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Local, Israeli experts to discuss modern Israel at NW symposium LAUREN BOOKWALTER AJP Intern

sraeli politics, water scarcity, and medical advances will highlight “Israel in the 21st Century,” the second annual symposium of the Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life in the Northwest. David Graizbord, Ph.D., Sharon B. Megdal Ph.D., Yoram Weiss, M.D., Danielle Levy, and Shay Friedwald will speak at the event on Sunday March 22, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Adult education is a huge component of the Olson Center,” says Phyllis Gold, director of the Northwest Division of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. “People tend to want something current and popular that they can learn about. There are some people who haven’t been to Israel in a long time.” Gold says technological, medical, and political advances in Israel are hot topics ripe

David Graizbord

Sharon Megdal

for the symposium this year. Graizbord, an associate professor and associate director of the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Arizona, will speak about the historical and cultural background of Israeli politics — its various political parties, political ideologies, and political styles — “to contextualize and deepen listeners’ understanding of Israel.” He aims to encourage participants to approach Israel as a modern country and a real-world society, and not as a political “issue, a ‘project’ of American Jew-

Yoram Weiss

ish organizations, and an object of charity, much less a series of overheated and misleading headlines and op-eds in the media,” says Graizbord. Also a historian of early modern and modern Jews, Graizbord will share how the politics of World War I and World War II shaped Israeli politics today and will analyze the March 2, 2020 elections in Israel. Megdal’s topic will be “Addressing Water Scarcity in Israel through Innovative Water Management and Technology.” She is director of the UArizona Water

Shay Friedwald

Danielle Levy

Resources Research Center, an extension center and research unit for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Megdal is the head editor of “Shared Borders, Shared Waters: Israeli-Palestinian and Colorado River Basin Water Challenges,” and is board president of International Arid Lands Consortium. “Israel is a known leader in water management,” Megdal says. She will give an overview of how Israel has met high demands while dealing with a water shortage. “It’s important because people in our See Symposium, page 2

Tucson’s first mezuzah week set to ensure spiritual security DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Assistant Editor

ucson Mezuzah Week” is the first c om mu n it y - w i d e opportunity, offered by Congregation Chofetz Chayim and the Southwest Torah Institute, to have every Jewish home in Tucson protected by the mitzvah of placing mezuzot on every doorpost,” says the congregation’s Rabbi Israel Becker. Often called the “Jewish security system,” the mezuzah is the parchment scroll with the Shema prayer handwritten by an expert scribe. In Jewish tradition, plac-

ing a mezuzah on every door of a home or office is a commandment and symbolic reminder of G-d’s presence. It protects the inhabitants, whether they are inside or outside, transforms the entire building into a holy object, and according to the Talmud, helps protect individuals from committing sin. For Mezuzah Week, March 15-19, Rabbi Moshe Peretz Gilden from the Milwaukee Kollel Center for Jewish Studies will come to Congregation Chofetz Chayim for educational and scroll-checking events. He is a sofer (scribe) certified by the renowned Sofer Rabbi Yosef

Rabbi Moshe Peretz Gilden

Heinermann of Cleveland, Ohio. “This also is Rabbi Gilden’s first

offering of this program. And, for the first time, everyone in the Jewish community has an opportunity to have their mezuzahs checked,” says Becker. Use of the mezuzah to mark Jewish homes dates back more than 3,300 years with scrolls found dating back more than 2,000 years. The word “mezuzah” literally means doorpost, but commonly refers to the scroll, affixed inside an often-decorative container. The scribe writes on the parchment with special ink in Ktav Ashurit, a Hebrew lettering style reserved for the Torah, tefillin, and mezuzot. The Shema See Mezuzah, page 4

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LOCAL Wexler to get Zehngut award at Connections

ella Wexler, a junior at Jewish thought. Catalina Foothills High Wexler is a vice president School, will receive of her school's speech and the Bryna Zehngut Mitzvot debate club and captain of Award March 8 at Connecthe Lincoln-Douglas Philosotions 2020, the Jewish Fedphy Debate team. She also is eration of Southern Arizona president of the Chinese club, Women’s Philanthropy signaand received the U.S. Departture event, this year featuring ment of State’s National SeBella Wexler Dr. Ruth Westheimer as keycurity Language Initiative for note speaker. The Women’s Philanthro- Youth scholarship, spending the summer py advisory council created the award, of 2019 in Xiamen, China, studying the which recognizes an outstanding Jewish language and living with a host family for teenage girl, to honor the memory of a two of the six weeks. “With my host famcommunity volunteer who died in 2005. ily, I engaged in cross cultural dialogue Wexler is an alumna and current in- about the nuances between my Jewish tern of the Jewish Latino Teen Coalition, and their Buddhist faith. For most of the to which she will donate her $613 award Chinese people I met, I was the first Jew — the amount reflects the 613 mitzvot, they had ever known. This made the way or commandments, in the Torah. In ad- I projected myself even more critical,” she dition to helping plan JLTC activities, says. Teachers and program organizers Wexler is spearheading a project to build selected Wexler as one of the top three a more accessible and involved alumni students. network. At CFHS, she tutors students, preShe also is a finalist for the Bronfman dominantly in math courses ranging Youth Fellowship, which selects 26 Jew- from sixth-grade math to honors algebra ish high school students to study Jewish 2, and is a volunteer with the National literature in Israel for five weeks during Honor Society. In eighth grade, she was the summer and participate in video president of the National Junior Honor seminars and projects throughout the Society. following school year. Her volunteer work in the general Wexler’s Jewish community involve- community includes writing for The Tucment also includes membership in NFTY, son Dog Magazine and volunteering in the Reform Jewish youth movement, and summer 2018 for the Dr. Matt Heinz for volunteering at Handmaker with her old- Congress campaign. er sister to help residents walk their dogs Wexler, who carries a full load of Adand participate in games and meals. She vanced Placement and honors classes, also led a Handmaker Shabbat service says her hobbies include “researching and with her family has attended ser- philosophy, reading novels, and writing vices and Passover seders at Handmaker. anything from poetry to essays to artiShe participated in a literary analysis cles … I extend my love of language by course conducted entirely in Spanish at messaging and calling in Mandarin with the Tucson Jewish Community Center friends who live in China or Taiwan.” in June 2019. The Socratic-style semi- To alleviate stress, she enjoys jogging nar, she says, gave her the opportunity through her neighborhood at dusk. “to engage with fellow members of the The Connections brunch will be held Jewish community in a unique setting” at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, beginwhile learning about the diversity of ning at 10 a.m.

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region are dealing with water shortage. We can learn from Israel.” She will make connections between water management in Israel and in Tucson. Weiss will appear by live video from Israel. He is an anesthesiologist, the director of the Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem, and a senior lecturer in anesthesiology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 2002, Weiss received the Hadassah Women Zionist

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Organization Prize for Outstanding Research Achievement. Levy and Friedwald, Tucson’s shinshinim (teen ambassadors from Israel), will present a video of Israel today from their perspective. They also will speak about the experience of being teens growing up in Israel. The event, at 180 W. Magee Road, #140, is cosponsored by the Olson Center, Weintraub Israel Center, and Diane and Ron Weintraub. Registration is $50, including continental breakfast and a dairy lunch. To RSVP go to www.jfsa.org/ nwsymposium or call 505-4161.

LOCAL Congregation M’kor Hayim will focus on refugees for special Shabbat service uninformed people ask when talking about people who are AJP Assistant Editor here undocumented — “why IAS’ National Refudon’t they wait in line?” It’s gee Shabbat is a call to about “the meaning of waitcongregations across ing in line in the context of the country to dedicate sawhat is impossible,” says Goldcred time on the March 20-21 man. “This practice is a chalShabbat to honor refugees and lenge that sometimes seems Gloria Goldman asylum seekers. Congregation insurmountable. However, we M’kor Hayim will hold a spehave many successes that cial Friday, March 20 Shabbat change people’s lives in signifiservice with this theme. cant ways. That makes the arGloria Goldman, a local duous struggle worth it.” immigration lawyer, and TeCavendish is a native Tucresa Cavendish, director of sonan and a graduate of UAriCatholic Community Services zona with a degree in manageof Southern Arizona Casa Aliment information systems. tas, will be the guest speakers. She has worked for CCS since Teresa Cavendish The Shabbat liturgy will reflect she was 19 years old, in varithe theme of the evening, including songs ous clerical, administrative, and IT posiand readings about immigration. The tions. She has been director of the Casa oneg will include pastries made by a local Alitas program since helping establish it Syrian refugee in 2014. “We now are witnesses to one of the Casa Alitas (Spanish for house of little largest humanitarian crises in human angel wings) provides hospitality and history, with more than 70 million people humanitarian aid for mostly Central worldwide who have fled their homes due American migrant families seeking asyto persecution and violence,’’ says Carol lum in the United States. Each day, ImmiWeinstein, M’kor Hayim board presi- gration and Customs Enforcement takes dent. “Our special service is intended to families to Casa Alitas and releases them raise awareness about what is happening into the care of the program’s volunteers. in our community and our nation, to rec- Casa Alitas helps the families call their ognize the work that has been done, and U.S. sponsors to arrange travel, and helps to reaffirm our commitment to welcom- them get to the bus station or airport to ing refugees and asylum seekers.” continue their trips. Goldman has practiced immigra“Working with Casa Alitas, its families, tion and nationality law in Tucson since and its volunteers has taught me many 1991, having received her J.D. from things about being a woman, a parent, the University of Arizona the previous and a person of faith. I have spent many, year. She served more than 10 years on many hours with hundreds of volunteers the Board of Governors for the Ameri- who step forward with conviction and can Immigration Lawyers Associa- refuse to be discouraged, intimidated, tion. In addition to numerous pro bono overwhelmed, or dissuaded from doing awards, Goldman has been active on what they know needs to be done to help commissions involving domestic vio- others,” Cavendish says lence and unaccompanied minors. She The special service is 7-9 p.m. at practices with her son, Maurice, in the Tucson Hebrew Academy, 3888 E. Rivfirm Goldman and Goldman. er Road. RSVP to congregationmkor She will address the common question hayim@gmail.com.

