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November 9, 2018 1 Kislev 5779 Volume 74, Issue 21

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eintraub Israel Center hosted its second annual multifaith mission to Israel in mid-October. A group of 43 participated in the nine-day journey from Tucson to Tel Aviv and around the nation’s interior. “We believe the most effective way to fulfill our mission to build living bridges is for participants to bring back experiences to share with their circle of friends,” says Oshrat Barel, Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona vice president for community engagement. “It’s all about dialogue and understanding, that we have more in common than differences. It’s important to have multifaith participation.” JFSA, WIC, and the Tucson Jewish Community Center jointly sponsored the journey with assistance from the JCC national

Weintraub Israel 2018 multifaith mission group in the Old City of Jerusalem, Oct. 20. Front row (L-R): Ricki Shore, Mary Cochran, Jill Feldhausen, Dawn Gunter, Oshrat Barel, Michael Solan, Susan McMahon, Debe Campbell, Steve Wool, Jarrod Rulney (University of Arizona graduate student at Hebrew University), Gil Alvidrez; middle row: Andrea Crane, Debby Shore, Sara Ross, Bonnie Shore-Dombrowski, Dina Rosengarten, Grace Hartman, Theresa Dulgov, Florence Solan, Gayle Marrett, Pam Sorock, Michele Canney, Jacquelyn Feller, Ron Feller, Wendy Weinberg; back row: Harry Crane, Janice Brundage, Robert Wolk, Marshall Humphrey, Richard Hartman, Muki Jankelowitz (tour educator), Jeff Weinberg, Britt Feldhausen, David Zeinfeld, Lawrence Kinet, Todd Rockoff, Marsha Kinet, Jim Dever, Vicky Lunday, Michelle Kroeger, Richard Canney.

association. Barel, Tucson J President and CEO Todd Rockoff, and WIC Director Amir Eden escorted the group along with Mary Cochran Wolk, M.D., who

chaired the mission. “Our tour educator, Muki Jankelowitz, made our first trip to Israel a wonderful experience. He created a dialogue that helped us

understand the history of Israel and its intersection with other religions and cultures. Muki’s talent for storytelling, using archeology See Trip, page 4

Tucson vigil for victims of Pittsburgh shul attack draws 1,200+ PHYLLIS BRAUN AJP Executive Editor

rayers for peace, kindness and love, for a better world for ourselves and our children, rang out at the Tucson Jewish Community Center Oct. 29 night, as more than 1,200 people of all faiths came together for a candlelight vigil in memory of the 11 Jews killed in an attack Oct. 27at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh. The lone gunman also wounded six others, including four law enforcement officers, in the rampage, which has been called the worst anti-Semitic attack in recent U.S. history.

“I wanted to be here as a visible symbol of my commitment to face hatred and supplant it with love,” said Stuart Salvatierra, associate pastor at St. Marks United Methodist Church, who wore his clerical collar to the vigil. The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona organized the gathering, along with local synagogues and Jewish agencies. For much of the program, local rabbis took turns reading out hopes and prayers that individual attendees wrote on cards provided before the ceremony. Todd Rockoff, president and CEO of the Tucson J, opened the ceremony with a moment of See Vigil, page 8

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At a vigil at the Tucson Jewish Community Center on Monday, Oct. 29, 11 candles were lit to honor those killed in the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, Oct. 27. On stage, from left, are Rabbis Robert Eisen, Samuel M. Cohon, Avraham Alpert, Ruven Barkan, Helen Cohn and Batsheva Appel, and cantorial soloists Marjorie Hochberg, Diana Povolotskaya and Nichole Chorny.

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LOCAL UA holds vigil for victims of Pittsburgh tragedy MICHEAL ROMERO AJP INTERN

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he University of Arizona Hillel Foundation, Chabad, and Jewish Arizonans on Campus held a vigil on the UA Mall Monday, Oct. 29 for the 11 victims of the Oct. 27 shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Participants observed a moment of silence, sang prayers and lit candles for all 11 victims while their names were read aloud. Hillel Executive Director Michelle Blumenberg led the ceremony and gave the opening remarks to the crowd, encouraging the audience to write notes and prayers on an easel pad that would be sent to Pittsburgh. “When a community comes together it shows their resolve to move forward and not be beaten down,” Blumenberg said. “But perhaps most of all it brings comfort and helps us to share our grief with one another. “ UA Acting Provost Jeffrey Goldberg talked about being connected to the Squirrel Hill neighborhood in Pittsburgh by family and friends and the cascade of emotions he felt in reaction to the news. He hoped the tragedy would inspire others to promote positive change. “I absolutely think that there will be a tipping point where more people will either have that anger or say, ‘This is not the way we want to do things,’” Goldberg said. “That tipping point will cause real change in our society.” Rabbi Moshe Schonbrun of Jewish Arizonans on Campus related his feelings to a scene from “The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking,” where the main character is carried away by a river and must grab onto a branch from a tree to keep from being swept down a water fall.

