Center for Jewish Philanthropy welcomes new board members
Oct 2, 2024 · Last month, the Center for Jewish Philanthropy of Greater Phoenix (CJP) welcomed four new board members, including two teens, bringing the total number to 15. The new members are Ellen Weiss, Ashley Rubio Levine, Eli Feldman and Samantha Zell. “As we continue to grow, it’s tremendously gratifying to have such a high-quality pool of leaders ...
Jewish top election official loses primary to election skeptic
Aug 1, 2024 · State Representative Justin Heap moves forward instead as the party’s nominee for the office in November. Heap has been a vocal election skeptic if not outright denier like Lake, one of several to endorse him. Earlier this year, Heap called Maricopa County elections “a laughing stock” on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter.
Jewish communal solidarity main takeaway from Oct. 7 …
Oct 8, 2024 · The Center for Jewish Philanthropy of Greater Phoenix (CJP) organized and hosted the evening, with the support of Anti-Defamation League Arizona, BBYO Mountain Region, Friends of Israel Scouts, Hillel at Arizona State University, Israeli American Council Arizona, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phoenix, Phoenix Jewish National Fund-USA Education and Advocacy and Valley of the Sun ...
It is in the silence… | Religious Life | jewishaz.com
Oct 8, 2024 · It is in the silence that we still receive the wisdom our loved ones gave so freely while they were yet alive. It is in the silence that we hold on to what we’ve had. It is in the silence that we let go, so that we can move on. We are so accustomed to action, to responding immediately. We struggle with inaction.
Milestone - Obituary | Milestones | jewishaz.com
Milestone - Obituary. Oct 8, 2024. KEN ABRAMS. Ken Abrams was an Eagle Scout and played the saxophone in Phoenix’s North High School marching band and was president of AZA. He attended Phoenix College for two years and played in the Phoenix College marching and concert band. Ken received a band scholarship to attend Arizona State University ...
Introducing Sam Stone, the Jewish candidate for Phoenix City …
Feb 22, 2023. Sam Stone is a candidate for Phoenix City Council District 6. Travis North. Two seats on the Phoenix City Council, Districts 6 and 8, still sit empty given that no candidate won the necessary majority of votes in November. The nonpartisan runoff election for both seats is March 14, and one of the candidates for District 6, which ...
Jewish Republican hopes to represent the state’s second legislative ...
Jun 21, 2024 · Ari Bradshaw, young, Republican and Jewish, is vying to become the next representative of District 2 in Arizona’s State House. The fourth-generation Phoenician talks openly about struggling in the city’s traditional public schools and becoming successful only after receiving scholarships to attend private school.
High Holidays services around the Valley and Northern Arizona
Sep 17, 2024 · Yom Kippur Morning Service: Saturday, Oct. 12 at 9:30 a.m. Yizkor: Saturday, Oct. 12 at 11:15 a.m. Mincha and Neilah: Saturday, Oct. 12 at 4:45 p.m. Break the Fast: Saturday, Oct. 12 at 6:34 p.m. followed by a buffet. Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation. All High Holiday services will be held at The Sun Lakes Chapel.
Milestone - Obituary | Milestones | jewishaz.com
Milestone - Obituary. Oct 8, 2024. JANICE SPERBER. Janice Sperber passed away on July 31, 2024. She was a longtime resident of Phoenix and Paradise Valley. Janice grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where she met and married Herb, her childhood sweetheart. Herb and Janice moved to Arizona in the mid-1960s and owned and operated Tux & Tails ...
Providing context to a misleading campaign sign
Oct 15, 2024 · Providing context to a misleading campaign sign. When I first saw a large sign declaring that Christine Marsh voted against Holocaust education, I was taken aback. State Senator Marsh (LD4), a former Arizona Teacher of the Year, sat on the Senate Education Committee when I testified in 2021 in support of legislation to mandate Holocaust ...