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on the scroll contains almost all of the most basic principles of Jewish belief. “According to the Shulchan Aruch [the 16th century Code of Jewish Law], a mezuzah that is placed on private property, such as one’s home, must be inspected twice in seven years,” Becker adds. “When checking a mezuzah, looking at the outside of the parchment roll for dryness or outside damage is insufficient. Rather, the mezuzah must be opened, and one must carefully check that the letters are not cracked or faded. Because the halachic (legal) requirements for script are numerous and complex, a mezuzah should be checked by a skilled and competent sofer. “Recently a couple from our congregation approached me to have their mezuzot checked,” Becker says. “Because we do not have a scribe in Tucson, I sent them to a competent scribe in Los Angeles. We were shocked to find that some of their cases were empty

A mezuzah scroll should be inspected by a scribe twice in seven years to ensure that letters have not cracked or faded. and some only contained blank pieces of paper.” When it came time for Becker to have his own mezuzot inspected, he thought it would be wonderful to share the opportunity with the entire community. His wife, Esther Becker, says that bringing a scribe to service the community is another dimension in fulfilling the congregation and institute’s mission. “We are so conscious now about making sure we have effective physical security for our homes and public places, it is certainly appropriate that we spiritually secure all the rooms and doorways of our homes as well,” adds Becker. Gilden was born in Israel and immigrated to Canada at age 10. After religious schooling, he attended Yeshiva of South Bend Indiana and mastered the study of Jewish law at the Milwaukee Kollel prior to ordination.

For two decades in his community, Gilden has been called upon to respond to questions about the laws of kosher food, family matters, and to take advantage of his skills in testing for shatnez (fabric derived of wool and linen, which the Torah prohibits wearing). Gilden will present a forum detailing the training for a scribe; what the scribe looks for in checking a Torah, mezuzah, or tefillin; and mezuzah placements in homes and private property. The Sunday March 15 event from 5-6 p.m. is free, followed by refreshments. Register for the forum by March 11 at www.tucsontorah.org/mezuzah. Through Thursday, March 19, Gilden will inspect community members’ mezuzah scrolls at the synagogue, 5150 E. Fifth St., for $10 each. Financial help is available for those who need assistance. Replacement mezuzot will be for sale. Gilden and Becker will be available to advise where mezuzot are required in homes. For an inspection appointment, email Becker at yzbecker@me.com, indicating the number of mezuzot to be checked. Arrangements also can be made to inspect tefillin.

PROTECT YOUR HOME WITH THE

JEWISH SECURITY SYSTEM DID YOU KNOW...

• The mezuzah is a 3,333-year-old spiritual security system, for your home and its family members, that transforms the entire house into a holy object. • It is equally important to affix a mezuzah to every room in your home. • The most important part of the mezuzah is the hand-written parchment scroll • Over time letters on the scroll may erode and should be inspected by a scribe twice in seven years.

MEZUZAH CHECK-UP: MARCH 15-19

For the first time everyone in the Tucson Jewish community can have their mezuzot checked. Rabbi Moshe Peretz Gilden, a certified scribe from the Milwaukee Kollel, will be at Congregation Chofetz Chayim to check mezuzot. Replacement mezuzot will be available for sale. Financial help is available to those who need assistance. $10 per mezuzah for inspection. Please indicate the number of mezuzot. To set up your appointment, email Rabbi Becker: yzbecker@me.com

SUNDAY, MARCH 15 • 5-6 p.m.

Rabbi Gilden will present a forum on the detailed training of a scribe, what the scribe looks for when checking a Torah, mezuzah or tefillin, and mezuzah placement in homes and private property. This event is FREE and refreshments will be served. Congregation Chofetz Chayim • 5150 E. 5th Street • www.tucsontorah.org • (520) 747-7780

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COMMENTARY Visiting mosque helped me process the deadly shooting in my synagogue BETH KISSILEFF JTA PITTSBURGH

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he Quran tells us red and yellow are the most distracting colors, the ones that should not ever be used for a prayer rug,” the imam tells us, looking down at the red and yellow rug beneath our feet in the mosque. He adds, “It was a donation, there was nothing I could do about the improper coloring.” “Why don’t people know what the Quran has to say about these things?” my teenage daughter asks. “Well,” he explains, “there is a lot to know; 6,000 sutras, 20,000 hadiths and 100,000 stories about the life of Muhammad.” My daughter and I exchange glances; his words and complaints seem so familiar. Our husband and father is a rabbi who also wishes that his congregants had more knowledge about their own religion. So many things about the mosque’s

The author’s nephew Joshua Hoffman, Beth Kissileff, a member of the mosque, and Cindy Goodman-Leib at The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh.

Friday afternoon jumah services feel familiar to us: No one pays attention to the announcements about blood drives and registration for Sunday classes because they want to get to the kiddush — or in

their case, the afternoon meal; little kids are running around when everyone else is solemn; so many different kinds of people are packed together in the worship space.

The first time I came to this mosque, in the Oakland neighborhood of my hometown of Pittsburgh, was Nov. 4, 2018, less than 10 days after the attack at our synagogue, New Light, which rented space at Tree of Life. We were there at the invitation of the mosque. Four men who had survived the January 2017 attack on their mosque in Quebec had asked the Pittsburgh mosque to arrange a time to sit with members of all three of the synagogues housed at Tree of Life in order to comfort us, to advise us on how to put security arrangements in place in our worship space and tell us what their community had done to foster healing after Islamophobic attacks. The men from Quebec drove 12 hours each way at their own initiative, just to be with us. To be able to cry with someone who had an experience similar to mine, and who shared concerns I shared, was invaluable. One of the Canadian visitors told me how his son was afraid to go to the mosque and that he and other children underwent therapy to help them See Mosque, page 8

Sanders and Trump skip AIPAC conference but take center stage anyway RON KAMPEAS JTA WASHINGTON oe Biden made an appearance via video and Mike Bloomberg turned up in person. So did Mike Pence. Even the coronavirus got a shoutout. Despite threats of a boycott by Demo-

crats and anxieties about communicable diseases, this year’s annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee was a busy, bustling and bipartisan affair. Still, the names that loomed largest were the ones that did not make an appearance: Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump.

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Sanders, the Vermont senator who is a front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, announced last week that he would boycott the AIPAC conference, saying the organization provides a platform for “leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights.” Trump has snubbed AIPAC since 2016, when its leadership rebuked the then-presidential candidate because he had directly attacked President Barack Obama in his speech. Attacking a sitting president is a major no-no for a lobby that makes bipartisanship and a willingness to work with all administrations its brand. Their absences this week underscore the increasing threat to the viability of a pro-Israel posture that depends on bipartisanship. Trump who has probably had the closest relationship of any president with an Israeli government, does not need to appear at AIPAC to burnish his pro-Israel credentials. And Sanders is nurturing a wing of the Democratic Party willing to redefine the U.S.-Israel relationship in ways antithetical to traditional pro-Israel postures. AIPAC always asks conference participants — an estimated 18,000 this year — to keep it civil. But this year, in addition to the recorded requests at the outset of plenary sessions, two top board members

took to the stage and pleaded for comity. One was Amy Friedkin of San Francisco, a past president who is close to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The other, Alan Franco of New Orleans, has been a major giver to Republican campaigns. “The best way to persuade us is with facts, not fire,” is what Friedkin said AIPAC had told its speakers, and she and Franco urged activists to refrain from cheering those who attacked political rivals. Fire at times overwhelmed the facts. Pence listed Trump’s Israel-related moves — moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, cutting funding for Palestinians and leaving the Iran nuclear deal — and accused Sanders of “openly and repeatedly attack(ing) Israel as a racist state.” Sanders has said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a racist, but has never said Israel is a racist state. The Jewish lawmaker said recently that denying Jews the right to self-determination is itself racist. Pence culminated his speech with a call to re-elect Trump. “The most pro-Israel president in history must not be replaced by one who would be the most anti-Israel president in the history of this nation,” Pence said. “That’s why you need four more years of See AIPAC, page 10

ARTS & CULTURE / LOCAL Hear balalaikas ringing out at orchestra’s annual concert of music and dance Photo courtesy Arizona Balalaika Orchestra

he Arizona Balalaika Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary Concert of traditional music and dance of Russia, Poland, Ukraine, and other Slavic countries is Saturday, March 7, at 7 p.m. at Pima Community College Center for the Arts. The 25-member orchestra, founded in 1980 by Mia Bulgarin Gay, presents a wide spectrum of Slavic classical and folk music on authentic instruments, including the triangular balalaika, the mandolin-like domra, the harp-like gusli, as well as wind and percussion instruments. The orchestra will present as its special guest artists the professional Russian duo of Iryna Orlova, playing the Russian domra, and Anatoly Mamalyga, performing on the Russian bayan accordion. Natives of Kiev, Ukraine, and graduates of the renowned Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music, this husband-

Folk dancers, musicians, and singers will join the Arizona Balalaika Orchestra for its 40th anniversary concert in Tucson on Saturday, March 7.

wife team have performed throughout Russia, Ukraine, Europe, and North America, including at least four

times in Tucson. They now direct the Los Angeles Balalaika Orchestra. Tucson’s Lajkonik Polish Folk Ensemble, under the direction of Matthew and Joanna Schmit, will join the concert. Vocalists Natalia Neazimbyetov and Guy Velgos will bring popular Russian folk songs to the show. Alexander Tentser, a Jewish Ukrainian-born concert pianist and graduate of the Gnessin Music Institute of Moscow and the University of Arizona, will conduct this family-friendly concert. Tickets at $18, $13 for students, are available at the PCC box office, 206-6986 or www.pima.edu/community/the-art. Discounted tickets can be purchased in person for $15/$10, cash or check, at The Folk Shop, 2525 N. Campbell Ave., 8817147. For more information, call 327-4418, or visit www.azbalalaika.org.

