BRENNA LACEY will hold a solo exhibit of drawings, paintings, prints and other media at the Jewish Community Foundation, with a wine and cheese reception on Wednesday, March 26 from 5:30-7 p.m. (RSVP to promise@jcftucson.org or 577-0388). The reception is hosted by JCF and The Drawing Studio. Lacey, a… Read more »
MARLENE BURNS will be showing her work, including many Judaic paintings, at ASU Gammage through May 4. The auditorium, a Frank Lloyd Wright building on the Arizona State University campus, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The show will be open to the public on Mondays, 1-4 p.m., during performances… Read more »
MINDY FAIN, M.D., has been honored with the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson’s Anne and Alden Hart Endowed Chair in Medicine. Fain is professor of medicine and chief of the division of geriatrics, general internal medicine and palliative medicine in the UA Department of Medicine. She is co-director… Read more »
An article by former Tucsonan MIMI SCHULTZ, “A Survivor’s Lost Torah Scroll,” was published by The Jewish Daily Forward. See http://forward.co/articles/190723/a-survivor-s-lost-torah-scroll/?p=all.… Read more »
RABBI BILLY LEWKOWICZ recently completed the Tucson Marathon. Known in his native South Africa as the “Running Rabbi,” he ran marathons, “ultra marathons” including the famous “Comrades Marathon” of 56 miles and a charity run of 100 miles. Since immigrating to Tucson in1994, he had not run a marathon.… Read more »
KERI SILVYN, a partner in Lazarus, Silvyn & Bangs, P.C., has been selected as the 2013 Woman of the Year by Greater Tucson Leadership. Silvyn is co-founder and chair of Imagine Greater Tucson, president of the Jewish Communitty Foundation, serves on the boards of the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of… Read more »
JENNIFER P. SCHNEIDER, M.D., Ph.D., has published “Understand Yourself, Understand Your Partner: The Essential Enneagram Guide to a Better Relationship” with co-author Ron Corn, M.S.W.… Read more »
BORIS KOZOLCHYK, president and director of the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade, has been selected by the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as its 2013 Legacy Award honoree. One of the world’s leading experts on the utilization of commercial law as a tool for economic development, Kozolchyk… Read more »
SUSAN CLAASSEN, artistic director of Invisible Theatre, will tour in “A Conversation with Edith Head” this fall. As “Edie,” the legendary Hollywood costume designer, Claassen also will emcee Tucson Fashion Week’s runway presentation on Oct. 18 at the Tucson Museum of Art, appearing with fashion designer Betsey Johnson. FRANK… Read more »
Recent photographs by CY LEHRER will be on display at the Tucson International Airport Lower Link Gallery through Dec. 31. It will include works from four projects: “Digital Noir,” “More Postcards from the Strip,” “Non-Objective Abstraction Group” and “The Walls of Buenos Aires: Collage.” A reception will be held… Read more »
ZACHARY COHEN received the Outstanding Master (President) award from AEPi International, a Jewish fraternity. Cohen, a student at Drexel University in Philadelphia, will graduate in June with a double major in history and political science. He is the son of Cantor Janece Cohen of Congregation Or Chadash and grandson… Read more »
“Sunfish,” a musical with lyrics by Nogales, Ariz., native MICHAEL COOPER, won the top jury honor for musical theater production at the Daegu International Musical Festival in Korea. Cooper is the son of Liane and David Capin Cooper and grandson of Bette and Leonard Cooper and Joan and Alfred… Read more »
ALAN D. BEDRICK, M.D., professor and chief of neonatology and developmental biology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine department of pediatrics, has received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Pennsylvania State University. It is the highest honor Penn State bestows upon an alumnus. Bedrick has volunteered for the… Read more »
“The Complete Caregiver Support Guide” by ESTER LEUTENBERG and Carroll Morris received a Silver 2013 Benjamin Franklin Award in the category of psychology from the Independent Book Publishers Association at a ceremony in New York City on May 29. The book was published by Whole Person Associates. Leutenberg has… Read more »
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS will be honored as Woman of the Year by Emerge Arizona: Women Leaders for a Democratic Future at its annual event on Thursday, May 23 in Phoenix. The former Arizona congresswoman also received a Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation on May… Read more »
J. Edward Wright The University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences announced that a new endowed professorship was named in honor of J. EDWARD WRIGHT, director of the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies. Wright will himself hold the title of J. Edward Wright Professor of Judaic Studies beginning July 1.… 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 »
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 »
