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Tucson’s Hernandez wins de-escalation training for school cops PHYLLIS BRAUN AJP Executive Editor
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hildren and teens at public schools throughout the state will be safer thanks to the efforts of Rep. Alma Hernandez, Arizona’s first Jewish Latina lawmaker. Working with the office of Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, Hernandez, a Democrat, secured an agreement to begin mandatory training in de-escalation and crisis intervention for police who work on school campuses, known as school resource officers or SROs. It’s an impressive achievement for a freshman legislator. “This is one of my proudest accomplishments,” Hernandez, elected to the state house in November from the 3rd Legislative District, told the AJP, stressing that it is a bipartisan success. “This is an issue I’ve been working on since after the incident I suffered when I was 14 years old. So for the last 12 years I’ve been really hoping that no other child or teenager would have to go through what I went through. And part of that was being able to ensure that officers were properly trained to work with children and teenagers.” As a student at Sunnyside High School, Hernandez was assaulted by two 19-year-old seniors outside the school, then “brutally attacked” by the SRO who intervened, she says.
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The SRO’s actions left her with spinal damage that continues to plague her. She told this story on the campaign trail and included it on her
“Alma for Arizona” biography page. “I wake up every morning with it and I know why I’m in pain. It’s something that I’ll never forget but I have learned to forgive,” she says, adding that the incident is part of what drove her to be active in politics. It was a tweet by Hernandez that caught the attention of the governor’s office, according to a report by Arizona Capitol Times. Listening to Ducey’s State of the State address in January, she heard him call for more law enforcement at schools and tweeted that this was “NOT the solution” – more counselors, not cops, were needed, she said. Hernandez was surprised when the governor’s office reached out to her, she told the AJP, adding that her initial suggestion was for all SROs to wear body cameras. “We were able to compromise and come up with an agreement” for the mandatory training, she says, explaining that as part of the agreement, current SROs have up to a year to complete the training. Funding for the training comes from the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board, which will receive an additional $1 million in appropriations from the governor, some of it earmarked for the de-escalation and crisis intervention training. In addition, the training will be offered regionally, Hernandez says, so that there will be no burden on officers See Hernandez, page 2
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fter 30 years as a public behavioral health social worker, Dina Rosengarten is still in love with her role. She has a new position as director at a large, private, nonprofit behavioral health center in Tucson. She counsels residential clients, mostly those in substance abuse recovery and with severe mental health issues. She also oversees clinical staff and direct services and supervises case managers. “There are lots of moving parts and long days but I love what I do, the people I meet, and the staff I work with. It fills my soul,” she says.
Rosengarten, who grew up on Long Island, New York, came to Tucson when she was 15. Her father died when she was 12, leaving her mother, Lucy, with four children to manage, two of whom were ill. “I was so embarrassed when my dad passed. I was the only kid without two parents back then. I felt exposed that everyone knew and were looking at me,” Rosengarten says. Her mother had lived in Tucson briefly as a child and loved it. She packed the family off to the Old Pueblo. Rosengarten finished high school in Tucson, attended the University of Arizona for her undergraduate work, and completed her master’s in social work at Arizona
State University. Through her work resources, she was aware of the local non-profit Tu Nidito (Spanish for “your little nest”), which provides support groups for children and families impacted by the serious illness or death of a loved one. As a professional, Rosengarten often encourages people to go to support groups, and referred clients to Tu Nidito. Little did she know that she would turn there for help when her husband of 13 years, Ed Davenport, died in 2008. Rosengarten and her three now-grown children, Michaela, Trey, and Rachel, participated at Tu Nidito. “This was my See Volunteers, page 3
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HERNANDEZ to travel to Phoenix. “Good ideas don’t have to be partisan. Our office was pleased to work with Rep. Alma Hernandez to advance this important training and ensure school resource officers have the tools needed to appropriately de-escalate situations. Rep. Hernandez deserves a lot of credit for speaking up and leading to make this change happen — and we look forward to continued collaboration on commonsense issues like this,” says Patrick Ptak, spokesman for the governor. Hernandez is still pushing for bodycams for SROs. The biggest expense, she says, would be storage of the video footage. “I’m still working with the governor’s office to make that possible,” she says, adding, “I think my situation would have been completely changed” if bodycams were in use when she was a Sunnyside student. The new SRO training “is something that helps the entire community,” Hernandez emphasizes. “This isn’t just about the south part of Tucson, or a specific school. This is really going to positively affect everyone throughout the state.” Hernandez, a former coordinator of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Jewish Community Relations Council, “absolutely” sees this work as part of the Jewish mandate of tikkun olam, repairing the world. “This helps restore some of the trust in the community toward law enforcement. We’ve seen so many incidents and issues happen over the years,” she says, noting that in some communities, people are wary of a law enforcement presence at schools. “However, for parents to know that they are trained, hopefully will bring some peace to them,” says Hernan-
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State Rep. Alma Hernandez, left, greets Gov. Doug Ducey at the Arizona State Capitol earlier this year.
dez, adding that it should also make it easier for faculty at schools “to work in harmony” with police officers. “Working with JCRC at the Federation, we worked very closely with law enforcement. We know that they keep our community safe. For me it was really important to be able to do this and make sure that officers know I’m not against them, I’m not working to make their work more difficult. I support the work they do; I just wanted to make sure they are properly trained to work with young teens and with children. Police officers and law enforcement in general have been allies to the Jewish community and I appreciate that.”
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It is no secret that Steve Teichner is a humanitarian. His car, parked at a Tucson migrant shelter on June 14, proudly announces his passion wherever he goes.
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t is 3 p.m. on a Friday, and Steve Teichner has already put in more than 40 hours of work this week. He will leave around 5:30 p.m., if no more migrants show up at the shelter. “It’s not a job, it’s a passion,” says the retired educator. “It’s something I feel that if I’m not doing, it’s not right. Not because of guilt. Because I believe in rainbows and diversity. These people would make our country better. And like the Statue of Liberty says, we put our hand out and give people an opportunity.” Lately, Teichner has been spending his days at Tucson’s old Benedictine Monastery helping any way he can to welcome asylum-seeking migrants, mostly from Central America, to the shelter. It is certainly not his first rodeo on the humanitarian front in Tucson. He relocated here 13 years ago, for his wife’s health, after he retired from teaching on the “south, south side of Chicago.” When his wife died eight years ago, he decided to do a mitzvah every day. “Every step I take is a sacred step,” he says. He started by purchasing items at thrift stores and giving them away to help the homeless. Teichner was an activist as far back as the mid-’60s when he was with Clergy and Laymen Concerned About the War in Vietnam, also known as Clergy and Laity Concerned, under the National Council of Churches. “I was a conscientious objector, and my parents supported that. My father always was a pacifist,” he recalls. “I’m familiar with people of different
faiths. No religion is more important than the other. We all need to be open-minded and loving. I became a vegetarian. I built a philosophy of non-violence, and believe what goes around comes around. I’ve studied Torah and read about humanity and social justice. I believe it would be a much better country with variety — different cultures, thoughts, and ideas. A klezmer song says why it’s important how you place yourself in the world. Be proactive,” he says. Teichner attended a meeting of Green Valley-Sahuarita Samaritans and decided it was something he should do. The group offers humanitarian aid to migrants in the Arizona-Sonora borderlands and believes in one’s ethical responsibility to assist those who are suffering. Shura Wallin, the founder of Samaritans, is among Teichner’s greatest Jewish influences, he says. Helping with water drop-offs in the desert, to hydrate migrants crossing the most dangerous stretch of the desert, “I learned a lot about Nogales and the Tohono O’odham reservation. How people easily used to go back and forth across their lands. That they can’t anymore is not right.” He learned about Mitzvah Day in Phoenix, an annual day of social action sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix, and became involved in “gratitude in action.” Teichner is active with many of Southern Arizona’s humanitarian groups: Humane Borders, No More Deaths, and Tucson Jews for Justice, among others. He describes his
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VOLUNTEERS first experience in a group. Having that sacred time to myself was really important. For me, it was a great support system of sacred time to talk about my own personal grief,” she says. With adult groups separate from youth groups, Tu Nidito allowed the whole family to create connections with peers going through similar situations. “We went as a family for three or four years,” Rosengarten says. After twice-monthly sessions, on the way home, the family talked in the car about the sessions or anything at all. “It was a real connection for us,” she says, adding that the kids didn’t want to stop going. “It touched all of us so deeply. The biggest gift is what it did for my children. I always wanted to go back and volunteer.” In 1994, its first year, Tu Nidito supported 12 dying children and their families. It now serves more than 800 families each year. With a core staff of experienced nonprofit and pediatric professionals, more than 300 volunteers are the organization’s backbone. They complete comprehensive training to provide tools to support grieving children and families and together volunteer more than 10,000 hours a year. A board of directors of community lead-
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Dina Rosengarten stands at an overlook point in Jerusalem on a visit to Israel in October 2018.