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cope with their trauma. I told him that the first thing my daughter had said after the attack was that she hoped people would not be afraid to go to synagogue. Knowing that others with similar experiences and concerns were strong enough and generous enough to provide comfort was a kindness we never would have expected and it was immeasurably powerful to our traumatized souls. Before that day, I had never been inside a mosque, nor had I thought it was a place I should go or would feel comfortable. But since then, I returned after the March 2019 New Zealand mosque attacks to greet members of the mosque as they picked up their children from Sunday classes with other members of my Pittsburgh Jewish community. A mosque member who is a psychiatrist spoke gently and clearly to the assembled children, and us, to reassure us that though there are bad people in the world, the good ones outnumber them. I was grateful for her words, which I felt resonated for me personally, as much as for the Jewish and Muslim children there. Members of the mosque came to the Purim meal at our synagogue shortly after the New Zealand shootings and helped us drown out the name of Haman as the story of Esther was read. They were unable to participate in the mitzvah of drinking until one is unable to distinguish between “blessed is Mordechai” and “cursed is Haman,” as alcohol is not on the menu for a religious Muslim. Although some of them said they did not fully

observe this prohibition, I refused to serve them my homemade etrog vodka. The former director of the mosque, Wasi Mohammed, came to a meal for Iftar, breaking the Ramadan fast, at my daughter’s school in May and explained some of the ideas behind Ramadan. In August, he spoke to a group from her religious Zionist summer camp about lessons he had learned after the shooting. Mohammed also spoke at the one-year commemoration of the synagogue shooting, and my daughter shared that her counselors and group leaders quoted his words about hope frequently during the summer. Here in Pittsburgh, we Jews and Muslims realize the need for cooperation and mutual aid and respect even though this is not the case in other parts of the world. Still, to be able to share humanity and vulnerability with others is one of the ways to be most fully human. As the Mishneh in Sanhedrin 4:5 teaches: “A human being mints many coins from the same mold, and they are all identical. But the holy one, blessed by God, strikes us all from the mold of the first human and each one of us is unique.” To heal from the cruel loss of 11 Jewish lives, I choose to value and respect all humans of all religions. Many reached out to us when we needed help, and I hope to have the privilege to continue to relate and learn from them. By fostering ties and mutual respect with others of different faiths, I can testify — as a Jew — to the presence of holiness in the world, imperfect and shattered as it is. Beth Kissileff is a Pittsburgh-based writer. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the AJP or its publisher, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona.

ARTS & CULTURE / LOCAL ATC Cohorts Club promotes love of theater that a person has an interest in theater or the art-making process, the eagerness to write rizona Theatre Comand share their experiences, pany launched a new and can follow the rules for program this year as cohorts. Cohorts are not there another way to involve the loto give feedback to the actors cal community. The program, and other crew members, but called the Cohorts Club, gives are simply observers of the Sara Lopez citizens of Tucson and Phoeprocess. nix the opportunity to see everything “Cohorts really do become a part of that encompasses a show ATC puts on. the fabric of the institution,” Rogers says, Designated members of the public at- adding that cohorts are part of the theater tend rehearsals, tech runs, dress rehears- family and often become friends with the als, and opening nights free of charge. In cast and crew. ATC encourages people to exchange, Cohorts Club members blast apply for the program. information about the performances on Sara Lopez, a member of the Tucson social media or a blog. cohort, is interested in continuing as a The program was an idea from Sean Cohorts Club member. Daniels, artistic director for ATC. Dan“In 2018 I had the inspiration to beiels had implemented the program at an- come a theater director within the Jewish other company he worked for and it was community. I wanted to advance the arts successful, so he decided to try it at ATC. and I needed some education [on] what Will Rogers, ATC director of artistic the rehearsal process looks like. I got in programs, has been working on this proj- touch with the ATC and they referred me ect since June 2019. to Anna Jennings, ” Lopez says. Jennings, “It’s a way to get community members then ATC’s artistic manager, recruited more engaged in the art-making process. Lopez for the Cohorts Club and she fell It is not a marketing tool, it is not a promo- in love with it. tional tool. It is a tool that allows 20 comLopez sees value in the program bemunity members at a time to get a behind- yond making the community more aware the-scenes look at how theater is made.” of what plays ATC is presenting. She has Members of the program can attend noticed growth in herself. as many rehearsals as they want and get “My love for theater and appreciation two tickets for the opening night. They has advanced and grown because I’ve are given a list of what occurs at each re- never had this experience before, getting hearsal so they can report on it in their to see the rehearsal process,” Lopez says. blogs. Cohort members are expected to “My favorite part is building relationdo this for three shows, and are invited to ships with artists.” continue after the third show. Lopez says that in every play she has “This is not a donor perk. It’s not some- seen, she has been able to find signifithing you get from giving at a certain level. cance to the Jewish faith. We want to really be aware and cognizant “Every show I see if there is no Jewish that our 20 cohorts in each city are as di- theme specifically, I always see a converse as possible and represent a cross-sec- nection to the Jewish stories,” Lopez says. tion of the community,” Rogers says. The Jewish themes were obvious for “The See Cohorts, page 12 The qualifications for the program are

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President Trump in the White House.” The call for Trump’s re-election earned Pence a standing ovation — a display that was likely to unsettle the leadership of a lobby that cultivates a careful distance from direct politicking at its events. But Trump also found himself on the wrong side of an applause line from Bloomberg, a Democratic presidential hopeful who dropped out of the race Wednesday. Anti-Semitism “can be found both on the right and the left,” the former New York mayor said, “but there is one fact that we cannot ignore: Presidential leadership matters. It sets a tone. It is either inclusive or exclusive, divisive or uniting, incendiary or calming.” Throughout the passage — clearly meant as a swipe at Trump — the crowd applauded. There were some moments that bolstered AIPAC’s efforts to navigate a bipartisan path in a time of profound division. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., who dropped out of the presidential stakes last year, got what was until that point the most extended applause for a barnstorming speech upholding U.S.-Israel ties. “I see it as my duty to protect the bipartisan nature of this relationship of Israel with the United States,” said Booker, who peppered his speech with Hebrew phrases. “As long as the people of Israel have to live under the threat of indiscriminate violence … we must always as a matter of human values stand for Israel’s security and defense.” Following Sanders’ scorched earth statement last week, there was a rush of announcements from moderate Democratic candidates that they would attend or speak at the conference. Bloomberg spoke at the conference. Biden, the former vice president, addressed the throng by video, as did Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who dropped out of the presidential race on Monday. Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was set to deliver a video address but dropped out of the race before his scheduled remarks. Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator, already had said she

would not attend. The difficulties of sustaining a robust relationship with Democrats were in evidence on the main stage and in side panels. On Monday morning, four strategists — two Democrats and two Republicans — delivered predictions on what the coming year would bring. One of the Republicans, Brad Todd of Tennessee, predicted Pelosi would no longer be speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in January, which drew loud applause — a startling response considering Pelosi’s closeness to an array of AIPAC-aligned figures like Friedkin. A side panel titled “African-American Leadership in the U.S.-Israel Relationship” was mostly preoccupied with the difficulties of pitching pro-Israel to the black Democratic constituency. “The reaction of some of my family members was really visceral and I was in shock,” Sherry Boston, a Democrat and a county prosecutor in Georgia said of the time she told friends and family that she was set to tour Israel. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism, had urged Sanders not to boycott but said the tone of the conference helped validate the lobby’s critics. “That two states for two peoples is controversial is extremely troubling,” Jacobs said, referring to the reluctance at the conference to address what critics say is the failure of Trump’s recent peace plan to preserve the twostate outcome. The plan nominally refers to two states but also sanctions Israel’s annexation of part of the West Bank. An AIPAC-sponsored off-site session for “peacebuilders,” or backers of two states, was well attended and drew appearances by AIPAC CEO Howard Kohr and President Betsy Berns Korn — but was closed to press. Korn, in an opening speech that praised Trump for his Israel-related moves, thanked the administration for “releasing a peace proposal that was developed in consultation with the leaders of Israel’s two major political parties” — phrasing that lauded the process and elided over the plan’s content. The difficulty of garnering bipartisan support was evident as well in the legislative agenda that AIPAC

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of the lobby — agreed that it would have been a good idea to invite one. Ahead of the event, there was anxiety among conference organizers that the coronavirus scare would depress turnout and leave the impression that people were staying away because AIPAC was unpopular. Those fears were not borne out: The halls were packed and AIPAC boasted of preparing 25,000 hot dogs among other kosher delicacies for those attending. Activists were alerted ahead of their arrival that AIPAC had consulted with health experts and taken appropriate measures like “increasing the number of hand-sanitizer dispensers, adding additional cleaning crews to disinfect hightraffic areas, and deploying signage to encourage hand-washing and other recommended behaviors.”

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AREA CONGREGATIONS Congregation anShei iSrael

5550 E. Fifth St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 745-5550 Rabbi Robert Eisen, Cantorial Soloist Nichole Chorny • www.caiaz.org Daily minyan: Mon.-Thurs., 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.; Fri., 7:30 a.m.; Sun. and legal holidays, 8 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. / Mincha: Fri., 5:45 p.m. / Shabbat services: Sat., 9 a.m., followed by Kiddush; Tot Shabbat, 1st Fri., 5:45 p.m.; Family Service, 3rd Friday, 5:45 p.m.; Holiday services may differ, call or visit website. / Torah study: every Shabbat one hour before Mincha (call or visit website for times) / Talmud on Tuesday, 6 p.m. / Weekday Torah study group, Wed., 11 a.m. beverages and dessert provided.

ORTHODOX Congregation Chofetz Chayim/SouthweSt torah inStitute

5150 E. Fifth St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 747-7780 Rabbi Israel Becker • www.tucsontorah.org Shabbat services: Fri., Kabbalat Shabbat 15 minutes before sunset; Sat. 9 a.m. followed by Kiddush. / Mincha: Fri., 1 p.m.; Sat., 25 minutes before sunset, followed by Shalosh Seudas, Maariv, and Havdallah. Services: Sun., 8 a.m.; Mon. and Thurs., 6:50 a.m.; Tues., Wed., Fri., 7 a.m.; daily, 15 minutes before sunset. / Weekday Rosh Chodesh services: 6:45 a.m.

Congregation young iSrael/ChaBad of tuCSon

2443 E. Fourth St., Tucson, AZ 85719 • (520) 881-7956 Rabbi Yossie Shemtov, Rabbi Yudi Ceitlin • www.chabadoftucson.com Daily minyan: Sun. and legal holidays, 8:30 a.m.; Mon. and Thurs., 6:30 p.m.; Tues., Wed., Fri., 6:45 a.m. / Mincha and Maariv, 5:15 p.m. / Shabbat services: Fri. at candlelighting; Sat. 9:30 a.m. followed by Kiddush. Mincha, Maariv, and Havdallah TBA.

ChaBad on river

3916 E. Ft. Lowell Road, Tucson AZ 85716 • (520) 661-9350 Rabbi Ram Bigelman • www.chabadonriver.com Shabbat services: Fri., Mincha at candlelighting time, followed by Maariv. / Sat., Shacharit service, 9:30 a.m. / Torah study: women, Wed., 2 p.m.; men, Tues. and Thurs., 7 p.m. Call to confirm.

