Last month, the Mesa City Council appointed Judge Geoffrey Balon as a new magistrate on its Municipal Court. Balon, who is Jewish, believes that his experience as a religious minority makes hi…
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As the Jewish High Holidays approach, rabbis across the Valley are shaping sermons to help their congregations welcome the New Year, a time for both profound reflection and spiritual renewal. Every year, Greater Phoenix rabbis challenge themselves to offer insight and inspiration by weaving …
When several congregants of Temple B’rith Shalom decided to throw a party last month in honor of Rabbi Dr. Susan Schanerman’s second anniversary as their spiritual leader, they were celebrating more than their rabbi’s short tenure.
Community Milestones
GERALDINE "JERRI" MEYERS SHUBERT
HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN
GERALD "JERRY" M. WALTERS
JEANETTE ROSALYN KAPLAN
DAVID BRESLOW WEIGEL
OWEN FREDERICK KETCHEL
ASHER JOSHUA SILVERMAN
TRUDI B. ADLER
SAMUEL WEINSTEIN
Lifestyle
Adam Nimoy didn’t have a normal childhood. Growing up in Los Angeles, he watched from a young age as his father, Leonard, tried to make it in Hollywood as an actor. His father struggled to earn enough to support the family with odd jobs and a small acting part here and there.
Jewish cooks across Greater Phoenix likely have their personal favorite recipes when it comes time to make any number of Jewish dishes. However, it is an open question how many of those same cooks (or the people at their tables) have given much thought as to how and why the recipes were firs…
After 14 times submitting a feature or short film to be considered for the Sundance Film Festival, Nathan Silver received the call that his film “Between the Temples” was accepted.
Religious Life
What are your plans for the High Holidays? What does celebrating Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur normally look like for you? Joining family and friends for a meal, including the traditional apple dipped in honey and can’t-miss double serving of brisket? How about attending services to say some o…
Opinion
It’s no secret that we are experiencing one of the most divisive election seasons in recent history. Personal attacks have been launched, friendships have been broken and walls of antagonism and hostility have been built between people.
(JTA) — Late Saturday night, after Shabbat was over, my texts lit up with messages from othe…
“Know your roots,” my grandmother would often tell me. She believed that understanding where…
I was deeply saddened to hear about the sale of Weiss Guys Car Wash, a beloved institution t…
US & World News
(JTA) — When universities issued statements about Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks and the war in Gaza last year, many led to intense blowback, donor revolts and — in some cases — high-profile leaders resigning. No statement, it seemed, was good enough to avoid criticism.
(JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces said that indirect and unintentional gunfire from its troops likely killed Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, and expressed regret over her death.
(JTA) — Right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson used the latest episode of his online talk show to interview a self-proclaimed “historian” who promoted falsehoods about the Holocaust.
(JTA) — Since J.D. Vance was tapped as Donald Trump’s running mate, journalists and activists have unearthed a series of clips in which he denigrates people without children, famously referrin…