ers and volunteers provides organizational governance, and programmatic and financial oversite. Rosengarten recently returned to Tu Nidito, not as a client but as a volunteer. She now is a co-facilitator of adult groups and finds it “amazing.” With about eight participants each, she says, Tu Nidito’s groups are intimate. The setting, in a donated and converted home feels like a living room with comfortable furniture and pillows. Kid-friendly group session rooms and a playground provide places where children can demonstrate their grief through play. There are lots of interactive games and hands-on activities.
A behavioral health background is not required to volunteer, Rosengarten says. Many University of Arizona students in medical, behavioral health, or youthfocused majors serve as volunteers, but the summer volunteer population diminishes. Volunteers initially are paired with an experienced co-facilitator with different experiences from their own. Co-facilitators present a topic for the evening, contribute comments, and keep things on track. “They are so kind and caring to each other in the group that it allows the process to happen,” Rosengarten says of group participants. The program is free and open to anyone
who meets certain criteria. “Their lives are in chaos,” Rosengarten says of participants. “They don’t need to worry about costs or bills at this time in their life. The only thing [staff and volunteers] ask is that clients come consistently. It is a gift to the community to offer [this program]. Not a lot of people know about it. It fills a very special niche in the community. “We all have friends and family to talk to, but after a while, we don’t want to burden them with our grief. It becomes uncomfortable to talk about grief all the time,” she says. “This [group] teaches you that the issues you have to deal with are not the same for everyone. Like doing things again for the first time without your partner. It is a safe place to think about and prepare for how those events and activities, like a family holiday dinner, might feel.” Following the 90-minute group sessions, the facilitators debrief together. The groups are raw with emotion, and it takes time for volunteers to decompress. Some volunteers have been at Tu Nidito 10 years or more. “They believe in their commitment, bringing their heart with them,” Rosengarten says. “I’m glad to be doing this. It is rewarding and exciting to be there contributing in some way. It’s amazing in terms of helping people to heal. Now I’ve seen both sides of how powerful it is. It’s just a fit.”
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LOCAL Security training targets bombs, hate crimes DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Assistant Editor
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ucson Police Officer Rob McCusker delivered a community training on suspicious package recognition at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona on June 13. With about 25 in attendance, the explosives and hazardous device technician discussed ways to recognize potential dangers and manage bomb threats, and suggestions for managing lockdowns and evacuations. Members of TPD’s Hate Crimes and Biasbased Incidents division, which focuses its efforts on local minority communities, accompanied him. They noted that the Arizona Revised Statutes do not include a stand-alone criminal violation for hate crimes. Instead, ARS 13-701 provides an option for enhanced sentencing when sufficient evidence exists that a defendant committed a felony crime while motivated by either bias towards the victim’s identity in a group or the defendant’s perception of a victim’s identity in a group listed in ARS 41-1750. The state statute does not apply to criminals who commit misdemeanors like vandalism or break local ordinances. However, the City of Tucson’s hate crime ordinance does. The city passed the code
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experience at El Comedor, Kino Border Initiative’s dining facility in Nogales, Mexico, for migrants waiting to cross the border. “What really affected me, I saw people with beat up feet and with only the clothes on their back. “I don’t like borders, even the borders that separate food in the supermarket. And I don’t like stereotypes. I’ve heard them all — kike, fish peddler. My grandmother used to talk about ‘those people.’ If you use hate and stereotypes, you don’t see the people.” Citing how the United States denied entry to Anne Frank’s father, Otto, during the Holocaust, Teichner says he doesn’t want to see that history repeated. “People are fleeing their countries now because of violence,” he says of the current migrant crisis. “It’s difficult to leave your home, but you want to protect your family. “I try to control my anger with the government and not hate a person but their ideas, like people who make America hate again. Why is it okay for Border Patrol to
in March 2017 to heightened penalties for people who commit hate crimes, adding health care facilities to the list of places like houses of worship, schools, and cemeteries under institutional vandalism. At that time, Tucson Council member Steve Kozachik said that the measure, introduced by Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, was a response to a rise in hate crimes since 2016. “We’ve had swastikas painted on walls at some of the high schools in midtown,” said Kozachik, noting other incidents at the Tucson Islamic Center and Planned Parenthood. “We’re pretty simply just sending a message that, in Tucson, there’s zero tolerance for behavior that targets people based on who they are or what they look like or what religious convictions they have.” Paul Patterson, JFSA’s community security consultant, arranged the community security training. Local law enforcement, he said, “has been happy to work with us and help. We are thankful to have them.” Future collaborative community trainings are being planned. For further information, McCusker referred participants to TPD Explosive and Hazardous Device Detail point of contact Sgt. Tim Froebe at timothy. froebe@tucsonaz.gov or 837-7388. Patterson can be reached at ppatterson@ jewishtucson.org.
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destroy water bottles left for migrants in the desert and a crime for someone to save a life?” he says, referring to the case of Scott Warren, a volunteer with No More Deaths who was charged with three felony counts of conspiring to harbor and transport undocumented aliens in 2018. His trial in the U.S. District Court in Tucson ended in a hung jury on June 11. “Commonality is understanding. We know something must be done. We can’t just abandon people. The Jewish Federation already has done a lot in providing shoes, backpacks, and supplies ... Temple Emanu-El has extended itself contributing food and help. There are many Jewish volunteers here [at the shelter]. I really respect Catholic Community Services,” he says, noting the work they have done processing more than 8,000 migrants this year. “I’d love to see 12 rabbis here stand together and say they stand with migrant rights and to defend them. We need to remember what we’ve learned and not turn our back on our neighbors, not be vengeful. People communicate in different ways. When [the migrants] leave [the local shelter], they give us hugs. Not one of them takes anything for granted.” June 28, 2019, ARIZONA JEWISH POST
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COMMENTARY Untold stories: Jews in Arab countries suffered unbearable discrimination MIRIAM SHEPHER JTA LOS ANGELES une 20 was World Refugee Day. And according to the United Nations page devoted to this commemoration, every minute 20 people leave everything behind to escape war, persecution or terror. I am one of those people. In 1948, when I was 6 months old, my mother risked everything to escape Tunisia with my siblings and me in search of a better life. My father stayed behind until he could meet us years later at our final destination. We crammed into a ship called the Negba and endured a difficult journey to France. We waited for a year until it was our turn, at last, to enter the land that my mother had always considered our home: Eretz Israel. I am just one of 850,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries and Iran who left, fled or were expelled from the countries where they had lived, in many cases, since the Babylonian period. In the years
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A Jewish mother and her children are photographed outside a synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia, Jan. 1, 1950. Some 850,000 refugees from Tunisia and other Arab countries were expelled from their countries after the creation of Israel.
that followed the independence of the State of Israel, Jews in Arab countries suffered unbearable discrimination and acts of violence that led to their forced expulsion. Jews were forced out of Mo-
rocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Yemen, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and later Iran. They left behind their property and belongings, carrying only necessities as they escaped to safety. Entire Jewish
communities were wiped out, and centuries of religious customs, traditions, culture, and music vanished from the Middle East and North Africa. Like my family, nearly half of these refugees settled in Israel. Our stories remain largely untold. Many still do not know of our collective trauma. I carried my roots with me, even as I grew up in Israel. My life changed at the age of 11 when I was given the opportunity to live on a kibbutz. My father had since passed away in Israel, and my mother was struggling to provide for us. It was on this kibbutz where my life as an Israeli really began and where I discovered a true sense of family. I learned about the land and people of Israel, and came to understand that I was blessed to live in a time where the centuries-old dream of the Jewish people was a reality. I fell in love with my country. My family’s path has led us to America, where my husband and I have raised our children, but I have never forgotten See Discrimination, page 7
What Jews can learn from the Catholic Church about handling sexual abuse BETHANY MANDEL JTA WASHINGTON n May, Pope Francis issued a detailed ruling on how officials in the Roman Catholic Church must handle cases of clerical sexual abuse, the first official codification of the church’s global policy.
