Tagged Hadassah Southern Arizona

UA professor will probe Kabbalah at Hadassah lunch

David Graizbord

David Graizbord, Ph.D., associate professor of Judaic studies at the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, will present “Kaballah, What is it, Really and What does it Matter (Especially if You are Not a Hasid or Neo-Hasid)” at a Hadassah Southern Arizona luncheon on Sunday, March 17 at noon at… Read more »

Desert-Mountain Region vp to install Hadassah officers

Sheilah Wagner

Hadassah Southern Ari­zona will install its 2013 slate of officers, including co-presidents Iris Sapovits of Green Valley and Corinne Forti of Tucson, at a luncheon on Thursday, Dec. 20 at noon at Skyline Country Club. The installing officer will be Sheilah Wagner of Phoenix. Wagner joined Hadassah in the… Read more »

Legislative breakfast probes concerns, hopes for Tucson

Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll

Cooperation was on the agenda at the annual legislative breakfast that took place at the Tucson Jewish Community Center on April 20. Republican and Democratic Pima County supervisors and Tucson City Council members started out by voicing opposition to the proposed Rosemont Mine, drawing repeated applause from the audience… Read more »

Hadassah parties, book to celebrate 100th

Anne Lowe

Hadassah: The Women’s Zionist Organization of America is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. As part of the celebration, the national organization is printing a commemorative book due out this spring, “Thin Threads: Real Stories of Hadassah Life Changing Moments.” Hadassah Southern Arizona Co-President Anne Lowe was one of… Read more »

City council, county supervisors decry state legistature

  A breakfast meeting cosponsored by Hadassah Southern Arizona and the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Foundation of Southern Arizona, “Views on Recovery and Progress: A Conversation with Tucson City Council Members and Pima County Board of Supervisors,” held at the Tucson Jewish Community Center on April… Read more »