University of Arizona senior and Hillel student leader Calli Bagshaw lights a candle at the UA Hillel Foundation vigil for victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, Oct. 29.

“That branch is a tree of life that we hold onto, that tree of life, King David was referring to the Torah, our constitution and our very heartbeat,” Schonbrun said. “No matter what times we’re faced with, we have something to hold onto, to guide us.” Schonbrun said that even though this is a time of mourning, it is important to remember that it is the Jewish response to spread godliness in this time of tragedy and take care of others. “They can’t continue now,” Schonbrun said, referring to the victims, “but we can commit ourselves to values of kindness, values of love and hope. Instead of finger pointing, we can reflect and try to make change in the world…that is our tree of life.”

LOCAL Tucson’s two oldest synagogues plan Kristallnacht anniversary pulpit exchange must die,” Eisen says, “the Jewish community around the AJP Executive Editor world could have said it was an abbi Robert Eisen of aberration, it was one place. Congregation Anshei “But we felt it … it hit people Israel and Rabbi Batshepersonally. I refer to it as alva Appel of Temple Emanumost the equivalent of the JewEl will exchange pulpits this ish 9/11.” weekend for “Unity in the Face We must channel that pain, Rabbi Robert Eisen of Brokenness,” a commemoEisen says, into “a resolve to enration of the 80th anniversary sure that we can build a world of Kristallnacht. where we’re not hurting anyKristallnacht, which is Germore.” man for “Crystal Night,” is also “As I look around, I someknown as “The Night of Broken times feel we are so obsessed Glass.” But it went far beyond with fixing the world, we forshattered windows. From Nov. got to take care of ourselves,” 9-10, 1938, mobs in Germany, Eisen says. Austria, and the Sudetenland, The best way to take care spurred on by Nazi officials, Rabbi Batsheva Appel of ourselves is by “reinforcing torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish and renewing our commitment to living homes, schools, and businesses, and killed Jewishly,” he says, explaining that many of close to 100 Jews. In its aftermath, 30,000 our universal values, for example, love of Jewish men were arrested and sent to con- animals and concern for all living things, centration camps. Kristallnacht is seen as stem from particularistic Jewish values, a turning point, when the Nazis’ anti-Se- from our specific rites and rituals, in this mitic rhetoric and legislation shifted to the case, kashrut, the Jewish dietary laws. violence that culminated in the Holocaust. “It may sound strange to people but if While the rabbis planned their pulpit we start with ourselves and the values that exchange before the Oct. 27 shooting at a we believe in,” it will have a ripple effect on Pittsburgh synagogue, that tragedy must the world as a whole, he says. now inform their talks. Eisen will speak at Temple Emanu-El’s “The way anti-Semitism works, it Shabbat service on Friday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 seems to me, is divide and conquer,” Eisen p.m. and Appel will speak at Anshei Issays. “It often picks on one small group, rael’s 9 a.m. service on Saturday, Nov. 10. while the attack is really on our people as Appel also emphasizes the importance a whole, and it tries to eat away or divide of coming together as a community. or drive a wedge. And as it tries to break “In our Jewish community,” she says, us, the best response is to come together. “I think there are times when we are reThat’s why we titled it ‘Unity in the Face ally, really good at coming together,” of Brokenness.’ I don’t believe we’re broken such as the vigil for the Pittsburgh vicbut I believe people are trying to break us tims that was held Oct. 29 at the Tucson apart, especially from the outside.” Jewish Community Center. “That was so Although the suspect in the Pittsburgh phenomenal,” she says, not only to see the See Kristallnacht, page 8 shootings allegedly shouted, “All Jews

