On Thursday, April 4, Democrat Deborah Nardozzi was sworn in as the newest member of the Arizona House of Representatives for the 8th district, a day after she was appointed to the position by…
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Israel Bachar was on his way to his New York office in SoHo when the first plane hit the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. By the time he arrived, the second plane had struck and any illusion that the attack might have been an accident evaporated. More than two decades later, “the fear a…
Paul Rockower, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phoenix (JCRC), is making a quick trip to the nation’s capital this month, but not to see the cherry blossoms. Rather, he is traveling at the invitation of FBI Director Christopher Wray, who is set to hono…
Community Milestones
ARI PAZ AMBROSON
Renee “Lovey’’ Borenstein’s Arizona legacy began when the Borenstein family — Lou, Lovey, Mark, Neal and Wendy — moved to Greater Phoenix from Queens in 1978. A year later, they opened Chompie’s Bagel Factory at 32nd Street and Shea Boulevard in Phoenix to educate Arizonans on the finer poin…
JUDAH VAUGHN GARCIA
DARREN MARTIN ZELL
GENE BURNS
DORIS RELIN DEGROOT
MORTON LIPPMAN
ZOE RIVKA LIEBERMAN
CHARLOTTE LANDAY
Lifestyle
Last fall, Susan Brooks and her husband took a trip to Asheville, North Carolina, a locale known for having some of the most dramatic displays of fall foliage in the country. After living in Arizona for the past 40 years with its desert palette, the beautiful colors of the forest trees overwhelmed her and left her awestruck.
Spectators were treated to an exhibition game by members of the Israel ParaSport Center’s (The Center) Hope in Motion Wheelchair Basketball Tour on Thursday, March 7, at the Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center (VOSJCC) basketball court, inside the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus in …
Lucy Greenbaum wasn’t sure what to expect last month when she walked into Temple Chai, the Phoenix synagogue where she was raised, became a bat mitzvah and first learned to love Jewish music. She had just returned for the synagogue’s “Cantor’s Concert” on Feb. 25, an event she had regularly …
Religious Life
This past Monday, I stood in the Trader Joe’s parking lot with a group of strangers, sharing eclipse glasses and looking up at the sky. Together, we stood profoundly in awe, marveling at nature and the miracle passing by right above us.
Opinion
I must honestly say, the question of what a Jewish reaction to the upholding of the 19th-century abortion ban this week and making it into law should be is a hard one, and I am still working through emotions, thoughts and what would be the right thing to say.
Why is this Passover different from all other Passover Seders? Passover celebrates liberatio…
(JTA) — How do we live a life of principle and integrity, without closing ourselves off from…
(JTA) — In 2021, a leather-bound book dating from the second part of the 19th century came u…
US & World News
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Unqualified public expressions of support for Israel from President Joe Biden. The United States and other nations scrambling to protect Israel from rockets. Congress accelerating defense assistance to Israel.
(JTA) — Organizations and individuals around the world have donated at least $1.4 billion toward Israel’s recovery from the attack of Oct. 7, according to a new report published by Israel’s Mi…
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Fallout from Chuck Schumer’s speech last week pushing for new elections in Israel is continuing, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling it “totally inappropr…
Israeli university launching unique mental health trauma center spurred by distinct nature of Oct. 7
How do you deal with the trauma of the deadliest day Jews have experienced since the Holocaust?
Special Section: Legal Affairs
Special Section: Passover
On behalf of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Phoenix…
Scottsdale’s Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) member Janie Kuzni…
As people sorted themselves into groups of five or six at Pard…
When I think about menu planning for Passover, I initially wor…
(JTA) — A superhero who saves the day; the return of a beloved…
(JTA) — The creators of new Passover Haggadahs focused on Zion…
Freedom, resilience and strength are all universal themes asso…