ChaBad oro valley

1171 E. Rancho Vistoso #131, Oro Valley, AZ 85755 • (520) 477-8672 Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman • www.jewishorovalley.com Shabbat services: 3rd Fri., 5 p.m. Oct.-Feb., 6 p.m. March-Sept., all followed by dinner / Sat., 10 a.m. study session followed by service.

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401 Suffolk Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 • (520) 820-6256 Rabbi Benzion Shemtov • www.jewishsierravista.com Shabbat services: Sat., 10:30 a.m., bimonthly, followed by class explaining prayers. Visit website or call for dates.

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Congregation Beit SimCha 2270 W. Ina Road, Suite 100, Tucson, AZ 85741 • (520) 276-5675 Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon • www.beitsimchatucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 6:30 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m., with Torah study at 9 a.m; monthly Shabbat morning hikes.

Congregation Chaverim

3888 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 (Tucson Hebrew Academy) Mailing Address: P.O. Box 31806, Tucson, AZ 85751 • (520) 305-8208 Rabbi Helen Cohn • www.mkorhayim.org Shabbat services: 2nd and 4th Fri., 7 p.m. / Torah study, 2nd and 4th Sat. 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Congregation or ChadaSh 3939 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 512-8500 Rabbi Thomas Louchheim, Cantor Janece Cohen www.orchadash-tucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 6:30 p.m.; 1st Fri., Friday Night LIVE (Sept.-May); 2nd Friday, Tot Shabbat (Sept.-May), 6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. / Torah study: Sat., 8:30 a.m.

temple emanu-el 225 N. Country Club Road, Tucson, AZ 85716 • (520) 327-4501 Rabbi Batsheva Appel • www.tetucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 7:30 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m./ Torah study: Sat., 8:30 a.m. except when there is a Rabbi’s Tish.

temple Kol hamidBar 228 N. Canyon Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 • (520) 458-8637 www.templekol.com Mailing address: P.O. Box 908, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636, Friday night Torah study group: 6 - 7:15 p.m. / Shabbat services: Fri., 7:30 p.m.

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Congregation Bet Shalom 3881 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 577-1171 Rabbi Hazzan Avraham Alpert • www.cbsaz.org Shabbat services: Fri., 5:30 p.m. (followed by monthly dinners — call for info); Sat. 9:30 a.m., Camp Shabbat (ages 6-10) 10 a.m.-noon, followed by Kiddush lunch; 12:30-2 p.m. CBS Think Tank discussion led by Rabbi Dr. Howard Schwartz and Prof. David Graizbord; monthly Tot Shabbat (call for dates) / Weekday services: Wed. 8:15 a.m. / Hagim 9:30 a.m.

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1751 N. Rio Mayo (P.O. Box 884), Green Valley, AZ 85622 • (520) 648-6690 Rabbi Norman Roman • www.bstc.us Shabbat services: 1st and 3rd Fri., 7 p.m. / Torah study: Sat., 9:30 a.m.

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2221 N. Rosemont Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85712 • (520) 881-2323 www.handmaker.com Shabbat services: Fri., 4:30 p.m., led by various leaders, followed by Shabbat dinner; Sat., 9:30 a.m., led by Mel Cohen and Dan Asia, followed by light Kiddush lunch.

2146 E. 4th Street Tucson, AZ, 85719 • (520) 834-3424 • www.myjac.org Shabbat hospitality and social events for UA students with Yosef and Sara Lopez. Shabbat services on request.

Congregation Kol SimChah

1245 E. 2nd St. Tucson, AZ 85719 • (520) 624-6561 • www.arizona.hillel.org Shabbat services: Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, and alternative services two Fridays each month when school is in session. Dinner follows (guests, $8; RSVP by preceding Thurs.). Call for dates/times.

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Studios, a fine arts printmaking enterprise, and Santa Javelina Delights, an artisanal food stuffs endeavor. She has exhibited her creative work in international venues. Ward works with cold wax and oil. She also works in egg tempera and gold leaf, watercolors, assemblage, and stained glass. With a degree in piano performance, Ward has found commonalities between music and visual art. Her work has been shown in national and local galleries. Hastreiter-Lamb earned a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and an MFA from the UArizona, concentrating in painting and drawing. She has exhibited her work in galleries and art centers in the Midwest and Western states. An award-winning artist and filmmaker, Epperson created the Emmy Award-winning documentary “Divine Mission — San Xavier Del Bac” for Arizona Public Media. It was broadcast nationwide on PBS. She received a BFA from the University of Illinois and an MFA from UArizona, and has exhibited multimedia artwork nationwide and in Britain. The artist reception for the exhibit will be on Sunday, March 29, 2-4 p.m. For more information, call 299-3000.

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Congregation m’Kor hayim

5901 E. Second St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 320-1015 Rabbi Stephanie Aaron • www.chaverim.net Shabbat services: Fri., 7 p.m. (no service on 5th Fri.); Family Shabbat, 1st Fri., 6 p.m. / Torah study: 2nd Sat., 9 a.m., followed by contemplative service,10 a.m. (Renewal)

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Diary of Anne Frank” and “Cabaret.” Others plays she saw this season include “The Royale,” a drama about a black boxer in 1910, “Silent Sky,” a true story about a female astronomer in the early 1900s, and “‘Master Harold’ ... and the Boys,” set in apartheid South Africa. To read Lopez’s blog about the shows, visit www.omanut.art.blog.

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Steve Solomon with a high school relic.

nvisible Theatre will present Steve Solomon’s one-man show, “From Brooklyn to Broadway in Only 50 Years!” for two performances at the Berger Performing Arts Center on March 14 and 15. Solomon is the author and star of one of the longest running one-man comedies in Broadway history, “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy.” A native of Brooklyn, Solomon grew up in the multi-ethnic neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay, the perfect training ground for a dialectician and comedian. He learned at an early age how to use his gift for mimicry to his advantage. Solomon remembers the day he played “hooky” from school. Back then, the truant officer would call each parent to verify that their child was home. Solomon, using a rough growly voice, took the initiative and called the school. He asked for the truant officer’s office. The officer answered, “Can I help you?” Solomon, using as deep a voice as he could muster said, “Yes, Steve won’t be able to come into school today, he’s sick.” The truant officer said, “And who am I talking to?” Solomon cleared his throat and answered, “Um, this is my father speaking!” Before following his comedic calling, motivated by his mother’s wish that he have a “real” career, Solomon was a physics teacher and eventually an assistant superintendent of schools on Long Island, New York. Tiring of the bureaucracy of the academic world, he ventured into

the business world and ended up with his back against the wall. As he puts it, “I decided to follow my heart and become an impoverished comedy writer and performer.” Learning that the comedy club circuit was no place to start at age 55, he created “My Mother’s Italian,” which garnered rave reviews and sold out crowds. He wrote four sequels: “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m Still in Therapy,” “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m Home for the Holidays,” “The Battle of the Broadway Comedians,” and “Cannoli, Latkes & Guilt! The Therapy Continues ...” Invisible Theatre has hosted three of his shows, the original “My Mother’s Italian,” “Home for the Holidays,” and “Cannoli, Latkes & Guilt.” “Steve Solomon is a mensch in every way,” says Susan Claassen, IT artistic managing director. “Not only is Steve a comic genius, he is one of the nicest and most generous performers ever. Every character and situation he creates is hilarious. Sid Caesar said, “Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.” Steve Solomon is a master of the curlicue!” Solomon will perform “From Brooklyn to Broadway” Saturday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 15 at 3 p.m. at The Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway Blvd. For tickets, $45, call 882-9721 or visit www.invisibletheatre.com. Discounts are available for groups, seniors, active military, and students.

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eah Koenig will be representing Jewish cuisine at the Tucson Festival of Books with her new cookbook, “The Jewish Cookbook,” which includes recipes from around the globe. Koenig’s recipes have been featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine’s Grub Street, and other popular publications. She is the author of six cookbooks, all of which focus on Jewish cuisine, including “Modern Jewish Cooking” and “The Little Book of Jewish Feasts.” In addition to writing, Koenig leads cooking demonstrations and classes all over the world. The 12th annual Tucson Festival of Books will be held March 14 and 15 on the University of Arizona campus. Koenig will present her demonstration, “The Jewish Culinary Canon,” on Saturday, March 14 at 10 a.m. on the culinary stage. Jennifer Selco, director of Jewish Life & Learning at

the Tucson Jewish Community “It means the world to me Center, will act as moderator. that a dish I created brought “I love learning about and them a moment of happiness tasting foods from around the and deliciousness,” says Koenig. world, so when the opportuKoenig grew up eating Eastnity to moderate Leah Koenig’s ern European-inspired Jewish cooking demonstration arose, I food. As she began cooking was thrilled both on a personal Jewish cuisine for a living, she level and to be able to represent realized there is great diversity Leah Koenig the Tucson J in the broader in Jewish cuisine because Jews community,” says Selco. “Koenig empha- have lived and cooked all over the globe. sizes that Jewish food is not defined by “The cuisine is a complex patchwork geographical borders. It is fascinating how of different flavors, ingredients, and cusJews have adapted dishes based on local toms held together by the shared reacuisine. I hope that people come to Koe- sons why Jews gather around the table. nig’s demonstration to learn how to make Each dish beloved by Jewish communitwo delicious dishes and also to learn what ties — whether it is German apple struit is that makes Jewish food Jewish.” del, Syrian stuffed onions, or Egyptian Koenig, who lives in Brooklyn with fava beans — has a story to tell. That’s her husband and two children, says she what keeps me endlessly fascinated with makes an effort in her cookbooks to en- Jewish cuisine,” says Koenig. sure anyone can cook her food. She feels Koenig will be doing two demonstraproud when she sees someone post a pic- tions at the book festival — a Syrian red ture online of a dish they made from one pepper, walnut, and pomegranate dip of her recipes. called muhammara and an Eastern Eu-

ropean cinnamon-walnut rugelach. She decided on the two dishes because they represent how diverse and abundant Jewish cuisine is. “Anyone with a curiosity about Jewish food — either because they grew up eating it and want to hear more, or because they didn’t grow up eating it and want to learn — is welcome to join. One of my favorite things about being a cookbook author is having the chance to cook with readers,” says Koenig. Along with recipes in “The Jewish Cookbook,” Koenig gives a little history of each dish. “For people who come from a Jewish background, it can be wonderfully empowering and exciting to learn more about Jewish cuisine. It gives folks a deeper understanding about their own identities and their family backgrounds and offers a chance to connect to heritage,” says Koenig. Koenig says her cookbooks are for See Rugelach, page 15