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Though abuse survivors have criticized the pope’s ruling as not strong enough and for being approved only “ad experimentum for three years,” his statement is thorough about how abuse allegations should be handled and powerful given the backing of the head of the Catholic Church. Yet the news-making statement reflects not a change in priorities, but a
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move toward further public accountability in the church’s decades-long grappling with allegations of abuse. There is no equivalent to a pope in the Jewish world, no centralized body that can make sweeping pronouncements about how sexual abuse and harassment should be handled. But there is much Jewish professionals and all religious professionals working on improving our communal response to sexual abuse can learn from how the pope’s recent decision transpired. In the aftermath of the 2002 Boston Globe Spotlight investigation, a number of archdioceses in the United States began to professionalize their response to accusations of abuse — some to a much larger extent than the pope announced last month. It wasn’t just a matter of doing what was right, but an act of ensuring their very survival. According to a 2018 article in the National Catholic Reporter, “over the last 14 years, 19 Catholic dioceses and religious orders in the United States have filed for bankruptcy protection because of the clergy sexual abuse crisis.” New York City, home to one of the largest archdioceses in the country, has created a position to handle complaints staffed not by a priest, but by a former federal prosecutor.
I first spoke with Edward Mechmann, director of public policy at the Archdiocese of New York and the director of the Safe Environment Office at the archdiocese, three years ago as a source for another article and several more times in May while reporting this piece. While he is a practicing Catholic and employed by the archdiocese, it’s clear that he doesn’t view himself as a cleanup crew for deviant priests. For the past 14 years, Mechmann’s role has included conducting training and background screening of everyone who works with children, as well as assisting in the archdiocese’s response to incidents of child abuse. An equivalent role does not typically exist in Jewish communal institutions. When there are allegations of abuse, lawyers are quickly called in to deal with the fallout. Time and again, our typical approach is to offer the accused rabbi or teacher a leave of absence while both the school or synagogue and the accused party lawyer up. Meanwhile, congregants, parents and students are asked to withhold judgment and avoid asking too many questions. Contrast that tight-mouthed legal response to how the Catholic Church in New York now handles any inappropriate behavior involving minors. Late last See Church, page 8
NEWS BRIEFS A British lawmaker called on the government to recognize the plight of Jews forced to flee their homes in Arab countries during the 20th century. Theresa Villiers, who represents the Conservative Party, said the government should acknowledge Jewish refugees when discussing the Middle East and urged fellow Parliament members to support efforts to preserve Jewish sites in the region, the Jewish Chronicle reported Monday. Villiers, who is not Jewish, previously served as secretary of state for Northern Ireland. ... Jared Kushner, the key architect of the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, launched a conference in Bahrain to advance the economic portion of his plan. “The Peace to Prosperity vision is a modern framework for a brighter and more prosperous future,” Kushner said Tuesday in the capital city of Manama. A number of regional and international billionaires attended the conference, and reportedly so did about a dozen Palestinian businessmen. Kushner, a leading adviser to President Donald Trump
as well as his son-in-law, said his economic program did not preclude a political program for peace, which his team, charged by Trump with coming up with a Middle East peace deal, plans to unveil at a future date. “To be clear, economic growth and prosperity for the Palestinian people are not possible without an enduring and fair political solution to the conflict, one that guarantees Israel’s security and respects the dignity of the Palestinian people,” he said. “However, today is not about the political issues.” The Palestinian Authority boycotted the conference, in part because of signals from Kushner’s team that the as-yet unseen political component of the plan does not have Palestinian statehood as a bottom-line outcome. Kushner’s plan envisions $50 billion in investment to transform the Palestinian economy and build democratic infrastructures, including making the Palestinian judiciary more independent and expanding Palestinian higher education. The Trump administration did not invite Israeli officials, though Israeli businessmen were on hand, according to reports.
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World Refugee Day, this story must also be told today. In Tunisia, the Jewish community was repressed. Today I have many privileges that my family in Tunisia did not. I am blessed to engage in work through the Israeli-American Council that strengthens Jewish identity, bridges Israeli Americans and Jewish Americans, and ensures the continuity of the Jewish people. There is no greater way to pay tribute to my past than by ensuring that this history is present for our future generations. That is how I answer those who sought to erase my history.
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where I come from. Yet it seems that to international bodies and human rights organizations, we are invisible. Aren’t we just as deserving of global sympathy as any other refugees? Beginning in 2014, the State of Israel sought to correct this injustice by passing into law a memorial day to commemorate the tragedy of these Jews who were forced to flee their homes. Now, every year on Nov. 30, my story and the stories of hundreds and thousands of other Mizrahi Jews are honored. But if we aim to recognize every refugee story on
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Audience members join the Israeli Scouts onstage at the Tucson Jewish Community Center June 20.
(L-R): Rabbi Batsheva Appel, Rotem Rapaport, Ron Benacot, and Cantorial Soloist Marjorie Hochberg
About 60 community members celebrated with Tucson’s outgoing shinshinyot (Israeli teen emissaries), Rotem Rapaport and Ron Benacot, as they were called to the Torah at Temple Emanu-El on Saturday, June 15. The young women had celebrated coming of age with parties in Israel, but neither had read from the Torah. With their year of service in Tucson complete, they are returning to Israel to begin their military service.
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year, when an auxiliary bishop was faced with allegations, Cardinal Dolan, the archbishop of New York, issued a letter that did not hold back any punches. It clearly stated that an allegation of sexual abuse against a minor had been brought forward and that a lay review board had “carefully examined the allegation, which concerns incidents from decades ago, and concluded that the evidence is sufficient to find the allegation credible and substantiated.” A letter to the accused bishop’s congregation also detailed that anyone with additional allegations or concerns should reach out to the victim assistance coordinator or the Bronx district attorney. It wasn’t always like this, though changes have been coming across the United States for some time, Mechmann told me. “We were obviously long aware of the [sexual abuse] problem,” Mechmann said. “But it was in the aftermath of the revelations about abuse in Boston that everything changed.” In 2002, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops adopted a Charter on the Protection of Children and Young People,
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which established many of the protections the pope described in his 2019 ruling, as well as requiring an annual audit of the implementation. “After the adaptation of the charter, the number of contemporary abuse allegations has dropped dramatically and we really have seen a significant change in the corporate culture,” Mechmann told me. “We have also set up a compensation program for victims, and we’ve published a list of the priests against whom there have been credible allegations.” A Pew survey this month reflects just how urgently this reform is needed: 69 percent of Catholics surveyed agreed that “abuse by Catholic clergy is an ongoing problem,” 27 percent report attending Mass less often because of the reports of abuse and misconduct, and 26 percent report having scaled back donations to their church/diocese. The survey also found that Americans are pessimistic about the ability of any religious institution to contain sexual abuse: 34 percent responded that “sexual abuse of children is more common among clergy and other religious leaders compared with other adults who work with children,” and 57 percent think it is just as common. Though there have been significant and
The Israeli Scouts Tzofim Friendship Caravan performed their highenergy song and dance show for about 200 people at the Tucson Jewish Community Center on Thursday, June 20. Prior to the show, the scouts spent the day at Camp J. They gave a morning show for the camp, the Taglit day program for adults with special needs, and the early childhood education program, with about 800 people in attendance, and spent the afternoon leading activities for campers. On June 21, they performed at BSA’s Camp Lawton on Mt. Lemmon, for about 200.
