Or Chadash, Temple Emanu-El explore merger | AZ Jewish Post
WEBMar 20, 2020 · Temple Emanu-El, established in 1910, is the oldest synagogue in Arizona, while Or Chadash is celebrating its 25th year. After more than a year of exploration, last month both congregations approved a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding, signaling the willingness of the parties to move forward. …
Mae’s Kosher Kitchen Now Open at Handmaker | AZ Jewish Post
WEBJul 12, 2023 · Mae’s Kosher Kitchen honors Mae and her vision to create Handmaker Jewish Home for the Aging, which today remains the only kosher senior living facility in Arizona. To order from Mae’s Kosher Kitchen, contact Tally at 520-870-1808 or [email protected]. UArizona Hillel Preps for Exciting …
Philanthropist, Zionist, activist, Tucsonan Evie Pozez dies at 84
WEBDec 23, 2010 · Mrs. Pozez, 84, died on Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. Born in Iowa City, Iowa, she graduated from the University of Iowa, before moving to Tulsa, Okla., where she met her future husband, Shaol Pozez. She raised her family in Topeka, Kan., and moved with Shaol to Tucson in 1984, several years after Shaol’s cousin Louis and his wife, Ruthann Pozez ...
Billionaire German family to make amends for company’s Nazi past
WEBMar 25, 2019 · BERLIN — One of Germany’s wealthiest families said it will make amends for its company’s Nazi past.In a spectacular announcement, the Reimann family, worth about $37 billion and the second richest in Germany, announced that new research had shown that the company’s Nazi-era directors, Albert Reimann and his son, Albert Reimann Jr., were dedicated National Socialists who committed ...
Ken Goodman | AZ Jewish Post
WEBApr 2, 2020 · Ken Goodman. Ken Goodman, Ph.D., 92, died March 12, 2020. A reading researcher and professor emeritus at the University of Arizona, Dr. Goodman was considered the founding father of the whole language approach to reading. He spent his earliest years in Chicago, moving to Detroit when he was 7 and graduating from Northwestern High School at age 15.
Handmaker announces partnership with Mobile Meals of Southern …
WEBFeb 19, 2021 · Late last year, Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging began a partnership with the ongoing Chabad of Tucson Kosher Meals on Wheels program to provide affordable Kosher Meals to those in need in our community. We are excited to announce an additional partnership between Handmaker, Chabad and Mobile ...
New Jewish section consecrated at Marana cemetery
WEBMar 3, 2016 · All local rabbis may officiate at funerals at the Marana cemetery, says Zimmerman. The Jewish section was dedicated on Dec. 22, the 10th of Tevet on the Jewish calendar. The dedication was held on that day because participants must fast and the 10th of Tevet is already a fast day, Zimmerman explains. “Consecrating or inaugurating a …
Unveiling reveals more than a headstone | AZ Jewish Post
WEBSep 27, 2019 · But the unveiling of his headstone was much more than a time-honored Jewish tradition. It offered us a moment in our very busy lives to stop, reflect, comfort, and love each other as we honored the patriarch of our family. Jewish tradition is replete with rituals to commemorate life cycle events. Birth is accompanied by a …
Conversion to Judaism: denomination by denomination
WEBKelman estimates the breakdown of students at his Orthodox conversion course in Manhattan as 30-35 percent converts who already converted outside of Orthodoxy, 30 percent relationship converts, 15 percent seekers and 15 percent drawn to Judaism for social reasons. The vast majority of Kelman’s students are women, mostly aged 25 to 40.
Obituary: Bernie Orman | AZ Jewish Post
WEBAug 14, 2019 · Bernie Carl Orman, 94, died July 19, 2019. Mr. Orman was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Fannie and Jack Orman. A skilled musician, he played the violin, trumpet, and clarinet. He drove Highway 66 from Detroit to Tucson in 1959 in a red two-door Chevrolet with his wife, Betty, and their two boys. He ...
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