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In focus 10.10.14

(L-R): Tova Braunstein and Tsipi Goeta-Kreisler assemble packages.

The Jewish Women’s Circle of Chabad on River gathered 20 women on Sunday, Sept. 21 to pack honey cakes, apples and honey for the residents of Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging. The Jewish Women’s Circle has sponsored this project for more than 10 years.… Read more »

People in the News 9.26.14

GARY BACHMAN, a program manager in the Pima County community development and neighborhood conservation department, received a 2014 Housing Hero Award from the Arizona Department of Housing. Bachman has been an advocate for affordable housing and community development planning in Southern Arizona for nearly 30 years, including the last… Read more »

Business briefs 9.26.14

ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA has received 23 Emmy nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Rocky Mountain chapter. The nominations, more than any other public broadcaster in the region, include 36 staff members and mark the best performance in AZPM’s history. The winners will be announced on… Read more »

In focus 9.12.14

Mayor Jonathan Rothschild presents a proclamation declaring “Education and Sharing Day” on March 31, 2015 in honor of the Rebbe to the five Chabad leadership couples in the area. (L-R): Rabbi Ram Bigelman, Rabbi Yossi Winner, Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman, Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin, Rabbi Yossie Shemtov, Rothschild, Chanie Shemtov, Feigie Ceitlin, Naomi Winner, Chani Bigelman and Mushkie Zimmerman (JW Photographers)

Some 400 people filled the Tucson Jewish Community Center ballroom to hear Rabbi Joseph Telushkin discuss his New York Times best-seller, “Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History” on Sept. 15 in an event organized by the JCC, Chabad Tucson… Read more »

Business briefs 9.12.14

The TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA has named Mark Blake­man president and CEO. He comes to the TSO from the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, where he was chief operating officer.  His work to restore the Schermerhorn Symphony Center after a flood helped win a 2011 Award of Engineering Excellence from the American… Read more »

People in the news 9.12.14

AMY HIRSHBERG LEDERMAN’s award-winning book, “To Life! Jewish Reflections on Everyday Living,” is now in its second printing. Lederman has written more than 300 columns and essays that have been published nationwide, debuting in the Arizona Jewish Post. Her second book, “One Life, Many Paths: Finding Meaning and Inspiration… Read more »

In focus 9.12.14

The Weintraub Israel Center arranged for 400 pencil cases filled with back to school supplies to be distributed to students in Tucson’s Partnership2Gether region in Israel.  Tucsonan Asher Amar initatiated the project. The message on the cases reads, “(Wishing you) a successful school year, with love, Partnership2Gether family, the… Read more »

Business briefs 8.29.14

BARRY WEISBAND has been hired as director of planning and partner relationships at the JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA. Weisband’s 30 years of marketing and business development experience ranges from nonprofit to for-profit organizations, including large multinational corporations, and planning and launching new ventures.  He has an extensive background… Read more »

People in the news 8.29.14

STEVEN MECKLER will be inducted into the Tucson Advertising Hall of Fame on Thursday, Sept. 11. Meckler owns Steven Meckler Photography. He has been active with the American Advertising Federation Tucson board of directors since 1998 and was recognized by AAFT with the 2006 Advertising Professional of the Year… Read more »

Business briefs 8.15.14

ALLIE LONDON has been appointed program officer for the JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA. She is responsible for overseeing the Foundation’s grants program. A native New Yorker who recently relocated to Tucson from Chicago, she has over two decades of experience in marketing, copywriting and client engagement, including… Read more »

People in the news 8.15.14

Sunrise Drive Elementary School first grade teacher ALLYCYN NA­DELL JACOBS recently returned from a 10-day teacher development program in China, through the Catalina Foothills School District’s partnership with Yangtze International Study Abroad. Jacobs was one of 10 CFSD participants. She teaches the English component of Sunrise Drive’s Chinese immersion… Read more »

People in the News 7.4.14

LOGAN RIEGEL was awarded a scholarship to participate in the Galway Flute Festival in Athens, Ga., June 26-July 1. Logan was coached by Lady Jeanne Galway and participated in master classes on orchestral music, chamber ensemble music and jazz improvisation taught by Sir James Galway. She has been playing… Read more »

Business briefs 7.4.14

Sharon Glassberg

SHARON GLASSBERG, director of the Coalition for Jewish Education and vice president for programming and organizational development at the JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA, was installed as vice president of the North American Association of Community and Congregational Hebrew High Schools at the annual NAACCHHS conference held June 9-10… Read more »

In focus 7.4.14

(L-R): Dani LeCompte, Foothills Club giving chair; Bryan Davis, JCRC director; Justin Martinez, National Bank of Arizona vice president and incoming Foothills Club president; Lew Hamburger, JCRC Homer Davis Project co-chair

  Supporting Homer Davis The Foothills Club, a nonprofit organization that raises funds to support community programs for children and families in need, recently donated $1,500 to the Jewish Community Relations Council’s Homer Davis Project, which provides food assistance, tutoring and other support for children at Homer Davis Elementary… Read more »

People in the news 6.20.14

MARILYN FORSTOT, a Sahuarita resident, recently published a novel, “More Precious than Rubies,” available as an e-book through amazon. com. Set during and after the American Revolution, the novel shows early American life from a Jewish perspective. Forstot is a member of Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley,… Read more »

Business briefs 6.20.14

The TUCSON JEWISH COMMUITY CENTER announced its 2014-15 board of directors at its annual meeting on May 13. BARNEY HOLTZMAN, managing director of Tucson law office Fennemore Craig, will be board chair. Holtzman, who has served on the JCC board since 2000, is also a board member of Ben’s… Read more »

In Focus 6.20.14

(L-R) Front kneeling: Adrian Lehrman; front row: Rachel Badalov, Alyssa Lee, Rochelle Felix, Dreo Polonski, Or Shenkar, Sapir Curiel, Rebecka Sokoloff, Heidi Saxton, Emily Youngerman, Lola Maas, Rivkah Selmon, Alexis McKinstry; back row: Noah Meyer, Avin Kreisler, Rafe Centuori, Benjamin Manninen, Jacob Anderson

Tucson Hebrew Academy graduation Tucson Hebrew Academy held its eighth grade graduation on Thursday, May 8. Based on their academic achievements, the graduates had a variety of high school options from which to choose. This year’s graduates will move on to University High School, St. Gregory College Preparatory School,… Read more »

Busines briefs 6.6.14

STUART SHATKEN was elected president of the board of trustees of the JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA. He has served as a JCF trustee since 2010. An attorney, he was vice president of a large real estate firm in New York for many years. In Tucson, he has… Read more »

In Focus 6.6.14

The Tucson Jewish Youth Choir, led by Cantor Janece Cohen, performs.

Israel 66 Celebration About 500 people attended the Israel 66 Celebration held Wednesday evening, May 14, at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Coordinated by the Weintraub Israel Center, which is a joint program of the JCC and the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona, the event included children’s activities, Israeli… Read more »

People in the news 5.23.14

SCOTT H. GAN, a shareholder of Mesch, Clark & Rothschild PC, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. The academy was founded in 1990 to recognize outstanding appellate lawyers and promote the improvement of appellate advocacy and the administration of the appellate courts. Membership… Read more »