public missteps along the way, the Catholic Church in many ways has learned from its mistakes and developed protocols and procedures to handle abuse allegations in order to ensure their survival. The Jewish community has, unfortunately, not had the same public reckoning. Prior to October 2017, when stories about sexual harassment within the Jewish community exploded, Dr. Guila Benchimol, a sociologist who specializes in sexual victimization in religious communities with a focus on Jewish communities, told me that there had been conversations about an accreditation system within the Jewish world, including centralized reporting and accountability structure — but they have not yet come to fruition. An accreditation organization composed of professionals in law enforcement, criminologists and mental health professionals from different denominations could help draft guidelines for abuse prevention, take complaints, or even create a list of organizations it deems have adequate protections in place. Such a centralized body could also make it harder for a predator to move through Jewish communities and organizations undetected. But even without a centralized body, there are several steps Jewish organiza-
A member of the Israeli Scouts sings to Judith Schneider at the Tucson Jewish Community Center June 20.
tions can and should take. Before abuse is ever reported to a synagogue or organization, Jewish institutions must create clear guidelines — in consultation with abuse prevention experts rather than rabbis — for screening their staff, providing safeguards against abuse, and handling abuse allegations. Jewish institutions must also commit to a policy of transparency: The primary concern cannot be containing liability but the needs of victims. At the beginning of our conversations about the responses in the New York dioceses three years ago, Mechmann made clear what was at stake when his office handles abuse allegations: “The act of abuse is often less damaging [to the victim’s faith] than the church’s response. If the church itself doesn’t respond appropriately, it disillusions more.” If Jewish religious and communal organizations have any hope of avoiding the devastating toll that abuse takes on the faith and trust of their congregants, adopting some of the church’s policies would be a good place to start.
Bethany Mandel is a stay-at-home mother and a part-time editor at Ricochet.com 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.
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rizona lawmakers approved an $11.8 billion budget last month that will include funding for the establishment of an Arizona trade office in Israel. Gov. Doug Ducey signed the budget on Friday, May 31. The budget includes nearly $500,000 dedicated to three trade offices: one in Israel and two in Mexico. Arizona Rep. Tony Rivero, R-Peoria, spearheaded the legislation to obtain those three trade offices. The funding was championed by Rivero, who initially opposed the budget until his request was granted. “Israel’s new trade office is a major victory for Arizona,” said Rivero. “This development not only helps reinforce Arizona’s reputation as a business-friendly state, but it also provides Arizona and Israeli companies with an additional avenue to succeed in the global marketplace.” President of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry Glenn Hamer said that the new Israel trade office “makes perfect sense.” “During Gov. Ducey’s first term in office, he has made clear Arizona’s support for a strong Arizona-Israeli relationship,” Hamer said. “Israel is known worldwide as the Startup Nation. Arizona is the Startup State. Arizona and Israel are a great match.” The trade office, which will be overseen by the Arizona Commerce Authority, builds on several initiatives that have taken place between Israel and Arizona over the last few years. In 2015, Ducey attended the Water Technology and Environment Control Conference in Israel at the invitation of Israeli Minister of the Economy Aryeh Deri. In 2018, the Chamber and the U.S.-Israel Business Initiative signed a memorandum of understanding pledging to work together to support ongoing initiatives and activities to strengthen the economic and commercial ties. Under the MOU’s terms, the two organizations agreed to collaborate on water, financial technology, technology and startups, and defense and aerospace. The Arizona Israel Technology Alliance and the Arizona Technology Council applauded the new legislation. Both organizations worked to strengthen ties between the state and country and advocated for the new trade office. “Our goal has always been to promote trade and investment between Arizona and Israel, and establishing a trade office is a huge leap forward in that collab-
Arizona state Rep. Tony Rivero spearheaded the new legislation to establish a trade office in Israel.
orative process,” said Leib Bolel, president and CEO of the AITA, and venture partner at Grayhawk Capital. “We applaud Gov. Ducey and the state legislature for recognizing the potential of trade relations between these two innovative powerhouses, which will reap economic benefits for years to come.” AITA’s mission is to increase and support bilateral trade and investment between Arizona and Israel, with each offering resources and opportunities across the technology industry, according to its website. The company, which was established in October 2017, has been instrumental in helping Israeli industry leaders like Airobotics, Eviation and IMNA Solutions open their U.S. headquarters in Arizona. Since AITA’s inception, the number of Israeli companies with operations in Arizona has increased from 12 to 18. The trade office will be set up by the end of this year. Bolel thinks there are several reasons why Arizona and Israel have seen an increase in trade development. Both have similar challenges with water retention and access, for example. He added that both are also aligned in key industries, such as autonomous vehicles, digital health, aerospace and cyber security. Steven G. Zylstra, president and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council, shares Bolel’s vision of increasing bilateral trade. He also serves on AITA’s advisory board. “The Arizona Technology Council fully supports the new trade office in Israel,” said Zylstra. “Our partnership with AITA has helped both Arizona and Israel solidify their global presence in the technology community. The passing of this See Trade, page 10
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LOCAL Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona has the following openings: CAMPAIGN MANAGER Position Summary Responsible for interfacing with all solicitors to understand, collect, reconcile, and track fundraising progress. Regular, detail-oriented work within the database as well as relationship-centered tasks with the volunteer community. Must translate individual data points into an overarching summary of campaign progress to communicate insights to leadership. Qualifications & Experience include: • At least three (3) years of experience working in a relevant role. • Demonstrated competence in database entry and management. Web-based CRM experience, particularly Blackbaud, preferred. • Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask as well as quickly prioritize requests. DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ASSOCIATE Position Summary Responsible for administrative and systems support for all campaigns team fundraising, engagement, and development activities. Involved in the preparation and execution of a high volume of varied events, working closely with database coordinator and event planner. Attention to detail and quick thinking are a must. Qualifications & Experience include: • At least two (2) years of experience working in a relevant role. • Demonstrated competence in database entry and management. Web-based CRM experience, particularly Blackbaud, preferred. • Computer and technological skills necessary to manage electronic calendaring of conference rooms, enter and retrieve information and reports on a spreadsheet, create and update forms, maintain appropriate correspondence, use agency email, and locate information on internet. • Availability to work some evening and weekend hours. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT Position Summary Responsible for planning and overseeing engagement and leadership development initiatives at the Jewish Federation, including the young leadership division. Significant work building relationships with donors in the community and overseeing large-scale fundraising. Event coordination and volunteer training are central to the role. Excellent interpersonal communication, ability to multi-task, and innovative thinking essential. Qualifications & Experience include • Bachelor’s degree in a related field, plus five (5) years’ experience related to the position. Extensive additional related experience and associate degree may potentially substitute for a portion of the stated education requirement. • Three (3) years supervisory experience preferred. • Demonstrated competence in fundraising, donor relationship building and event planning. • Available to work some evening and weekend hours. PROJECT MANAGER Position Summary In conjunction with Senior Vice President, responsible for facilitating communication between functional areas of the campaign team and overseeing ongoing projects to ensure consistency and efficient follow-through. Significant work providing strategic organizational planning and insight to team members, as well assistance on a wide range of projects. Coordinate with external and internal stakeholders in service of shared objectives. Qualifications & Experience include • Bachelor’s degree, plus four (4) years’ experience related to the position. Extensive additional related experience and associate degree may potentially substitute for a portion of the stated education requirement. • Two (2) years supervisory experience preferred. • Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask as well as quickly prioritize requests. • Computer and technological skills necessary to manage electronic calendaring of conference rooms, utilize donor database, enter and retrieve information and reports on a spreadsheet, create and update forms, maintain appropriate correspondence, use agency email, and locate information on internet. • Available to work some evening and weekend hours. Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer. The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. We will not discriminate unlawfully against qualified applicants or employees with respect to any term or condition of employment based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, place of birth, military service status, or other basis protected by law.