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and geography, brought biblical and modern times to life without lecturing,” says traveler Jacquelyn Feller. “Emotional moments came out of analytical ones,” adds her husband, Ron Feller. Other experts on hand to share deeper insights on politics, security, and geopolitical perspectives included local journalist Haviv Gur and Paul Liptz, the director of education at the Anita Saltz International Education Center of the World Union for Progressive Judaism. “It was exceptional to share this experience with this wonderful group of people,” says Rockoff. “WIC invests in programming and events here, but one of the most powerful tools to connect our community members to Israel is simply to visit there. WIC strongly believes in building people-to-people bridges between Southern Arizona and Israel,” adds Eden. “This was a wonderful way to create an experience. It’s one in which I feel connected to being Jewish in the world and an Israeli ally,” confirms traveler Ricki Shore. The group visited Tel Aviv and Jaffa, Caesarea, the Golan Heights, the Mount of Beatitudes Church on the Kinneret or Sea of Galilee, Golan Heights Winery, Tel Dan Nature Reserve on the Jordan River, Kibbutz Kfar Blum, Masada National Park, and the Dead Sea. In Jerusalem, they took in the sites in the Old City, the markets, the Western Wall Tunnels, and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Lighting Shabbat candles together, the group celebrated Erev Shabbat at the Kotel. “I felt rooted in the culture and history at the wall,” says participant Janice Brundage. The group also celebrated Havdalah together. Visits to the Menachem Begin Museum, Reuven Rubin Art Museum, and the Israel Museum were excursion options, but the entire group spent a moving three hours at Yad Vashem’s Holocaust History Museum. Continuing the bridge-building mission theme, the group visited Barel’s hometown of Beit She’an, and Kiryat Malachi and Nevtiv Ha’asara in Hof Ashkelon, in the JFSA’s partnership region. At Beit She’an, three community members hosted visitors in their homes to discuss how they and their families arrived in the city, their challenges and aspirations for the future while sharing traditional culture and snacks from their different ethnic heritages. The Kiryat Malachi community hosted lunch in the matnas (community center) with youth counselors sharing their experiences working locally with one of 65 national chapters of Krimbo Wings, the only inclusive youth movement in Israel for children and youth with

and without disabilities. It provides weekly and summer social activities for young people with all types of mental and physical disabilities together with neurotypical peer counselors. “In Hof Ashkelon and Kiryat Malachi it felt like we were home with family,” says Rockoff. “This is an experience that will be with us individually and collectively forever.” In Hof Ashkelon, local families hosted individual travelers and couples for an evening and dinner in their home. This provided insight into family life, living with the government-required safety shelter in their homes, and seeing how similar their lifestyles are to our own, says one participant. “The magic of visiting Israel and meeting with our partners in Kiryat Malachi and Hof Ashkelon goes beyond what words can describe,” says Eden. “I thought I had a good feel for what it was like being Jewish. I had no idea how much I would learn on this trip and take back with me to my work,” adds Michelle Kroeger, the CFO at Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging. “After our interaction with the first shinshinim (Israeli teen emissaries) in Tucson, we knew we had to come here to see how 18-year-olds have such commitment to their country,” says Andrea Crane. With her husband, Harry, Crane hosted a Grand Canyon road trip for Leah Avuno, who is also from Kiryat Malachi and is now a commander in the Israeli Defense Forces, when she was an emissary in Tucson in 2016. To experience tikkun olam (healing the world) in action, the group visited the Save a Child’s Heart humanitarian project at Wolfson Hospital in Holon. The program treats, at no cost, congenital and rheumatic heart disease in children from around the world. Of the 2,200 children treated since 1995, 49 percent come from the Palestinian Authority, Jordan and Iraq, and 40 percent came from Africa. Food was a significant part of the adventure, according to most participants. Beyond expansive buffet breakfast spreads each morning, travelers sampled market food and fresh fruit juices at every opportunity. Impressive group meals at the Golan Heights Winery, the Anna House and the Olive Press in Jerusalem, combined historical aspects with local culinary excellence. A highlight was a cooking competition at Baba Yona Ranch in the Golan area, where group members prepared their own al ha’esh (barbecue) and traditional Israeli bread, salads and sides dishes. For Shabbat dinner, two American men serving in the Israeli Defense Forces and three shinshinim who had previously served in Tucson with WIC’s bridging programs joined the group.