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Holocaust memoir from 1945 rediscovered EMILY BURACK KVELLER

n 1945, “Rien où poser sa tête” was quietly published in Geneva, Switzerland. In the memoir, translated as “No Place to Lay One’s Head,” the author tells the story of her escape from the Nazis, how she smuggles herself into Switzerland. She writes about Kristallnacht, the Nazi occupation of France, and more. She recounts the details of her escape and her survival. It’s a remarkable story that has been lost — until now. Francoise Frenkel was born Frymeta Idesa Frenkel near Lodz, Poland, in 1889, and died in Nice, France on Jan. 18, 1975. There are no known photos of Francoise, and the original publication of her book had a very small print run. The book seemed fated to remain in obscurity, until 2010, when it was discovered in an attic in southern France and landed at a “jumble sale.” It was republished in 2015 with a preface by Nobel Prize literature winner Patrick Modiano. In 2018, it was translated into English by Stephanie Smee and published in the U.K. as “No Place to Lay One’s Head.” Now it’s available in the United States for the first time as “The Bookshop in Berlin.” Frenkel writes about her love for books growing up, and the French-language bookshop Maison du Livre Français (literally, the French Book House) that she founded with her husband in Berlin in 1921. (In 1933, her husband, Simon Raichenstein, went into exile in France, a fact that she does not mention.) In 1935, things became complicated for Francoise: The Nazis passed the Nurem-

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JFCS trainings explain agency’s trauma-informed approach to care LAUREN BOOKWALTER AJP Intern

fter the findings from a national Adverse Childhood Experience Study recognized that a third of the population of the United States suffers from trauma, Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Southern Arizona worked to make the organization a more trauma-informed space. Melissa Zimmerman, vice president of clinical services at JFCS, hosted community trainings on trauma-informed care for different organizations over the past year. The workshops and lectures originally were geared toward Holocaust survivors and were made possible by a grant from the Jewish Federations of North

America. The grant is ending of trauma, and also respondthis month, but Zimmerman ing to individuals with trauma will continue the presentahistories in a way that protions to local organizations. motes physical, emotional, Trauma, Zimmerman exand psychological safety. It plains, is not what happens helps to empower them,” says to a person but rather the reZimmerman. “Anyone who sponse to the event. She uses works with humans should the example of a car accident know this information.” Melissa Zimmerman — some people recover withZimmerman says the ongoout any fear of being in a car while oth- ing Centers for Disease Control-Kaiser ers have anxiety during car rides. “It’s not Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiwhat happened, it’s the way your body ences study, which started in the 1990s, responds to what happened,” she says. proves that childhood trauma occur“Trauma-informed care is a treat- rences follow an individual into adultment framework. It’s basically a way in hood. Childhood traumas can change which you see the world, it’s like a lens. a person’s personality, coping skills, and It involves understanding the pervasive- learning skills. ness of trauma, recognizing the effects The study found that 67% of people

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ucson Maimonides Society’s March presentation sounds like it comes straight from the set of a television medical drama. Indeed, speaker Allan Hamilton, M.D., is a long-time senior medical script consultant and even an actor on shows such as “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Practice,” and the big-screen film “Patriot’s Day.” “Criminal Intent: What We Can Learn from the Minds of Psychopaths and Serial Killers” will be Hamilton’s topic for the society’s dinner March 16. “For the first time, imaging technology permits us to look into the human brain and see, in real-time, what happens when people think,” says Hamilton. “But what differences do we see when we peer into the minds and evaluate the thinking of psychopaths, serial killers, and rapists?” Hamilton will describe startling findings, what makes us different from such criminal personalities and sometimes, a little similar. He will review some of the latest data on what makes a person a psychopath and recap some cases that reveal what it takes to create the mind of a serial killer. Hamilton is a Harvard-trained brain surgeon, a celebrated speaker, and an award-winning writer. His books, which include “Lead with Your Heart: Lessons from a Life with Horses,” “The Scalpel and the Soul” and “Younger Next Year,” have won numerous awards, including the Nautilus Gold Award for works of spiritual nonfiction that “change the world one book at a time.” At the University of Arizona, Hamilton is the executive director at the Arizona Stimulation Technology and Education Center, a clinical professor in radiation oncology, and holds professorships in surgery, psychology, and electrical and computer engineering. His research involves emerging technologies and methodologies to assist physicians, healthcare professionals, and healthcare delivery systems in eliminating preventable adverse medical events; quality assurance in human systems and performance; development of informatics, artificial intelligence, “smart” artifi-

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CHAI Circle meeting will explore healing sound

he Healing Power of Sound” tools, and she will share her own journey of will be introduced by Tucsonan healing. She will offer tips and tools for creatTryshe Dhevney at CHAI Circle’s ing wellbeing and de-stressing life and perMarch meeting. form with alchemy crystal singing bowls for Dhevney is a harmonic and vocal sound relaxation. energy expert, author, speaker, and crystal CHAI — Cancer, Healing, and Inspiration bowl-recording artist. She has decades of ex— Circle is a group for women with cancer in perience assisting others in creating health, the Jewish community who are newly diagwealth, and wholeness through the propernosed or are long-term survivors. The goals Tryshe Dhevney ties of the voice and crystal sound energy. are education, mentoring, socialization, spiriIn 2000, her doctors informed her they could no longer tuality, and support. It is a program of Jewish Family & treat her advanced hepatitis C and liver disease and ad- Children’s Services. vised her to get her affairs in order. Four months later, she The lecture is Sunday, March 8 from 10 a.m. to noon was disease-free, having healed herself through the sound at the Tucson Jewish Community Center Library, 3800 energy healing and toning technique of SoundShifting. E. River Rd. RSVP to Irene Gefter at 795-0300, ext. 2271 Her lecture will explore sound and voice as healing or igefter@jfcstucson.org.

creating environments that recognize that, we can allow people to be successful,” says Zimmerman. Zimmerman says this study has led behavioral health clinics and organizations to make changes to how they run their organizations. JFCS has been instituting changes in the lobby to make the space more traumainformed and welcoming. “It’s really a paradigm shift. So in the behavioral health community where we help people with their problems,

in the past we would have looked at someone’s problem and asked what is wrong with them. Through a traumainformed lens we look at this person and say what happened to this person,” says Zimmerman. Zimmerman says the presentation is not about being politically correct. “It’s just about being more aware and more sensitive, but it’s not about policing behavior and it’s definitely not about preparing to know everyone’s trigger.” Zimmerman is willing to deliver the presentation to any organization, free of charge. For more information, call 795-0300 ext. 2381 or email mzimmerman@ jfcstucson.org.

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David Tannenbaum isn’t weighted down by his bevy of Senior Olympics medals. He’ll be competing again at the national games in 2021.

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enior athlete David Tannenbaum of Hereford, Arizona, recently completed a “decathlon” of his own making. “I set a goal to win 10 medals in three different sports,” he says. Achieving that goal at the 2020 Arizona Senior Olympics in February wasn’t easy but it qualified him for participation in the November 2021 National Senior Games in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Competing in the 55-59 age group Tannenbaum, 58, won three gold, five silver, and two bronze medals in February. “I have to admit that each of my gold medals I won as the only competitor in my age group. Nevertheless, I set several personal records in my efforts,” he says. The golds were in 20-kilometer and 40-kilometer cycling road races and powerlifting, which combined the squat, bench press, and deadlift. The powerlifting events were in Scottsdale Feb. 15. At track and field events at Arizona State University track stadium in Tempe on Feb. 8, Tannenbaum earned bronze medals in shot put and discus, and silver medals in the javelin, hammer, and standing long jump. His other silver medals were in cycling, held in Stanfield, Arizona, Feb. 22-23, including the five-

kilometer and 10-kilometer time trials. In five-kilometer cycling, Tannenbaum’s seventh event, he originally placed fourth, “ruining my attempt to win 10 medals. I was crestfallen,” he recalls. But he was called to the podium and, due to a mix-up in results, he was awarded a third-place bronze medal. “That night, I received an e-mail from the race commissioner. There was a second error in the results. I dreaded to read what might follow. I was to return my bronze medal ... and exchange it for silver. Two riders were wrongly listed in my age group. In a matter of hours, I had gone from no medal to bronze, then to silver. When I exchanged my medal the next morning, I told the race commissioner that if I just waited long enough, it might turn to gold. He called it alchemy. In my last two races, I did indeed win gold.” Tannenbaum began competing in Senior Olympics in 2018 and has won medals in every event he’s undertaken, for a total of 28. He also competed at the 2019 Maccabi Pan American Games in Mexico City in July, earning a medal for completing three cycling events. When he’s not participating in sports, Tannenbaum teaches foreign cultures and languages at Fort Huachuca, outside Sierra Vista, Arizona, and travels abroad extensively. March 6, 2020, ARIZONA JEWISH POST

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Tucson J services expand to massage therapy

The J now offers professional massage therapy by appointment.

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he Tucson Jewish Community Center recently added rest and relaxation to its vast array of services and activities. iBalance Wellness Spa now delivers on-the-spot massage services, with regularly scheduled appointments. Therapies include therapeutic, deep tissue, and rehabilitative massage with therapists professionally trained in acute and chronic pain and stress management. Spa owner Lynda Gonzales opened at the J, her third Tucson facility, about two months ago. A designated treatment room is located in the fitness area. “We’re excited to offer this exclusively to our members,” says Denise Wolf, the J’s chief operations officer.

J members receive exclusive rates for 60- and 90-minute massages at $65 and $85 respectively, with every 10th massage free. A new client introductory package provides three 60-minute or two 90-minute massages for $145. Gift certificates are available. Gonzales expects customer demand will help extend the company’s contract beyond June. Currently, services are offered Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. The days may change due to demand or seasonality, says Wolf. The J spa facility is at 3800 E. River Road, on the second level. Appointments are available by email at ibalance wellnessspa@gmail.com or by calling or texting 809-6955. Payments from Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts are accepted.