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Community awards honor volunteers DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Assistant Editor
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his is the final part of a series on the Jewish agency volunteers who received 2019 Special Recognition Awards at the Jewish Community Awards celebration held May 9 at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. The evening also included the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s annual meeting. Andy Kunsberg, Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Outgoing Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona chair Shelly Silverman acknowledged Andy Kunsberg Andy Kunsberg, saying, “Andy is one of those truly kindhearted and devoted volunteers. He’d be the first to tell you that whereas some of us think about role-modeling for our children, it was his daughter, Rebecca Goodman who, while serving as leadership director for the Federation, convinced Andy to get involved. Today, Andy gives leadership in both raising funds as chair of the Men’s Division campaign — as well as spending those funds as planning and allocation committee co-chair of the Federation’s synagogue funding group. He is known to have high standards on the group and interacts with the synagogues on their programming for youth and family engagement, helping execute and report the work each accomplishes.” Devoted to his grandchildren, he frequently visits them in Indiana and on the East Coast. In fact, he missed the awards ceremony because he was away babysitting for grandchildren. Helen Rib, Tucson Hebrew Academy Helen Rib Helen Rib, or
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legislation represents another step forward in establishing Arizona and Israel as influential leaders in innovation.” Bolel sees this new trade office as a valuable resource for new companies from either state to do trade. “Having a state trade office in Israel first highlights the work that the Arizona Israel Technology Alliance has been
as the students call her, “Geveret (Miss) Rib,” volunteers in THA’s first grade Hebrew class an hour each week, taking turns reading Hebrew with the students. She started volunteering more than a decade ago, after moving to Tucson from Maryland, where she taught Hebrew school for 30 years. She is the grandmother of THA Judaics teacher Emily Ellentuck and the great-grandmother of THA students Hannah and Benny Ellentuck. Rib, 90, no longer drives but arranges rides from her daughters, Handicar, and GoGoGrandparent to be at THA every week. THA Head of School Laurence Kutler presented her award. Rib also is active in Hadassah Southern Arizona, where she was named Woman of the Year in 2018. She has served as an officer and is one of five generations of life member in her family. She is a member of Congregation Anshei Israel. Russ Krone, Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging Co-founder of Thompson Krone law firm, Russ brings Krone much more than Russ Krone legal experience to his role as a Handmaker board member, said Phil Bregman, Handmaker’s board chair, in presenting the award. “A musician, electronics engineer, and businessman, he enjoys trail running, other outdoor activities, photography, making music, and spending time with his family — including his Handmaker family,” Bregman said. On the Handmaker board for the past three years, Krone served as secretary and “has brought great judgment, reason and sound advice. He is a longtime personal friend. It has been my honor and pleasure to work along his side. The board voted to select him as this year’s nominee for the agency recognition award,” Bregman added. championing. We’re seeing unprecedented outcomes between Arizona and Israel,” said Bolel. “These outcomes are part of the strong partnerships and collaborations that the AITA has built with leading state entities — including the Arizona Commerce Authority, which will be the state entity to govern the new trade office — in addition to the ability to broaden in the areas of business and initiatives that the AITA has been focused on.” This article first appeared in the Phoenix Jewish News.
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was being filmed to celebrate her husband’s birthday. Arquette visited the Dead Sea and had what she described as “an incredible night” at Masada, and she also paid what she called a meaningful visit to Bustan Yafa, a bilingual kindergarten that she described as “a beautiful school in Jaffa run by a Muslim man and Jewish woman,” Ihab and Ora Balha. Among the many Jews in Hollywood, Arquette has a Jewish identity that is especially unique. Her late mother, known as Mardi, was raised Jewish. Her father, Lewis Arquette, was a French-Canadian, and both parents converted to Islam when the actress was a child, leaving the kids to be raised “in all religions.” However, Mardi decided near her death that she wanted to be buried as a Jew. Arquette identifies as Jewish and her husband, investment counselor Todd Morgan, is Jewish as well. As for her various famous siblings — including the actors Patricia, David and the late Alexis — Arquette said they don’t particularly put labels on their religious identities. “I think everybody just values and honors the way we were raised,” she said. Caan’s most famous screen role may have been that of the Italian-American Sonny Corleone in “The Godfather,” but he’s a certified member of the tribe. He even said in a 1998 interview that on multiple occasions over the years he’s had to turn down offers of Italian-American of the Year awards by telling organizations “you don’t understand, I’m a German Jew.” Arquette was among the first actresses to come forward about Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct, telling The New Yorker in 2017 that she rejected the mogul’s advances in the early 1990s. She said Weinstein subsequently retaliated in a way that she believes hurt her career. Efrat Doer was born in Omer, in southern Israel, although she plays an American in “Holy Lands.” Even Tom Hollander, the film’s rabbi, had a father who was a Czech Jew, although he later converted and was raised Catholic. The best parts of the film, as many critics have echoed, come when Caan chats with one of his many pigs. Why pigs exactly? Sthers told NPR in January that they serve as a kind of “provocation to God.”
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Singapore, once more: Tucsonan finds Jewish community still thriving ANNE LOWE Special to the AJP
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our years ago, my husband, David, was asked to teach aviation law in Singapore for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Naturally, I went along for the trip. While there, I spent five weeks researching the Jewish community in that Southeast Asian country. When I returned to Tucson, I presented many PowerPoint programs on “The Jews of Singapore — Past and Present.” When ERAU asked David to teach this year in Singapore from March through mid-May, I was eager to return to this small, thriving, English-speaking country to visit the lovely friends I had made four years before. On my return to Singapore this March, I immediately hooked up with Melissa Winkle, a former Tucsonan who has now lived more than five years in Singapore. Many Tucsonans will remember her as an outstanding Hebrew teacher. She taught at the Tucson Hebrew Academy and at local congregations including Or Chadash and Bet Shalom, and instructed many of our young folks in their Torah and Haftorah chanting for their bar or bat mitzvah. Melissa now teaches at the Sir Manassah Meyer In-
Susan Wortman and Jack Pinnas in front of Maghain Aboth Synagogue in Singapore. Note the large silver mezuzah on the doorframe.
ternational School in Singapore, the Jewish day school there that boasts 150 students. On this recent trip, I had
three lovely visits to this school. Melissa and I also sat together in the women’s section of Maghain Aboth (Shield of our Fathers) Synagogue for Shabbat morning services, followed by a delicious kiddush lunch each Shabbat. I even indulged in some of the exotic fruits that were served such as jackfruit and luscious persimmons. After I had been in Singapore for about a week, I had a visit from fellow Tucsonans Susan Wortman and Jack Pinnas, who had flown there after a short visit to Shanghai. We spent a delightful day together, touring Maghain Aboth, whose ark contains over 30 silver-encased Torah scrolls. The wife of the junior rabbi there, Odelia Livni, was kind enough to open the synagogue for our visit. We also toured the adjacent building, The Jacob Ballas Center, which serves as a Jewish community center. The second floor of this six-floor building houses a kosher food store. We had previously seen many boxes of frozen kosher meats being delivered from Australia, which would be sold to the Jews of Singapore just in time for Pesach. Later that day, we taxied to the Sir Manassah Meyer International School, which is a beautiful new building that took three years to build at a cost of $40 million. This is where Melissa teaches. She showed the three of us See Singapore, page 17
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The “Ordinary and Extraordinary” exhibit is open to a wide variety of themes: traditional and modern lifestyles, landscapes, animals, architecture, and all other creative expressions. The deadline for submissions is Oct. 15, with a limit of 10 images per person. A submission form is available at www. cmes.arizona.edu/photo-exhibit. Individuals may drop off entries at the Marshall Building, Room 470, 845 N. Park Ave. (open M-F, 8 a.m.-5p.m.) Submissions also may be mailed to: 29th CMES Photography Exhibit, UA Center for Middle Eastern Studies, PO Box 210158B,Tucson, AZ 85721. Photos also may be emailed — properly labeled and with a signed, scanned submission form — to jellison@email. arizona.edu. See the website for digital file requirements.