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“The food was amazing,” said Dina Rosengarten. “Fresh, brightly colored vegetables tasted like they were just picked. My new favorite foods are shakshouka (a poached egg dish) and sabich (eggplant and egg stuffed pita). The hotel buffet breakfasts had a huge variety. The food inspired me to learn to cook some of these dishes. I’ve already ordered a cookbook and can’t wait to try to replicate some of them.” “Our time together truly was an experience,” says Cochran. “We learned a bit about the complexities of Israel but had the opportunity to witness first-hand the beauty of the land as well as the devotion of its inhabitants to making their country a success. I think many view this trip as a

first and one that will be repeated. We grew as a group and individually as the week progressed and we had time to digest and internalize all we had learned and realized how much more we had to learn.” “I left with some relationships and bonds that are pretty strong,” agrees Jacquelyn Feller. “We might have left Israel, for now, but the places, the history, and most important, the people will stay in our hearts forever,” adds Eden. For information on future multifaith WIC missions to Israel, contact Eden at aeden@jfsa.org. Debe Campbell and her husband, Gil Alvidrez, participated in the Weintraub Israel Center mission in October.

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COMMENTARY As a black Jew, I am angry but defiant after Pittsburgh synagogue attack MARCELLA WHITE CAMPBELL JTA SAN FRANCISCO n Saturday, I received a text: “why do they hate us so much?” It was from my daughter, a first-year student at college who is thousands of miles away from home but, at that moment, was reaching out for comfort, wishing she was curled up on the couch beside me. Which “they” did she mean? So many acts of hate had been directed at people like us that week — bombs turning up in mailboxes across the country, black people killed while shopping in a supermarket — that I actually needed clarification. This time, this act of hate was an attack on Jewish people praying. This time, they had come for us in a synagogue. Usually I try to reply calmly to my children’s questions — saving my vent-

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Marcella White Campbell, on the right, at her son's bar mitzvah.

ing and inner turmoil for my husband. That Shabbat afternoon, however, my fury boiled over. Instead of sending my

daughter words of comfort, I typed the angry words that had been building inside me all day.

I texted back that throughout history, the act of Jews gathering together has been a revolutionary act. We keep doing it and they literally cannot stop us — and they have literally tried everything. Even before I was Jewish, I understood this viscerally. To be black and Jewish is to stand with two peoples whose very existence is an act of defiance spanning hundreds, even thousands of years. To be black and Jewish is to identify with two peoples for whom a racist, violent attack on one of us is felt by all of us. These attacks, these invasions — in our sacred spaces, in our very homes — black people, Jewish people, black and Jewish people, we feel them personally, viscerally. Even learning the details of these events causes us trauma. We collectively live our pain. But that is why we survive. The “we” is why we survive. See Pittsburgh, page 10

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arlier this year, our colleagues at the three leading Jewish newspapers in the United Kingdom published the same front-page headline and joint editorial voicing concern over rising anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labour Party. Today we have found a mournful occasion to follow in their footsteps. For many Jews, the United States has long held a unique role in our collective imagination. It has been an unprecedented land of promise, of refuge, of freedom,

of opportunity and of safety. But after the horrific attack on Oct. 27 at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, in which 11 of our brothers and sisters were brutally murdered, we can’t help but be shaken and concerned for the America we have come to know and love. We therefore join together to unequivocally condemn this brutal act of antiSemitism and all deadly acts of hate. We also condemn the climate of hate that has been building for some time now, especially on college campuses and on social media, where the veneer of anonym-

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ity has allowed anti-Semitic cesspools to flourish, and from irresponsible political leaders who engage in hateful speech and are abetted by the silence of others. As journalists, we hold a variety of opinions about politics in this country and in Israel. The American Jewish community is diverse, and those differences are reflected on the pages of its media. In coming together now, we are not erasing those differences, but rising above them to issue a call for solidarity and respect, and asking our political and communal leaders to do the same. The gunman who invaded a sanctuary on Shabbat did not distinguish among his victims. To him, they were all Jews. We are all Jews. Let this horrific massacre be a moment of redemption as well as grieving. Let us argue with each other as Hillel argued with Shammai — with civility. Let us acknowledge our common humanity with other Americans who have been subject to unconscionable violence, too. Jewish media has a long and proud history in America, and we pledge to continue our mission to inform, reflect and bind our communities — even more necessary in this painful time. Phyllis Braun, Executive Editor, Arizona Jewish Post Jane Eisner, Editor-in-Chief, The Forward Dovid Efune, Editor-in-Chief and CEO, The Algemeiner

