People in the News

People in the news 10.15.10

MELISSA TRUELOVE, a teacher at Congregation Or Chadash and Tucson Hebrew Academy and winner of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s Outstanding Judaic Teacher Award for 2010, will receive a Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education at the Jewish Federations of North America general assembly in November. JASON… Read more »

People in the news 10.1.10

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 »

People in the news 8.6.10

U.S. ARMY CAPT. ISAAC GREENBERG will speak at the National Jewish War Veterans 2010 Annual Conference, which will be held Aug. 8-15 in Savannah, Ga. A member of the local JWV Friedman-Paul Post 201, Greenberg  is serving his third term as the national JWV vice chairman for the global… Read more »

People in the news 7.2.10

ANDREW MESHEL, a University of Arizona law student, is one of 30 law and medical students chosen by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics to participate in its inaugural two-week program in New York, Berlin and Poland, which began June 20. Students in the program… Read more »

People in the news 6.4.10

HILARY LYONS was named a recipient of the 24th Annual Hadassah National Leadership Award. Lyons is Young Judaea Chair for Hadassah Southern Arizona and is the education director of Congregation Chaverim. RUTH OSOBOW was named Hadassah Southern Arizona’s Woman of the Year. Osobow is currently chapter membership co-vice president… Read more »