroMore group, with Bulgarian musician Anton Shekerjiev… Read more »
Howard J. Schwartz, M.D., will speak on “Ethical Issues for Jewish Doctors” at a Hadassah Southern Arizona lunch on Thursday, April 18 at noon at Skyline Country Club. Born in New York City, Schwartz attended yeshiva and received his B.A. from Brooklyn College and his M.D. from the Einstein… Read more »