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isiting Israel or other parts of the Middle East this summer? The University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies is seeking photo submissions for its 29th annual exhibit, “Ordinary and Extraordinary.” Each year, the UA Center for Middle Eastern Studies organizes a photography exhibit featuring images from the Middle East and North Africa taken by CMES friends, faculty, students, colleagues, local community members, and citizens of the world. Selected photos will be displayed in the center and remain on display throughout the academic year. This year, CMES also will be taking images on a traveling photography exhibit. The main exhibit will open in early 2020. The center seeks images that portray the richness and contrasts of Middle Eastern and North African societies.
(L-R) Former Tucsonan Melissa Winkle, Anne Lowe and Susan Wortman at the Sir Menassah Meyer International School in Singapore.
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all around the school, from the two libraries, to the gorgeous auditorium, complete with a lighting and sound system for performances on a huge stage, to the Olympic-sized pool where students are taught to swim. We saw students of diverse ethnic heritages; Israeli, Chinese, Vietnamese, British, you name it! Susan and Jack continued on their trip by taking a cruise liner from Singapore to other ports in Southeast Asia and then on to Tokyo, Japan, before flying home to Tucson. The following week, Melissa invited me to come see the school Pesach play, held in that incredible auditorium. I had a delightful time watching and hearing the singing as the Passover story was told, little by little, by each grade of the school. Melissa had
created many of the stage decorations. During my fourth week in Singapore, I traveled again to this school to teach two art classes, one for Melissa’s students, and one for Odelia Livni’s classroom. The children were attentive and well behaved, and a true delight to teach. Amazingly, there were full classrooms that day, even though the next day was the first day of Pesach vacation. No parents had taken their children out of school early. Some of the students would be travelling to Great Britain and Israel for seders, but they were all at school on that last day. Now I am back in Tucson, with sweet memories of my days in Singapore, and of my Jewish and non-Jewish friends there. Happily, we remain connected electronically.
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Restoring a beautiful smile: tips on choosing crowns vs. veneers DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Assistant Editor
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ooth restoration is a great way to enhance your smile at any adult age. Veneers or crowns are two popular options. Both are dental restoration methods to improve the appearance of your smile, but they are very different procedures. Tooth preparation may be a determining factor in deciding which route to take. “The primary reasons for having a crown or veneer placed is to repair broken/chipped/fractured/decayed teeth or for cosmetic reasons such as closing gaps, correcting for stained teeth that cannot be treated with traditional tooth whitening (ex: tetracycline staining), and creating an idealized esthetic look,” says Frank Son, DDS. Veneers are wafer-thin, strong but brittle porcelain coverings that bond to the front surface of existing teeth. The porcelain is matched to your natural tooth color. Because the veneer is brittle, repeated sharp impact can crack or dislodge the cover. Crowns are more durable compared to veneers but a well-placed veneer can last just as long, Son says. Veneers may be the best choice for minor or aesthetic
Elana, daughter of Howard Steinberg, DMD, shows off her prepless veneerenhanced smile.
improvements, such as stains, chipped or minor chips, and small gaps between teeth or mild misalignment. They only can be placed on the front of the tooth. Veneers used to correct tooth alignment may be treated more aggressively with trimming similar to crowns.
Veneers are the more conservative route than crowns and might be chosen initially, as less of the tooth is removed for placement. Only a thin layer of the tooth enamel is abraded to assure adherence. The core and back remain untouched. Veneers are an irreversible, permanent solution. Once veneers are applied, the tooth will always require veneers in the future. However, upon replacement, the tooth can be further reduced to allow fitting of a crown. “I have a 22-year-old daughter who is starting Georgetown law this fall. She did orthodontics for many years but her teeth were proportionally off. She just finished the orthodontics recently and I made prepless veneers (that means I did not touch her teeth but I just made super thin porcelain covers over her upper 10 front teeth and bonded them on). I never used novacaine or local anesthetic. She flew to Washington last week and she sent me a text, ‘Look at my teeth!!! Every day I cry because I am so happy…U changed my life,’” says Howard Steinberg, DMD, MDS. Crowns, often called caps, are made of metal, porcelain or both combined. A crown encases the entire tooth. It is at least twice as thick as a veneer, making it durable and resistant to damage. Crowns are necessary when a tooth is damaged, badly broken, cracked, worn down from tooth
MICHAEL V. GOLDMAN, DDS, MS Michael Goldman has served the Tucson area as a gnathologic orthodontist for children and adults for over 45 years. He is a graduate of the University of Detroit Dental School, where he was selected by the faculty for the highest honor a dental student could receive — membership in the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Academic Honor Society. He also received the highest clinical award, the Cadarette Achievement in Clinical Dentistry Award. He received his Master of Science degree in orthodontics from Loma Linda University in California in 1974, and earned a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Arizona. For 13 years, his office has been providing gnathologic orthodontic therapy. Using gnathologic splint therapy, he has been correcting and healing complaints of jaw clicking, popping, pain that patients may have suffered for years, and restriction of movement. When a dental colleague tells a patient, “Your jaw clicks, go see an orthodontist,” they are correct in that assessment. Dr. Goldman offers a $400 new patient special, and there is absolutely no fee for the initial orthodontic examination. Financial arrangements can be made to extend payments over a period of months. The office accepts payments by Visa and MasterCard and accepts all insurance plans.
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Veneers, left, vs. crowns
grinding or following a root canal treatment. For the crown placement, 60 to 75 percent of the existing tooth is trimmed away. “I always try to do the most conservative procedure for patients and a veneer is much more conservative,” Steinberg says. “However there are many occasions where a tooth is more broken down, or the bite needs to be changed, or the patient already has a crown; then I do a crown, or multiple crowns. A primary reason for a crown is that a patient has either significant decay that goes on both the front and back of a tooth or they have had a traumatic accident like a car accident or domestic abuse where the teeth are broken off from front to back.” The crown protects the tooth from further damage. Once it is cemented into place over the remaining tooth, it becomes the new tooth surface. Crowns can change the tooth color or shape. Once placed, the tooth will always require a
crown or covering. The cost of veneers and crowns is similar. Insurance companies may consider veneers strictly aesthetic and are less likely to cover the treatment. While crowns also may achieve aesthetic improvement, they usually are treating foundational issues and are more likely to be covered by dental insurance. Either solution should last for a decade or more, with proper care. The porcelain in both processes is marginally stain resistant, but continued oral hygiene, including attentive brushing, flossing, and healthy eating habits, remains important. Gum care is critical to prevent periodontal disease. Caution when biting hard surfaces is advised to extend the lifespan of the sparkling new smile. “Since children’s teeth are continuously developing and erupting, crowns and veneers are almost never placed until the teeth and occlusion have been stabilized,” Son says.
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Proper techniques for flossing your teeth for optimum oral health
lossing your teeth every day removes food particles, plaque, and debris that brushing can’t reach. This helps you keep your teeth and gums as healthy as possible. Additionally, flossing can help you avoid bad breath. Holding the dental floss Break off about 18 to 24 in (46 to 61 cm) of dental floss. You need a long strand so that it’s easy to grip. Additionally, you’ll use a fresh section of floss when you switch teeth, so it’s helpful to start with a long piece of floss. Wrap the ends of the piece of floss around your middle fingers. Make several loose wraps around each of your middle fingers until the floss pulls taut. The wrap should feel loose and comfortable around your fingers. Cleaning your teeth Start at the top center, then do each side. Make a habit of always starting at your two front teeth. Then, do each side of your mouth individually to complete the top row. Always do the same side first so that it becomes a regular. Curve the floss into a c-shape around your tooth. This will help you get the side of your tooth as clean as possible. Work the floss up and down your tooth, dipping below your gum line when you reach the bottom
of your tooth. Make eight to 10 strokes with the floss on each side of the tooth. Move to a new section of floss for each tooth. Shift your fingers down the floss so that the section between them is fresh. Don’t forget the backs of your rear molars. Gum disease and tooth decay frequently occur on the back teeth because they’re harder to reach. After you floss Rinse out your mouth to help remove any stray particles that remain in your mouth. Using a germicidal mouthwash destroys almost any trace of bacteria and creates a protective barrier around your gums and teeth that have been flossed. Similarly, a fluoridated mouthwash provides additional cavity protection. Maintaining good oral health You only need to floss once a day, and it’s best to avoid over-flossing, which can damage your gums. It’s best to floss at night when you brush your teeth before bed. This way, food particles and plaque don’t sit on your teeth all night. Variation: You might prefer to floss after you brush instead to remove any plaque or debris that remains. If you want to floss your teeth after you brush, that’s okay. You’ll still enjoy the benefits of flossing.
