Michael and Alison Feinberg sat at a table in the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus (ILJCC) last Wednesday evening, poised to sign one of seven new pages to be added to the Endowment Book of …
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Almost 25 years ago, the late chef Anthony Bourdain published “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly,” his memoir offering a humorous but candid view of the shadowy side of high-end restaurant kitchens. Bourdain described the world of professional chefs as “unremittingl…
Leah Amiot and her daughter, Elle, stood looking over the chocolate sauce, hot fudge, sprinkles and other yummy toppings, carefully deciding what to put on the ice cream they’d just been handed at the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus on Sunday, April 14. They ate their free scoops as they …
Community Milestones
LILLIAN LENORE BECKERMAN
ARI PAZ AMBROSON
LINDA FARBER
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
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
After perhaps too much preparation, we find ourselves in the midst of our Passover celebration. Perhaps the message of “Dayenu” has found its way into our hearts? Instead of spending all of our time shopping, cooking and cleaning, what if, instead, we shifted our perspective on Passover and…
Opinion
(JTA) — I am the only Jewish elected official in Rochester, the third-biggest city in New York State. I am 38 years old, which when it comes to Israel can feel like the political “sandwich generation” — old enough to know that Israel was once seen as vulnerable, and young enough to understan…
(New York Jewish Week) — My son is in town from California for Passover, and on Tuesday nigh…
I must honestly say, the question of what a Jewish reaction to the upholding of the 19th-cen…
Why is this Passover different from all other Passover Seders? Passover celebrates liberatio…
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…