Tucson, Phoenix are best cities for sunshine

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mom. It’ll be OK.’” Jewish residents of Milan say they felt like the city, Italy’s economic capital, had shut down this week: Soccer matches were canceled, the city’s Duomo — a major tourist attraction — was closed and restaurants were instructed to shut before a national evening drink and snack time called “aperitivo.” The city’s Jews — some 10,000 — are facing the same challenges as everyone else: Schools are closed, so people are scrambling for childcare even as some of them still go to work. Milan is devoid of tourists, a mega-industry throughout Italy. There was a rush several days ago on grocery stores. The ban on large gatherings persists, and no one is sure when things will return to normal. “We feel like everyone here in Milan because it’s such a strange, unusual situation,” said Claudia Bagnarelli, who cofounded the local Jewish day school. “Everyone is a little shocked. … Within [the space of] one day, they said the schools are closed and parents have to deal with it.” The community also has its share of unique challenges. Despite the closure of houses of worship, Jews have tried to convene prayer quorums in apartments in case someone needs to recite the Mourner’s Kaddish. Some students taking a gap year in Israel who returned home for a short break are now stuck in Italy, barred from returning to their programs. Milan’s official Jewish community organization has canceled its regular classes and programs, including some celebrating Purim. They hope that things will return to normal before the holiday comes on March 10. The community also has

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set up a task force to assist those who live by themselves and need to get food and other services. The Jewish school is setting up classes via video chat. Bar mitzvahs aren’t the only Jewish ceremonies to be affected. A bris on Feb. 24 also had to be scaled back. At a normal Milanese bris — unlike their American counterparts, they are often held around noon — more than 100 guests would ex-

their homes for 14 days. So far, 10 Israelis have tested positive for the coronavirus. “I want to reassure the public and call again to the citizens of Israel: Vote without fear of the coronavirus,” Health Minister Yaacov Litzman said Monday morning. “The coronavirus is under control and the Health Ministry is the only one authorized to update the country on the issue.” Israelis were voting for an unprecedented third time in less than a year on Monday after previous rounds of balloting failed to determine a clear winner. Most of the votes in Israel have been counted from Monday’s election, and the Likud party has the most seats in the parliament, gaining four from the balloting in September to regain the top spot. But the right-wing bloc, while also picking up four seats from the earlier election, falls just shy of a majority needed to form a coalition government. With 90% of the votes counted on Tuesday afternoon, Likud has 36 seats in the Knesset, or 29% of the vote. That moves the party past September’s winner, the centrist Blue and White, which now has 32 seats, or 26.3%. The Joint List of mostly Arab parties is third with 15 seats. The right-wing bloc, however, has 59 seats and needs two more for a majority in the 120-seat Knesset. The bloc also includes the Sephardic Orthodox Shas party at 10 seats and the haredi Orthodox United Torah Judaism party with seven. Yamina has six seats. The seats could still shift slightly after the counting of the so-called “double envelope” ballots, from soldiers, hospitalized patients, prisoners, and quarantined citizens, to be counted Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

pect to enjoy a delectable menu of lasagna, ravioli, and Italian pastries. But at this bris, conducted by community mohel Rabbi Shmuel Hezkia in a Milanese synagogue, only a handful of families showed up — and there was no feast to be had. Hezkia said that, except for the ban on gatherings, life has gone on pretty much as normal. The thing he really notices is the lack of tourism. “Italy and Milan live on tourism, people who go out and spend, and unfortunately that’s missing,” he said.

RABBI’S CORNER Purim fun should not eclipse message on education RABBI YOSSIE SHEMTOV Chabad Tucson/Congregation Young Israel

wo thousand five hundred years ago, Haman — then prime minister of the Persian Empire — succeeded in convincing King Ahasuerus to issue a decree to destroy the Jews throughout the land. Following the issuance of this decree, Haman and his comrades went strolling with jovial hearts and encountered the Jewish leader Mordechai. The Midrash (Esther Rabbah 7:17) relates that a second group was walking toward Mordechai as well — three little Jewish boys on their way home from school. Mordechai hastened toward them, and Haman and his band followed him so that they could hear what he was going to ask them. Mordechai asked each of the young pupils, “Recite me your verse!” The first boy quoted Proverbs 3:25: “Do not fear sudden terror, nor the destruction of the wicked when it comes.” The second boy quoted Isaiah 8:10, saying, “I studied scripture today, and this is the verse I just reached at school: ‘Contrive a scheme, but it will be foiled; conspire a plot, but it will not materialize, for G-d is with us. And the third little boy quoted Isaiah 46:4: “To your old age I am [with you]; to your hoary years I will sustain you; I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you’.” The Midrash proceeds to relate that when Mordechai heard these responses, he smiled with a happy heart. The Rebbe [Menachem Mendel Schneerson] ex-

plains that the reason for Mordechai’s joy was that in the children’s words he saw a prophecy that he had no cause to fear Haman’s decree. But it didn’t end with that. Mordechai gathered 24,000 Jewish children and prayed with them to G-d almighty to save the Jewish people from annihilation. As King David said (Psalms 8:3), “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have established strength because of Your adversaries, in order to put an end to enemy and avenger.” It would be misguided to read the Purim story in past tense. The battle over our survival is a continuous one. While the players and the circumstances adapt with the times, the threats to our people remain the same — and so do the solutions. I remember the special gatherings that the Rebbe held at Lubavitch Headquarters, 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, New York. Adults would have loved to be there to hear what the Rebbe had to teach, but these rallies were for children specifically. The Rebbe would speak to a full crowd of boys and girls about their uniqueness and potential. The result was that many of those children went on to establish Chabad centers, schools, and humanitarian organizations around the world. Just like in 4th century BCE Persia and in Brooklyn in the ’70s, we need our children to receive an authentic Torah education taught by G-d-fearing people — teachers and parents alike. Costumes are fun and are to be encouraged on Purim but let us not leave it at that. This holiday is yet another chance for a discussion among ourselves about G-d, faith, education, and continuity.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR The calendar deadline is Tuesday, 10 days before the issue date. Our next issue will be published March 20, 2020. Submissions may be emailed to office@azjewishpost.com or mailed to AJP, 3718 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718. For more information, call 319-1112. See Area Congregations on page 12 for synagogue addresses and additional events. Men’s Mishnah club with Rabbi Israel Becker at Cong. Chofetz Chayim. Sundays, 7:15 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 6:15 a.m.; Saturdays, 8:15 a.m. 747-7780 or yzbecker@me.com. Chabad of Sierra Vista men’s tefillin club with Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, first Sundays, 9 a.m., at 401 Suffolk Drive. 820-6256 or www.jewishsierravista.com. “Too Jewish” radio show with Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon on KVOI 1030 AM (also KAPR and KJAA), Sundays at 9 a.m. March 8, Thane Rosenbaum, author of “Saving Free Speech from Itself.” Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley bagel breakfast, first Sundays, 9:30 a.m. Members, $7; nonmembers, $10. 648-6690 or 399-3474. Southern Arizona Jewish Genealogy Society, second Sundays, 1-3 p.m. at the Tucson J. Contact Barbara Stern Mannlein at 731-0300 or the J at 299-3000. Cong. Bet Shalom Krav Maga self defense, third Sundays, 1:30-3 p.m. $15. Call to register at 577-1171.

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745-5550 or visit www.caiaz.org. Temple Emanu-El mah jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m. 327-4501.

Cong. Anshei Israel mah jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m.-noon. All levels, men and women. Contact Evelyn at 885-4102 or esigafus@aol.com. Tucson J current events discussion, Mondays, noon-1:30 p.m. Members, $1; nonmembers, $2. Bring or buy lunch, 11:30 a.m. 2993000, ext. 147. Cong. Bet Shalom yoga, Mondays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. $5. 577-1171. Jewish 12-step sobriety support group meets Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. at Cong. Bet Shalom. dcmack1952@gmail.com. Chabad Tucson Torah & Tea class for women, with Rabbi Yossie Shemtov, Mondays, 7:30 p.m. at a private residence. Call 881-7956 or email feigie@chabadtucson.com. Spouse Bereavement Group, cosponsored by Widowed to Widowed, at Tucson J, Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Contact Katie at 299-3000, ext. 147.

Tucson J Israeli dance, taught by Brandi Hawkins, 2nd and 4th Sundays, 5 p.m., no partners. Members, $6; nonmembers, $8. 299-3000.

JFCS Holocaust Survivors group meets Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Contact Raisa Moroz at 795-0300.

Cong. Anshei Israel parent-tot class, led by Ally Ross. Mondays, 9-11 a.m. Children up to 24 months and their parent(s). Free. Mandatory vaccination policy. Call Nancy Auslander at

Awakening Through Jewish Meditation — Discover Freedom, with Reb Brian Yosef, Tuesdays/Sundays at 10:30 a.m., at Cong. Bet Shalom. Free. Check calendar at

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Wednesday / March 11

11 AM: JHM Gallery Chat, “Tzedek Justicia We Will Pursue,” with Yvette Borja, ACLU staff attorney. Free. 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum.org. 5:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Shalom Shabbat “Silly Silly” service followed at 6 p.m. by Shalom Shabbat dinner, and traditional service at 7:30 p.m. Dinner $12 for adults, $3 ages 4-12, age 3 and under, free. RSVP for dinner at 327-4501 or www.tetucson.org.

Sunday / March 8 10 AM: JFSA Women’s Philanthropy Connections brunch with guest speaker Dr. Ruth Westheimer, at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive. $45 plus minimum of $180 pledge ($18 for students) to the 2020 Federation Community Campaign. Reserve at https://jfsa. ticketspice.com/connections-2020 or call Anel Pro at 647-8455. 10 AM-NOON: JFCS CHAI Circle (Cancer, Healing and Inspiration for Jewish Women) meeting, “The Healing Power of Sound,” with Tryshe Dhevney, sound energy expert. Includes crystal singing bowls for relaxation. At the Tucson J. RSVP to Irene Gefter at igefter@jfcstucson.org or 795-0300, ext. 2271.

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8 AM-5 PM: JFSA/JHM bus tour, “Preserving Jewish History in Southern Arizona: An Experiential and Mobile Day of Learning,” with Stuart Mellan, JFSA president and CEO, and Bryan Davis, JHM executive director. Visit Bisbee-Douglas Jewish Cemetery and Douglas-Williams House Museum. $75, includes lunch. Bus departs at 8 a.m. and returns by 5 p.m. at 564 S. Stone Ave. RSVP at www.jfsa.org/jhmdouglastrip or contact Gail Barnhill at gbarnhill@jfsa.org or 577-9393.

Friday / March 13

5:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Shabbat Rocks! service with third grade, Avanim Rock Band and youth choir, followed at 6:30 p.m. by family Shabbat dinner, traditional service at 7:30 p.m. Dinner $12 for adults, $3 ages 4-12, 3 and under, free. RSVP for dinner at 327-4501 or www.tetucson.org.

