Ellie Sims, 17, has always felt a connection to social justice because she’s Jewish.
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Jewish War Veterans, Scottsdale Post 210 welcomed 40 new members in February.
Erika Neuberg spent 25 years in private practice as a clinical psychologist before transitioning to a life-coaching practice three years ago. Over the course of her professional life she carefully honed her listening and negotiating skills. She now stands ready to use both as part of the Ari…
Arin Finger was ready for the biggest youth sports league season yet: 2,500 kids had jerseys and were assigned to different sports teams. They were on rosters and scheduled to compete. It was April of last year, just when the COVID-19 pandemic began to wreak havoc and “everything came crumbl…
This was upposed to be the year that Andrea Unger’s 6-year-old son, Casey, began his Jewish education.
The Arizona Jewish Post was one of the first things that made Michelle Blumenberg, University of Arizona Hillel Foundation’s executive director, feel welcome when she moved to Tuscon in 1992.
Aileen Becker’s oldest daughter was in the first class of Shearim Torah High School for Girls in 2007. “They’ve produced a lot of bright girls who have done very well academically,” she said. But it just wasn’t the right fit for her 15-year-old daughter.
Renee Joffe had to do a double take when she walked into one of Congregation Kehillah’s classrooms recently. Preserved on the white board was a lesson about Tu B’Shevat — the students’ last pre-pandemic lesson.
Koral Zaarur sometimes worries her prominence as a Jewish student leader at Arizona State University makes her an easy target for anti-Semites. “I’m hated by some because of my religion,” she said. She finds herself wondering whether “someone will act on this hatred.”
Community Milestones
JONATHAN AARON PEAR
IRENE DANON
Lifestyle
Maybe it’s the fact that the wave of insider accounts of the Trump administration seems to have finally crested. Maybe everyone had a lot of time for high-yield contemplation during 2020. Maybe the entire publishing industry wanted to create some difficult choices for me, personally.
The COVID-19-spurred lockdown was the push Na’amah Segal Karas needed to become more observant.
Every Purim growing up, my grandma, mom, sister and I would spend time together baking loads of hamantaschen for everyone to enjoy. I can still picture all of us together — laughing, enjoying each other’s company and baking for hours.
On Feb. 12, Isaac Cherem’s independent film “Leona” opened in select theatres across the United States, including Scottsdale’s Harkins Theatres Shea 14.
Religious Life
On Thursday night we begin our celebration of the most irreverent of Jewish observances — Purim. During this holiday, we read the scroll of Esther, exchange gifts of food, mishloach manot, with friends, acquaintances and family and also offer gifts to the poor. Furthermore, it is considered …
Opinion
Confusion. Disbelief. Denial.
Among the marauding mix of white nationalist, neo-Nazi, Christian militia and QAnon insurrec…
February has a variety of noteworthy qualities: the shortest month, Black History Month, Val…
Protecting Holocaust survivors is uniquely important. They represent survival and resilience…
We are troubled by a recent poll that found three in 10 Republicans believe the QAnon conspi…
Texas has long prided itself on its individualism, its independence and its deep natural and…
US & World News
The Israeli Supreme Court on Monday issued a bombshell ruling that recognized conversions by the Reform and Conservative movements in Israel, therefore enabling Israeli citizenship under the “Law of Return.”
Israel’s Health Ministry on Monday reported that the COVID-19 virus’s reproduction rate had risen back to one. The increasing transmission rate calls into question government plans to graduall…
Last Purim, a mask was just a costume and not a medical device.
For his first American tour after being named Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Gilad Erdan said he wanted to make a “personal journey, listening and learning about the history and the…
Special Section: Wonderful Weddings
Regina Goodman and Sam Spiegel’s first meeting and early relationship had many hallmarks of …
Special Section: Senior Lifestyle
Risa Mallin, 79, isn’t used to staying at home. She was “busy, busy, busy” pre-pandemic. She…
Special Section: Home & Design
Living in a neighborhood sprinkled with short-term rentals has…
Mirrors can show more than a reflection. For designing a home,…
If the ethos of the renovation of the building that once house…