Tagged Brenda Landau

Social welfare calls bolster community bonds
May 15, 2020 / Phyllis Braun, AJP Executive Editor
To ease loneliness caused by COVID-19 social distancing during Passover this year, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona and the Jewish Community Foundation organized a Passover ‘Potluck’ held via Zoom on April 13, one of the intermediate days of the holiday.

As part of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona and Jewish Community Foundation response to the coronavirus pandemic, staff and volunteers have made more than 1,300 social welfare phone calls to members of the community. The project is ongoing. “It started with my desire to reach out to donors of… Read more »

Hoffman to lead Federation, Foundation when Mellan retires

Stuart Mellan, Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona president and CEO, left, and Graham Hoffman, Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona president and CEO, look forward to a smooth transition when Mellan retires and Hoffman becomes CEO of both Federation and Foundation. (Photo: Keith Marcum/Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona)
December 20, 2019 / Phyllis Braun, AJP Executive Editor

Stuart Mellan, who has been president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona since December 1995, will retire at the end of May. At that time, Graham Hoffman, who joined the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona in September 2018 as president and CEO, will take on… Read more »

Growth, laughter to be Salkowitz’ legacy at JCF

Tracy Salkowitz, right, with her husband, Rick Edwards, at a Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona gala on Oct. 1. (Martha Lochert)
May 3, 2018 / Sara Harelson, AJP Intern

After six years of dedicated service as the president and CEO of the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, Tracy Salkowitz is moving on. Salkowitz and her husband, Rick Edwards, are heading to Mendocino, California, where the climate is kinder on her lungs. But her hands-on approach to community… Read more »

With matzah for racers, Everyone Runs to mark 10th year

Steve, Matt (in chicken suit) and Brenda Landau at a “Run With the Roosters Kinney Road 5 Miler at Old Tucson”
April 2, 2015 / Laura Etter, Special to the AJP

When Steve Landau started Everyone Runs, Everyone Walks 10 years ago, he hoped to provide runners of all levels with a race that they could finish and feel positive about. “I went to other races and I would hear runners say that they weren’t good enough to finish in… Read more »