Saturday / March 14

8 AM: Temple Emanu-El Wandering Jews hike and Shabbat morning service with Rabbi Batsheva Appel at Madera Canyon. 327-4501.

Sunday / March 15

10-11:30 AM: Tucson J brunch and learn with Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker, author, and founder

www.torahofawakening.com.

Tucson J social bridge, Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon-3 p.m., year round. Drop-ins welcome. Meets in library on second floor. 299-3000. Tucson J canasta group, Tuesdays 1-4 p.m., and Thursdays noon-4 p.m. Instruction available and a beginners’ table every week. Call or text Lisa at 977-4054. Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center social action. First Tuesdays, 12:45 p.m. Bear witness to federal criminal immigration proceedings. Meet at rear plaza of DeConcini Federal Courthouse for brown bag lunch and learn with immigration attorneys and migrant justice organizers, then enter courthouse together at 1:30 p.m. 405 W. Congress St. www.jewishhistorymuseum.org or 670-9073. Cong. Anshei Israel Talmud on Tuesday with Rabbi Robert Eisen. Meets 6 p.m. 745-5550. Weintraub Israel Center Shirat HaShirim Hebrew choir, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Learn to sing in Hebrew. Contact Rina Paz at 304-7943 or ericashem@cox.net. Cong. Anshei Israel gentle chair yoga with Lois Graham, Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Members of Women’s League, $6 per class; nonmembers, $8 per class. Contact Evelyn at 8854102 or esigafus@aol.com. Temple Emanu-El Talmud study, Wednesdays,

of the Webby Awards, on “Staying Human in a 24/7 World.” $15 per person/$30 per couple or $25/$40 with copy of her book, "24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week." RSVP by March 11 at https://jfsa.ticketspice.com/tiffany-shlain or contact Jennifer Selco at 299-3000. 5-6 PM: Cong. Chofetz Chayim, “Tucson Mezuzah Week,” forum with Rabbi Moshe Peretz Gilden, certified scribe from Milwaukee Kollel. From March 15-19, have your mezuzahs checked, $10 each. Replacements will be sold. RSVP for forum by March 11 at www.tucsontorah.org/mezuzah, and schedule mezuzah inspection with Rabbi Israel Becker at yzbecker@me.com or 747-7780.

Monday / March 16

10 AM: JFCS presents “One Couple Two Faiths: Stories of Love and Religion” with author Marion Usher, Ph.D. Light breakfast and refreshments provided. Free. At Tucson J. RSVP to Jessica Mattix at 795-0300 or jmattix@ jfcstucson.org. 6 PM: JFSA Tucson Maimonides Society presents Allan Hamilton, M.D., brain surgeon and author, on “What We Can Learn from the Minds of Psychopaths and Serial Killers.” $45, members; $21, interns and medical residents; free for medical students. At the Harvey

10 -11:30 a.m. Text required, call 327-4501. Chabad of Sierra Vista women’s class with Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, last Wednesdays, 2 p.m., 401 Suffolk Drive. 820-6256 or www.jewishsierravista.com. Jewish mothers/grandmothers special needs support group for those with children/ grandchildren, youth or adult, with special needs, third Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. at Tucson J. Contact Joyce Stuehringer at 299-5920. “Biblical Breakthroughs with Rabbi Becker” at the Southwest Torah Institute. Fridays, noon, for men and women. 747-7780 or yzbecker@me.com. Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley art gallery presents “Art in Dimension,” with paintings by Ann Marcus Lapidus, and jewelry and women’s kippot by Jere Moskovitz, through March 10. Open Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. or call 648-6690 for a viewing appointment. “2020 and Beyond: Reimagining Jewish Life in Southern Arizona” survey. Take the survey now at www.jewmatter.com. Ends March 16. Tucson J Fine Art Gallery presents “Women Who Art,” a group of seven artists, March 16-April 27. 299-3000 or www.tucsonjcc.org. Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center exhibit, “Asylum/Asilo,” through May 31. Drop-in hours Fridays 1-3 p.m., Saturdays/ Sundays 1-5 p.m. 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum.org.

and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy, 3718 E. River Road. Register by March 9 at at www.jfsa.org/maimonidesspring2020, or Anel Pro at apro@jfsa.org or 647-8455. 7 PM: Arizona Center for Judaic Studies Shaol & Louis Pozez Memorial Lectureship Series presents “Classical Jewish Texts, from Parchment to the Internet,” with Gary A. Rendsburg, professor at Rutgers University. At the Tucson J, a co-sponsor. Free. 299-3000.

Tuesday / March 17

NOON-1:15 PM: Cong. Or Chadash book club discusses “The Golden Peacock,” by Lauren Grossman. Contact Celia Slatzer at celiaslatzer@ gmail.com. 4:30-5:30 PM: Tucson J Kid Goat Yoga for children. Members, $15; nonmembers, $20. 2993000 or www.tucsonjcc.org.

Wednesday / March 18

2 PM: Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley presents “Critters of the Catalinas” with David Dean, Sabino Canyon volunteer naturalist. Free. 648-6690. 7-9:15 PM: JFSA Together in Jewish Learning presents the Rabbi Lee A. Kivel Lecture on Jewish Life, “The Gratitude Diaries,” with

Janice Kaplan, journalist, TV producer, and author. Breakout sessions with local rabbis follow the lecture. At Tucson Hebrew Academy, 3888 E. River Road. $10 at door. Register at www.jfsa.org/jewishlearning2020.

Friday / March 20

7-9 PM: Cong. M’kor Hayim HIAS National Refugee Shabbat, with Gloria Goldman, immigration lawyer, and Teresa Cavendish, director of Casa Alitas. At THA, 3888 E. River Road. RSVP to congregationmkorhayim@gmail.com.

Saturday / March 21

6 PM: Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley presents “Dine and Laugh!” with Unscrewed Theater of Tucson improv cast and threecourse dinner, at the Madera Crystal Ballroom in Quail Creek, Green Valley, 2055 E. Quail Crossing Blvd. Preceded at 5 p.m. with a cash bar. Ballroom

doors open 5:30 p.m. $60 includes dinner and show. RSVP for availability at 393-0317.

Sunday / March 22

10 AM-NOON: Jewish Artist Group. Free. At Tucson J. Contact Carol Sack at 299-3000, ext. 241 or concierge@jewishtucson.org. 10:30 AM: Desert Caucus brunch with Jim Costa (D-CA). Guests should be prospective members. Contact desertcaucus@gmail.com or 299-2410. 3:30-5 PM: Handmaker Lecture Series presents “The Future of the Tucson Jewish Community … A Rabbinic Perspective,” with Rabbi Yossi Shemtov, Cong. Young Israel; Rabbi Thomas Louchheim, Cong. Or Chadash; and Rabbi Robert Eisen, Cong. Anshei Israel. Free. Refreshments. 2221 N. Rosemont Blvd. RSVP to Nanci Levy at nlevy@handmaker.org or 322-3632.

NORTHWEST TUCSON

All Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life (JFSA Northwest Division) events are held at 180 W. Magee Road, #140, unless otherwise indicated.

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Chair yoga with a Jewish flair taught by Bonnie Golden. At Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life, Mondays, 10-11 a.m. $7 per class or $25 for four. 505-4161 or northwestjewish@ jfsa.org. NW Needlers create hand-stitched items for donation in the Jewish community. At Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life. Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m. RSVP to judithgfeldman@gmail.com or 505-4161. Mah jongg meets at Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life, Wednesdays, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., 505-4161. Chabad of Oro Valley adult education class, Jewish learning with Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman. Wednesdays at 7 p.m. 1171 E. Rancho Vistoso #131, Oro Valley. 477-8672 or www.jewishorovalley.com. Chabad of Oro Valley Shabbat service and dinner, 6 p.m. third Fridays. RSVP at 477-8672 or www.jewishorovalley.com.

Monday / March 9

11:30 AM-12:30 PM: Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life, “Coffee with the Chief,” with new Oro Valley Chief of Police Kara Riley. Free, donations appreciated. RSVP at 505-4161.

Tuesday / March 10

7-8:30 PM: Rosh Chodesh women's group Wine & Dessert. Free. RSVP to northwest jewish@jfsa.org or 505-4161.

Thursday / March 12

7 PM: Multi-faith Prayer Service, “Listen and Love,” at Muslim Community Center of Tucson, 5100 N. Kevy Place with 10 congregations – Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Baha’i. Seating 6:15-6:45 p.m. Bring canned meats for Interfaith Community Services food bank. To attend with Ruth and Irving Center for Jewish Life Northwest Men’s Group, RSVP at www.jfsa.interfaithprayerservice or 505-4161.

Sunday / March 22

9 AM-3 PM: Symposium, Israel in the 21st Century. $50, includes continental breakfast and dairy lunch. RSVP at www.jfsa.org/nwsymposium or 505-4161.

COMMUNITY PURIM FESTIVITIES Friday, March 6

6 PM: Purim Shabbat tot and child-friendly service. Cong. Chaverim and PJ Library, at Chaverim, 5901 E. 2nd St. 320-1015.

Saturday, March 7

12:30-2:30 PM: Secular Humanist Jewish Circle Purim Party, vegetarian potluck lunch. RSVP to Pat at ptdmnd@gmail.com or 4815342. See www.shjcaz.org for details.

Sunday, March 8

10 AM-NOON: Inaugural Purim Carnival, Cong. Beit Simcha, 2270 W. Ina Road, Suite 100. RSVP to rabbi@beitsimchatucson.org. See www.beitsimchatucson.org for details. 3 PM: PJ Library Who Stole the Megillah? Space is limited. $5 for PJ families, $10 for others. Barnes & Noble, 5130 E. Broadway Blvd. See www.jfsa.org/pjmagicalpurim2020 for availability.

Monday, March 9

4:30-7 PM: The Beatles come to Shushan, Cong. Chaverim, 5901 E. 2nd St. RSVP to admin@chaverim.net or 320-1015. 4:54 PM: Purim Pandemonium in a Galaxy Close to Home, Cong. Anshei Israel, 5550 E. 5th St. RSVP for availability. Call 745-5550 or visit www.caiaz.org. 5-6 PM: Purim Potluck and Megillah Reading at Beth Shalom Temple Center, 1751 N. Rio Mayo, Green Valley. Contact bstcgv@gmail.com. 5:30-7:30 PM: Purim Carnival, Cong. Or Chadash, 3939 N. Alvernon Way. Ride tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door. RSVP at 512-8500. 6 PM: Megillah Reading, Handmaker

Jewish Services for the Aging, 2221 N. Rosemont Ave., in the Great Room. Contact Nanci Levy at nlevy@handmaker.org to RSVP. 6:30 PM: Purim Whole Megillah Celebration, Cong. Beit Simcha, 2270 W. Ina Road, Suite 100. RSVP at rabbi@beitsimchatucson.org.