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silence, then slowly intoned the names, ages, and hometowns of the 11 men and women who were killed. Bryan Davis, executive director of the Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center, sought in his remarks to ground the incident in history, noting that “antiSemitism didn’t begin with Nazism and didn’t end with World War II.” Attacks on the Jewish community are connected to attacks on other minority communities, Davis said, and with the shooting Saturday, Tree of Life joins others such as Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on “a tragic map of racial and religiously motivated mass murders.” Looking out over the crowd, Davis said that “to see this level of community support and solidarity” was a “silver lining amid days of sadness.” Beth Lavin, a former police officer who retired to Tucson from Seattle, told the AJP she attended the vigil “because I’m so hurt and I’m so upset, and I’m mad. I’ve got a range of emotions. I need to be around people that feel that same way so I can talk to them and pray with them and find some kind of peace within myself with this tragedy.” Michael Jacobson, an optical engineer, has lived in Tucson since 1975 but was born and raised in Pittsburgh. “It was a wonderful place to grow up,” he said. He recalled being inside Tree of Life’s building years ago with his mother, and that a girlfriend had lived across the street from the synagogue. “I’m still in a bit of shock” about the shooting, he said. The prayers read out to the hushed crowd sounded themes of solidarity, of healing for the wounded and comfort for the bereaved, of the need for unity and respect. “My prayer is that hope will never die,” said one. “Words matter,” reminded another. Some spoke of fear. “As my grandson asked me, ‘What did we do wrong?’ I had no answer,” said one. Songs led by three of the community’s cantorial soloists and remarks from leaders of other faith traditions punctuated the reading of the prayers. Pastor Elwood McDowell of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church called on “God Our Father, God of Abra-

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Jewish community come together but also the greater Tucson community, both religious and non-religious. “We didn’t want this significant anniversary to go unnoticed, so Rabbi Eisen and I felt we needed a way for us to come together that supported our differences

ham, Isaac, and Jacob, God of Abraham Heschel, God of Martin Luther King Jr., God of Mahatma Gandhi, God of Catherine of Sienna, God of Francis of Assisi” to grant those assembled a voice to speak words of love that might overcome hate. Imam Watheq Al-Obaidi of the Muslim Community Center of Tucson stated, “hatred and violence on the basis of religion have no place in our world.” Sat Bir Kaur Khalsa sang from Sikh scripture and prayed for the courage to wear her turban the next day. Bishop Edward Weisenburger of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson quoted Pope Francis, who said, “We are all hurt by this inhumane act of violence.” Weisenburger asked God to keep synagogues across the nation safe “along with all schools, churches and public places.” Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild noted that hate speech and gun violence “exploit cherished freedoms — freedom of speech, freedom to bear arms. These freedoms are not and were never intended to be, absolute.” To address hate speech and gun violence “will require leadership, real leadership at the federal and state level. It will also require recognition that Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, and other religious minorities are not the enemy. That ethnic and racial minorities are not the enemy. That refugees and immigrants are not the enemy. That women are not the enemy. That the press is not the enemy,” Rothschild said to applause and whoops from the crowd. Rothschild said the antidote to “the poisonous ideology of white supremacy” is “communal action — reaching out and getting to know those we see as different from us and working together toward common goals. The antidote is commitment to living the principles this country is founded on. The antidote is voting and being informed. The antidote is recognizing the humanity in each other.” Stuart Mellan, president and CEO of the Federation, expressed his gratitude to all who attended or participated in the ceremony. “I needed to be with you tonight,” he said. Echoing the mayor’s call to action, Mellan concluded, “In recognition of the complexity of this moment I leave you with this admonition that is central to Jewish wisdom: Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.” To view the entire event, visit www.facebook.com/ TucsonNewsNow/videos/284259652207794. in terms of worship, etc. They’re a Conservative congregation; we’re a Reform congregation. There are lots of ways in which we are similar, and then there are other ways in terms of observance that we’re very different. We wanted to be able to respect that and to build on that,” she says. “We’re going to talk about community, we’re going to talk about memory,” Appel says, “and we’re just looking forward to bringing those communities together.”