Other flossing options Flossing is very important for your oral health, so it’s important that you do it every day. If using floss is difficult, you may be able to find a product that works better for you than floss. Try the following: • Floss holders, which are small Y-shaped sticks that hold floss, may help if you’re struggling to hold the floss. • “Superfloss,” which expands in larger spaces and contracts to fit through smaller spaces, might help if you have wide gaps between some of your teeth. • Floss threaders make it easier for you to clean around dental work. • A water flosser sprays your teeth with water to help remove extra debris, but it’s not a substitute for flossing. Tip: You may experience some bleeding in your gums. This is totally normal when you first start flossing and should go away after a few days. If your gums are still bleeding after three to five days of consistent flossing, then it’s best to see your dentist to make sure your gums are healthy. It’s likely that nothing is wrong, but it’s best to make sure.
Cristian Macau, DDS, co-authored this article for WikiHow. Macau is an oral surgeon, periodontist, and aesthetician at Favero Dental Clinic in London. He received his DDS from Carol Davila University of Medicine in Bucharest, Romania, in 2015.
HOWARD M. STEINBERG, DMD, MDS Dr. Howard Steinberg has been practicing dentistry in Tucson for 35 years. He is a prosthodontist, an officially recognized specialty requiring three extra years of training after dental school. Prosthodontists focus on complex dental cases to repair or replace teeth. Dr. Steinberg also completed a one-year fellowship in maxillofacial prosthodontics at the Hebrew University Hadassah School of Dental Medicine In Jerusalem, allowing him to treat difficult cases that involve prosthetics outside the mouth. Dr. Steinberg enhances smiles and improves oral function using implants, crowns, bridges, veneers, and teeth whitening. If you have dentures that don’t fit, he can make custom dentures or give you permanent teeth with dental implants. Or, if you have missing teeth from traumatic injury, heredity, or a chronic condition, he can replace your teeth and make them look as natural and pleasing as possible. He often does complete mouth reconstructions using advanced techniques such as the All-on-4 treatment. See his smile makeovers at www.TucsonSmile.com. Given his experience with complex dental cases, other dentists often refer patients they consider “mission impossible.” But even though Dr. Steinberg is a specialist, he also sees patients who are not referred. You can call his office at (520) 886-3030 to talk with his office manager, Kathy. She can let you know if an initial consultation with Dr. Steinberg may help with your dental challenges.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR The calendar deadline is Tuesday, 10 days before the issue date. Our next issue will be published July 12, 2019. Events may be emailed to office@azjewishpost.com, faxed to 319-1118, or mailed to the AJP at 3718 E. River Road, #272, Tucson, AZ 85718. For more information, call 319-1112. See Area Congregations on page 22 for additional synagogue 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. June 30, Dina Rabhan, CEO of new “Unpacked” Jewish YouTube Channel. July 7, Rabbi Herb Freed, “The Renaissance Rabbi,” author of “Beshert” and “Love, Faith and a Pair of Pants.” July 14, Scott H. Davis, publisher of Jewish Storyteller Press, reviving Yiddish authors in translation, including the first-ever release of Jacob Dinezon's “The Dark Young Man.” Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley bagel breakfast and Yiddish club, first Sundays, 9:30 a.m. Members, $7; nonmembers, $10. 648-6690 or 399-3474. Southern Arizona Jewish Genealogy Society. No meetings in June. Mentoring sessions second Sundays, 1-3 p.m., July and August at
Friday / June 28
6:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El no-host Shabbat dinner at Opa’s Best, 4590 E. Broadway Blvd. Preceded by nosh at the synagogue at 5 p.m. and Seeking Shabbat service at 5:30 p.m. 327-4501.
Saturday / June 29
5-7 PM: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Walk, Dinner and Havdallah, with Congregation Or Chadash and Temple Emanu-El. 2021 N Kinney Road. First 50 attendees get free admission. To register or for more information, call 327-4501.
Sunday / June 30
11:45 AM: JFCS presents “To Tell Our Stories,” local Holocaust survivors reading from their book. At Grace St. Paul Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams St. 795-0300, ext. 2214 or holocaust survivors@jfcstucson.org. 3:15 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel summer film series. “Gentlemen’s Agreement.” July 7, 3 p.m., “Avalon.” July 14, 3:50 p.m., “The Zigzag Kid.” Popcorn and lemonade. Free. Contact Sierra at 745-5550, ext. 225 or visit www.caiaz.org.
Friday / July 5
5:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El “Shalom Shabbat” Red, White, and Blue evening service and dinner. Dinner begins at 6 p.m. RSVP for dinner and cost at 327-4501.
Saturday / July 6
7-8:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El weekly class, “Write Your Life, Find Your Voice,” session I, through July 30. For information and fees, call 327-4501.
Wednesday / July 10
8-9:30 AM: Jewish Business Coffee Group
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the Tucson J. Contact Barbara Stern Mannlein at 731-0300 or the J at 299-3000.
Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Contact Marvin at 885-2005 or Tanya at 299-3000, ext. 147.
Tucson J Israeli Dance, taught by Brandi Hawkins, 2nd and 4th Sundays, partners, 4:45-6 p.m.; open circle, 6-7 p.m. Members, $8; nonmembers, $10. 299-3000.
JFCS Holocaust Survivors group meets Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Contact Raisa Moroz at 795-0300.
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. Spouse Bereavement Group, cosponsored by Widowed to Widowed, Inc. at the Tucson J, meeting. At Tucson J. 299-3000, ext. 241, or concierge@jewishtucson.org.
Saturday / July 13
10-11:30 AM: Congregation M’kor Hayim Torah study. Time change continues second and fourth Saturdays during summer.
Sunday / July 14
9:30 AM-3 PM: Tucson J One Day Adult Summer Camp — Color War Edition. (New date.) Includes lunch. $40 per person/$75 per couple. Childcare available for $15 per child. Register at 299-3000. 10 AM-NOON: JFCS CHAI Circle meeting. Free. At the Tucson J. RSVP to Irene Gefter at igefter@jfcstucson.org or 795-0300, ext. 2271.
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Sunday / July 21
10:30 AM: Cong. Or Chadash Brotherhood Annual Baseball Trip, Diamondbacks vs. Brewers. Meet at Sam Levitz Furniture, 3750 W. Orange Grove Road. $49 includes game and bus. Contact Scott Krasner at skrasner.kmc@gmail.com.
Wednesday / July 31
7:30-11 AM: Jewish Community Foundation Summer Series, “Charitable Giving: Recent Developments, Rules, and Landmines” presented by Graham Hoffman, Herb Hoffman, Elizabeth Friman, and Sarah Singer, and honoring Greg Gadarian. $95. On Aug. 28, “Arizona’s New Limited Liability Company Act: What Every Professional Advisor Should Know.” $95. May qualify for CPE/CLE credits. At Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy, 3718 E. River Road. Register at www.jcftucson.org/summer-series-2019.
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 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 and Thursdays, noon. Instruction available and a beginners’ table every week. Call or text Lisa at 977-4054. 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.
Tucson J Israeli dance classes, Tuesdays. Beginners, 7:30 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15 p.m.; advanced, 9 p.m. Taught by Lisa Goldberg. Members, $8; nonmembers, $10. 299-3000. 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. Chabad Tucson lunch and learn with Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin, Wednesdays, 12:15 p.m. 2443 E. 4th St. Lunch available to purchase; email info@ chabadtucson.com. 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 Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. at Tucson J. Contact Joyce Stuehringer at 299-5920. Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center public hours closed for summer. Visits by appointment only; call 670-9073.