Tuesday, March 10

7 AM: Traditional Purim Megillah Reading, Cong. Anshei Israel, 5550 E. 5th St. No RSVP needed. www.caiaz.org or 745-5550. 4 PM: Purim Under the Sea, Chabad Sierra Vista, 401 Suffolk Drive, Sierra Vista. Adults $10, children $8. RSVP to rabbi@jewishsierravista. com or 820-6256. 5 PM Purim in Italy, Chabad Tucson 2443 E. 9th St. RSVP at wwwchabadtucson.com. 5 PM: Purim Party Chabad Oro Valley, 1171 E. Rancho Vistoso #131. $15. For RSVP or details contact mushkie@jewishorovalley.com, 4778672 or www.jewishorovalley.com/purim. 5 PM: The Incredible Purim Party, Cong. Chofetz Chayim, 5150 E. Fifth St. Adults $36, children 11 and under $18. RSVP for availability at www.tucsontorah.org/purim. For more information, contact Dr. Jeff DuBois at 248-8663 or oriolestuc@aol.com.

Wednesday, March 11

3:30-5 PM: Purim Family BBQ in the Park, JFSA Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life, at Tangerine Sky Community Park, 4411 W. Tangerine Road. RSVP at www.jfsa.org/nwpurimbbq or 505-4161.

Sunday, March 15

10 AM: Purim Extravaganza and Carnival, Temple Emanu-El, 225 N. Country Club Road. www.tetucson.org/worship/holidays/purim.

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Monday / March 23

12:30-2 PM: Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life community dining out social event at Beyond Bread, 421 W. Ina Road. Purchase your own fare. RSVP by Friday, March 20 to www.jfsa.org/beyondbread.

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OBITUARIES

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Ronald David

Harold Lisberg

Ronald S. David, M.D., 80, died Feb. 10, 2020. Dr. David was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He obtained his bachelor’s and medical degrees from Stanford University, and after a stint in the Army, went on for specialty training in psychiatry at the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center in New York City and a fellowship in administrative psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He became director of outpatient services at the Soundview-Throgs Neck Community Mental Health Center in the East Bronx. He then returned to his Western roots in the equivalent position at the Southern Arizona Mental Health Center in Tucson. His major professional interest was the direct treatment of patients and he maintained a practice in psychiatry and psychotherapy with a specific interest in psychoanalysis. He was a founding member of COPE, a regional public mental health center, and the medical director or managing partner of several private practice groups. Dr. David spent 30 years as a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He was a past president of the Tucson Psychiatric Society, held several board positions at the state level and was awarded the position of Life Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association for his multiple contributions to the field. On the community level he has served on multiple neighborhood, city, and county committees, and on the board of The Borderlands Theater in Tucson. Dr. David is survived by his partner, Madeleine Lapointe; children, Diana of Hong Kong and Sam of St. Paul, Minnesota; five grandchildren; two stepchildren and three step-grandchildren. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alliance on Mental Illness of Southern Arizona.

Harold J. Lisberg died February 14, 2020. Mr. Lisberg was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal for his service as a B24 pilot during World War II. He was predeceased by his wife, Elaine. Survivors include his sons William (Patti) of Minneapolis, and Edward of Chicago; brother Jim of Chicago; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mr. Lisberg chose to forgo a funeral and donated his body to medical science. Memorial contributions may be made to Ripon College, the National Eating Disorder Association, or the charity of your choice.

Edith Fox Edith Weingarten Fox, a Holocaust survivor who settled in Buffalo, New York, and moved to Tucson in her later years, died Feb. 16, 2020. Mrs. Fox was born in Czechoslovakia and was 13 when World War II started. She survived a Polish ghetto and the Auschwitz and Theresienstadt concentration camps. In 2017, at age 90, she told her story to Nina Trasoff, a “friendly visitor” through Jewish Family & Children’s Services Holocaust survivors program. Read her story at www.bit.ly/ tucsonedithfox. Memorial contributions may be made to the Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center, www.jewishhistorymuseum.org. Obituaries printed free of charge may be edited for space and format. There is a nominal fee for photographs. Please inquire at 319-1112 for obituaries.

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In focus

Handmaker residents and staff with weekend food packs for Homer Davis Elementary Schol, Feb. 18. Back row (L-R): Nahid Nematollahi, Elaine McLain, Carol Donisi, Norma Friel, and Brayton Person; front row: Roslyn Friedman and Donald Tuttle

B’nai mitzvah

People in the news

Shane Preston Glesinger, son of Dr. April Glesinger and Jeff Glesinger, will celebrate becoming a b’nai mitzvah with his cousin Brady Bayard on March 7 at Temple Solel in Cardiff by the Sea, California. He is the grandson of Sue and Sonny Ross of Tucson and Jan and the late Jerry Glesinger of Papillion, Nebraska. Shane is in the seventh grade at Tucson Hebrew Academy where he plays soccer. He loves to cook and is an aspiring chef, does Parkour, plays drums, and is an avid reader and a virtual reality video gamer. For his mitzvah project, Shane is picking up litter at Tucson city and county parks in an effort to keep them safer and cleaner for children.

HB2682, a bill submitted by Tucson Rep. Alma Hernandez to make Holocaust education mandatory in Arizona, passed the State House of Representatives on Feb. 19. Members and staff from Jewish Family & Children’s Services Holocaust Survivors program, who traveled to Phoenix Jan. 27 when the education committee voted on HB2682, returned to Phoenix Feb. 19 to support the bill, which now goes to the State Senate. Hernandez’ bill to define anti-Semitism, HB2683, passed the House Feb. 27 and also will go to the Senate.

Brady Bayard, son of Beth and Johnny Bayard of San Marcos, California, will celebrate becoming a b’nai mitzvah with his cousin Shane Preston Glesinger on March 7 at Temple Solel in Cardiff by the Sea, California. He is the grandson of Sue and Sonny Ross of Tucson and Cecilia and Rick Bayard of Rancho Cucamonga, California. Brady is in the seventh grade at San Diego Jewish Academy. He is in an acting troop with Star Repertory Theatre Company in Escondido, California, takes singing lessons, does karate, reads, and is a virtual reality video gamer. For his mitzvah project, Brady volunteers at Temple Solel to prepare food to be delivered to a homeless shelter.

Handmaker residents help Homer Davis kids Residents of Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging had an opportunity to do a mitzvah Feb. 18. They built weekend food packs for 96 food insecure students at Homer Davis Elementary School, as part of the Homer Davis Project of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona, coordinated by Mary Ellen Loebl. Handmaker residents variously put labels on bags, opened the bags, and filled them with cans of soup, ravioli, peanut butter, chocolate milk, and other snacks to get the kids through the long rodeo weekend. Residents enjoyed putting the packages together, and felt good to be able to help the children, says Nanci Levy, community outreach coordinator at Handmaker.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson has launched The Laurie and Larry Wetterschneider Work Scholarships Program, which will provide $500 awards to eight graduates of BGCT’s Money Matters: Make it Count Program who have secured and remained in their first job. The Wetterschneiders are longtime advocates of BGCT and prior funders of Money Matters, which teaches money management skills such as managing a checking account, budgeting, saving, and investing to club teens ages 13-18. Money Matters also fosters academic success by introducing the college application process.

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Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona President and CEO Stuart Mellan, left, and Rabbi Thomas Louchheim with the September 1995 Arizona Jewish Posts announcing their respective endeavors, at Congregation Or Chadash’s Feb. 21 dinner honoring Mellan.

Or Chadash salutes JFSA’s Stuart Mellan

Eighty people attended Congregation Or Chadash’s “Celebrating 25 Years of Gratitude,” a dinner honoring Stuart Mellan, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona, on Friday, Feb. 21. Mellan will retire at the end of May. Following the dinner, held at Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy, participants headed to Or Chadash for a Shabbat service, where Mellan delivered the sermon.

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The Bisbee-Douglas Jewish Cemetery after a 2016 cleanup effort.

he Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona and the Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center are sponsoring a bus tour, “Preserving Jewish History in Southern Arizona: An Experiential and Mobile Day of Learning,” on Wednesday, March 11, led by Stuart Mellan, JFSA president and CEO, and Bryan Davis, JHM executive director. The trip will highlight the Federation’s efforts to restore the historic Bisbee-Douglas Jewish Cemetery. Along with the cemetery, participants will visit the Douglas-Williams House

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Museum and meet with the head of the Douglas Arizona Historical Society, Cindy Hayostek. JHM scholarin-residence Max Greenberg will give a presentation, and Thomas SaylerBrown of SBBL Architecture and Planning will discuss the cemetery restoration efforts. The cost of the trip is $75, which includes lunch. Space is limited. The bus departs from the museum, 564 S. Stone Ave. at 8 a.m. and returns by 5 p.m. RSVP at www.jfsa.org/jhmdouglastrip or contact Gail Barnhill at gbarnhill@jfsa. org or 577-9393.

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ucsonan Damion Alexander posted a short video of a running javelina on Facebook Feb. 22, and it has gone viral, spawning countless memes and global news coverage, from the New York Times to news.com.au in Australia, which took pains to explain that a javelina is “also known as a peccary or skunk pig.” The video was captured by Alexander, a Tucson real estate agent, while on his way to a house with a client, the Arizona Daily Star reported. It shows the javelina sprinting by Los Portales Apartments in east Tucson. On Twitter, @javelinarunning sets the video to various pieces of music, with users sending requests and posting exuberant comments. “One of the greatest joys of living in the Old Pueblo is the diversity of our wildlife,” says Alexander, who is a bike enthusiast and AJP board member as well as a realtor. “For years I’ve been hiking and biking in remote parts of Pima Canyon photographing and taking video of everything from bugs and flowers to

A javelina sprints past a Tucson apartment complex in Damion Alexander’s Feb. 22 video, which went viral.

lizards, snakes, bobcats, big horn sheep, and javelina. We live in such an incredible community and it’s a pleasure knowing I contributed to Tucson being in the limelight for a few minutes. “This video was part luck but it also was possible because I’ve been working for years to be able to get my phone out, camera on and have a steady hand focusing on the subject. On Instagram I’m BIKEPILGRIM to see more images and videos from our backyard playground,” he adds.