Our Town

PATTIE MARTIN, M.Ed., has been named director of older adult services at JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN’S SERVICES. She previously directed one of those services at JFCS, Select Care Managers.… Read more »

Esther Sternberg, M.D.

ESTHER M. STERNBERG, M.D. will give the keynote address at the University of Arizona Women’s Mental Health Symposium on Saturday, April 27 at the Westin La Paloma. Sternberg will speak on “Brain Immune Interactions: The Science of Health and Well-Being.” Sternberg is director of research for the UA Center… Read more »

Lori Laska Sumberg

LARRY DALKOFF won third place in the 60-70 age category in a bodybuilding competition held at Utterback Middle School in March 16. The competition was sponsored by the Amateur Bodybuilding Association. Singer/songwriter and cantorial soloist LORI LASKA SUMBERG will perform songs from her new album, “Tales of the Road,”… Read more »

THE 2013 SCHORR FAMILY AWARD will be presented to U.S. Rep. Ron Barber “for his distinguished contribution in furthering public understanding of mental illness.” The free public event will be held April 4 at 3 p.m. at the Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway. Neal Cash, president and… Read more »

PATRICIA C. BISCHOF will exhibit her art, consisting of assemblage, mixed media and painting, at Unity of Tucson, 3617 N. Camino Blanco, April 7 -28. An artist’s reception will be held April 7, 10 a.m.-11 a.m.… Read more »

ALICE STEINFELD is one of five women being honored by Tu Nidito Children & Family Services as “Remarkable Moms” at its annual gala on May 11. A psychotherapist in private practice, Steinfeld is a volunteer with CHAI Circle, a support group for Jewish women with cancer, and Dream Street… Read more »

Susan Claassen

SUSAN CLAAS­SEN and GABRI­ELLE GIFFORDS were among “Arizona’s 48 Most Intriguing Women” honored at Arizona’s 101st statehood Day on Feb. 14. Claassen, the managing artistic director of Invisible Theatre, was honored in the arts and entertainment category. Former U.S. Rep. Giffords was included as one of the “Legends” along… Read more »

Rabbi Ben Herman

RABBI BEN HERMAN, assistant rabbi of Congregation Anshei Israel, has received a grant from the PELIE Foundation (Partnership for Effective Learning and Innovative Education) through the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. The eight-week professional development web course will focus on integrating web technology into CAI’s religious school programs.  … Read more »

TEMPLE EMANU-EL is one of eight Reform congregations nationwide selected to participate in the Union for Reform Judaism Emerging Young Adult Initiatives Community of Practice, a networking group aimed at discovering new ways to engage young adults in congregational life.… Read more »

BOB SCHWARTZ, formerly of the law firm of Russo, Russo & Slania, P.C., has been named chief executive officer of Southern Arizona Land Trust, Inc. Schwartz also will serve as in-house legal counsel of SALT’s sister company, Family Housing Resources, Inc. SALT and FHR are nonprofit supporting organizations of… Read more »

THE INVISIBLE THEATRE will award its 2013 “Goldie Award” to stage and screen star Valarie Pettiford. The award, which honors a guest artist, was established in 1988 in tribute to Goldie Klein, mother of Invisible Theater’s artistic director, Susan Claassen. Pettiford will perform a concert for Invisible Theatre, “Celebration!”… Read more »

Lee Olitzky

THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA has posted the preliminary findings from its Jewish Community Planning Survey at www.jewishtucson.org/planning. The informational study was designed to inform the work of the strategic planning steering committee and task forces; it is not a demographic study and does not represent a statistically… Read more »

THOMAS MILLER is one of seven Arizona artists to win an artist research and development grant from the Arizona Commission of the Arts. Miller’s grant, in the category of literary arts, will allow him to conduct field research for a nonfiction travel narrative, “Don Quixote’s Trail,” tracing places mentioned… Read more »

Ellen Freeman

ELLEN FREEMAN has been named coordinator for the LGBT Jewish Inclusion Project of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. Freeman has a long history of activities in the LGBT non-profit sector. She is also an award-winning professional in media, marketing and business development arenas. A Massachusetts native, Freeman lives… Read more »

LT. COL. JONATHAN E. LOWE recently became the squadron commander of the 348th Recruiting Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, near Salt Lake City, Utah. Lowe is the son of Anne and David Lowe of Marana. BRYCE MEGDAL was named Tucson Photographer of the Year by RAW Natural Born… Read more »

ST. GREGORY COLLEGE PREP­ARATORY SCHOOL has appointed Julie A. Sherrill, Ph.D., as the new head of school effective July 2013. Sherrill is currently principal at Sunrise Drive Elementary School in the Catalina Foothills School District. Sherrill began her career as a high school teacher in California and Ohio after… Read more »

MIKI PAUL, Ph.D., presented the keynote address, “When Love Hurts: A Survivor’s Story of Domestic Abuse and Healing,” at the “Break the Silence of Domestic Violence” conference for 180 faith leaders in Tucson on Oct. 24. The conference was sponsored by the Pima County Attorney’s Office and Emerge! Center… Read more »

Former U.S. Rep. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS and her husband, Capt. Mark Kelly, received the Shirley Agnos Legacy Award at the 101st Arizona Town Hall on Civic Leadership, Tuesday, Nov. 27 at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale.         ADAM KWASMAN, a Tucson native, was elected to the Arizona… Read more »

JOSH PROTAS, vice president and director of the Washington D.C., office of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs since 2009, is leaving JCPA to create a Washington office for Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger. Protas was previously senior vice president for planning and community affairs and director of… Read more »

PHYLLIS BRAUN, executive editor of the ARIZONA JEWISH POST, was a panelist at a Pima County/Tucson Women’s Commission seminar Oct. 18 on “How to Get Your Regional News in Print or Online.” Also on the panel were Carolyn Classen, J.D., author of “Carolyn’s Community”on tucsoncitizen.com; Tiffany Kjos, regional editor… Read more »