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JFSA NW Division Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life chair yoga with a Jewish flair taught by Bonnie Golden. 190 N. Magee Road, #162. Mondays, 10-11 a.m. $7 per class or $25 for four. 505-4161 or northwest jewish@jfsa.org. Northwest Needlers create hand-stitched items for donation in the Jewish community. Meets at JFSA NW Division Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life, Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m. RSVP to judithgfeldman@gmail.com or 505-4161. JFSA NW Division Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life mah jongg, meets 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., at 1217 W. Faldo Drive.
477-8672 or www.jewishorovalley.com.
Thursday / July 11
6 PM: JFSA NW Division Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life Northwest community event, Golden Oldies, a Rock & Roll Revue, at the Oro Valley Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road. $25 per person for show. Drinks and food can be purchased at venue. RSVP to 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org.
Monday / July 22
5-6:30 PM: Hadassah Southern Arizona/ JFSA NW Division Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life book club discusses “Eternal Life” by Dara Horn. At JFSA NW Division Ruth & Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life, 190 W. Magee Road, #162. RSVP: 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org.
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AREA CONGREGATIONS CONSERVATIVE 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.
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.
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 • (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. 1217 W. Faldo Drive, 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.
ChaBad sierra vista 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.
3001 E. Skyline Drive, Suite 117, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (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 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.
Congregation Kol simChah
(Renewal) 4625 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 296-0818 Mailing Address: 6628 E. Calle Dened, Tucson, AZ 85710, Shabbat services: 1st and 3rd Fri., 7:15 p.m.
3888 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 (Tucson Hebrew Academy) Mailing Address: P.O. Box 31806, Tucson, AZ 85751 • (520) 904-1881 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.
the institute For JudaiC serviCes and studies Mailing Address: 36789 S. Golf Course Drive, Saddlebrooke, AZ 85739 Rabbi Sanford Seltzer • (520) 825-8175 Shabbat services: Oct.-April, third Friday of the month at 7 p.m. — call for details.
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 • (520) 458-8637 kolhamidbar.tripod.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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seCular humanist Jewish CirCle
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university oF arizona hillel Foundation
1751 N. Rio Mayo (P.O. Box 884), Green Valley, AZ 85622 (520) 648-6690 • www.bstc.us Shabbat services: 1st and 3rd Fri., 7 p.m. / Torah study: Sat., 10 a.m. 2221 N. Rosemont Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85712 • (520) 881-2323 www.handmaker.com Shabbat services: Fri., 4:30 p.m., led by Lindsey O’Shea, followed by Shabbat dinner; Sat., 9:30 a.m., led by Mel Cohen and Dan Asia, followed by light Kiddush lunch.
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Fred Barry Fruchthendler, 67, died June 19, 2019, following a lengthy stay at Tucson Medical Center. He was born to Jacob C. and Jean Abend Fruchthendler, on July 19, 1951 at Tucson Medical Center. Mr. Fruchthendler served as the chairman of the board of Jewish Family & Children’s Services and the Carondelet Foundation, as well as a supporter of many other community organizations. In his business, Fruchthendler Insurance Company, which was founded by his father, he carried on the tradition of personal service. Mr. Fruchthendler was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Saul. Survivors include his former wife, Lee Hunt; stepchildren, Jandro (Evyn) Davalos of Tucson and Ben (Eva) Davalos of London; and two grandchildren. He was also a family member of the Condits, Rosens, Romanos, Kahns, and Greenbergs. Services were held at Congregation Anshei Israel with Rabbi Robert Eisen officiating, followed by interment at Evergreen Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Jewish Family & Children’s Services.
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ORTHODOX Congregation ChoFetz Chayim/southwest torah institute
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Fred Fruchthendler
www.secularhumanistjewishcircle.org Call Cathleen at (520) 730-0401 for meeting or other information.
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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OUR TOWN Birth A daughter, Bayla Zimmerman, was born June 4 to Mushkie and Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman of Oro Valley. Bayla joins her sisters, Devora, Chana, Leah, and Risa, and brother, Zev.
B’nai mitzvah Xela Magaly Keith-Chirch will celebrate having become a B’nai Mitzvah at a service on July 6, 2019, at Temple Emanu-El. Xela enjoys reading, swimming, dancing, acting, singing, drawing, and climbing trees. She was recently a member of the PJ Our Way National Design Content Team. She assists with classes for young dancers at a local dance studio, and this summer she is a junior lifeguard and assistant water safety instructor through the Tucson Parks and Recreation Department. For her mitzvah project, she is raising money for Idea Global through the sale of bracelets woven in Antigua, Guatemala. Idea Global supports mothers and children in Guatemala by educating them about healthy physical and emotional development from birth through age 6. The organization also provides leadership opportunities for local women and a community group for support. So far, she has raised enough money to sponsor two mother-children groups for an entire year.
People in news Robert Youdelman, an officer with the Hayden, Arizona, police department, was honored by Pinal County District Attorney Kent Volkmer with a Victims Service Award for his dedication, commitment, and compassion for victims of crime. The award was presented at a Law Enforcement Appreciation Night dinner on April 9 in Florence, Arizona. Youdelman, a native Tucsonan who continues to live in Tucson, is a graduate of Canyon Del Oro High School and the Pima Community College Law Enforcement Academy, where he was class president. Maya Levy was installed as president of the North American Federation of Temple Youth at a Union for Reform Judaism board meeting in Baltimore on June 13. Levy was a co-recipient of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Women’s Philanthropy Bryna Zehngut Mitzvot Award in 2018. She recently graduated from University High School and will matriculate at University of Michigan in fall 2020.
Business briefs The Arizona Jewish Post has won a Simon Rockower Award from the American Jewish Press Association. The second place Louis Rapoport Award for Excellence in Commentary (Division B., newspapers 14,999 circulation and under) is for three columns by Amir Eden, former director of the Weintraub Israel Center: “On the Day of Atonement, let us cry for the suffering of all,” “Whether in U.S. or Israel, voting is vital duty,” and “At Hanukkah, don’t take message for granted.” The awards were presented at the AJPA’s 2019 annual conference in St. Louis on Tuesday. Román Gabriel Urias recently became an advertising and marketing assistant for the Arizona Jewish Post and Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. A May 2019 graduate of Southwest University of Visual Arts in graphic design, he previously interned as a junior graphic designer and worked as a part-time advertising account executive with AJP. The Tucson native won a Top 10 Arizona Advertising Federation of Tucson student award in 2019. The Tucson Jewish Community Center has hired Khylie Gardner as director of marketing, communications, and public relations. An Arizona native, Gardner most recently lived in New York City, where she was the director of program marketing at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan on the Upper West Side. She previously worked for Hazon’s Israel Ride, a fundraising project for environmental activism and cooperation in the Middle East. She has lived in Flagstaff, where she earned a BS in strategic communication from Northern Arizona University, and in Scotland, where she earned an MSc in marketing for festivals and events from Edinburgh Napier University. She is passionate about Sephardi/Mizrahi culture and enjoys art, music, and following soccer.
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Tucson Hebrew Academy has raised more than $40,000 to purchase new laptops for each student in grades 1-4. THA will use the devices to provide students with a blended learning experience as part of its Challenge Based Learning delivery system. The computers will allow more opportunities to learn how to collaborate via technology and use resources effectively, as well as provide students with individualized instruction in Hebrew, Judaics, and general studies. For more information, visit www.thaaz.org. Tucson Symphony Orchestra has hired three new musicians: Zach Warren, flute; Darren Cueva, bassist; and Alana Wiesing, timpanist and percussionist. More than 60 musicians from around the world traveled to Tucson for the auditions. Two musicians announced their retirement: violinist Dawn Calista, retiring after 39 years, and cellist Mary Beth Tyndall, retiring after 38 years in the orchestra. Auditions for violin, viola, and cello will be held in the fall. For more information, visit www.tucsonsymphony.org.
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