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LOCAL Inspiring Jewish strength and unity: An Israeli mother to speak at JFSA summits conferences to promote and foster unity within Israeli AJP Assistant Editor society. She is one of the crehe Jewish Federation of ators of Israel’s “Unity Day” Southern Arizona will project, which has grown kick off its 2019 Comto include the participation munity Campaign by hostof tens of thousands of high ing three summits on Nov. 13 school students, soldiers, orand 14. Bat-Galim Shaer, the ganizations and communities Bat-Galim Shaer mother of one of three Israeli in Israel and throughout the teens kidnapped and murdered world. She holds a bachelor’s in 2014, will speak on “One People, One degree in political science and Jewish Heart: The Strength of the Jewish People.” history and a master’s in educational Shaer’s son, Gil-ad, along with his administration. friends Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrach, Shaer is the founder of the “Sonshine” was killed by Hamas terrorists in Gush organization, whose goal is to increase Etzion, Israel, in the summer of 2014. connections in Israeli society and throughShe authored the bestselling book, What out the Jewish world, as well as bolster opa Day May Bring: Longings of a Mother, timism among the Jewish people. She and in which she shares her coping methods her husband, Ofer, have spent the past four and describes the strength of Israeli soci- years traveling, lecturing, and promoting ety and the Jewish people worldwide in unity and respectful dialogue across all ditimes of crisis. mensions of world Jewry. “Summits give us an opportunity to Federation is sponsoring three sumcelebrate our commitment to Federation mit events, each at Hacienda del Sol in intimate groups, with others who care Guest Ranch. Jeff and Karen Katz and deeply about our community and our fu- Ellis and Irene Friedman will host the ture,” explains Melissa Goldfinger, JFSA’s Advanced Gifts dinner on Tuesday, 2019 campaign chair. Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $45. The “We are honored that Bat-Galim and Women’s Philanthropy and Community her family are traveling to Tucson from Leadership luncheon is on Wednesday, Israel to share their story of transforming Nov. 14 at noon, hosted by Barbara Befa personal tragedy into a movement for ferman Danes, Phil Pepper, and Isaac Jewish unity and understanding,” Gold- Rothschild. Tickets are $25. Eric Mellan, finger says. “Now, more than ever, this Josh Silverman and Sarah Singer will message is essential.” host the Young Leadership dinner on With over 20 years of experience in Wednesday at 6 p.m. for $36. various educational frameworks, Shaer For information or reservations, go to has presented lectures and initiated www.jfsa.org/summits or call 647-8468.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR At the Vigil for Tree of Life Temple (Tucson JCC) We sang Shalom and we almost believed it We proclaimed Love stronger than Hate and we tried to believe it We stressed Solidarity and we thought we believed it We shouted Never Again but we could not believe it. — Joy Nelson

Anti-Semites a dying breed in U.S. The vast majority of Americans are not anti-Semites, nor anti-black, or anti-gay, etc. This may not have been the case when I was born in Chicago 80-plus years ago. At that time the gays hid in the closet, black people were seen and not heard, and we Jews could not get into most country clubs, law firms, and even banking institutions unless we were making a deposit! But our nation, in these past 80 years, has become basically a very liberal society with overall acceptance of everyone no matter the color of their skin, their sexual pref-

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As I wrote these words to my daughter, I imagined my congregation humming “hine ma tov u’manayim, shevet achim gam yachad” — how good and pleasant it is for brothers and sisters to come together — and that’s when my tears of rage spilled over. An attack on a synagogue is an attack against the entire Jewish people. There, we share our compassion and strength as members of the community rise and say the

erence or religious beliefs. Sure there are still many out there who hate/fear blacks and Jews ... and no doubt have little love for Catholics as well. Society simply does not change overnight, but the writing is on the wall and once the genie is out of the bottle you can’t push it back in. Women, for example, could not vote 100 years ago. Do you think our society could now take that right away from them? Blacks could not eat in most restaurants when I was growing up in Chicago. Do you think they would stand for being discriminated against in that way again? The genie is out of the bottle ... and anti-Semitism, while it raises its ugly head now and then, is on the way out. Most gentiles today have no problem being friends with their Jewish neighbors or having their children marry Jews. In fact, that is a Jewish problem with over 50 percent of their kids marrying gentiles with the possibility of them assimilating into the Christian world and leaving their Jewish faith behind. While American society will still have some folks who hate anyone who is not white, straight, Christian, they are few and far between. They are a dying breed ... gasping their final breaths as their ship goes down. That does not mean that we should not be alert to the dangers of bigots with evil intent who still have access to automatic weapons or bombs. We must be vigilant.

However, we must also not lose sight of the big picture. Life for most people in this nation has never been more liberal, open-minded and compassionate for those who are different from us. We are just not all the way home yet. — Stuart L. Pinkert

Mourner’s Kaddish. There, we share our joy as newborn babies are welcomed by the congregation; we shine with pride as young women and men are called before the Torah as b’nai mitzvah. Looking around us, we see that we are many, and yet we remind ourselves, with the Shema, that we are one. We welcome one another, shaking hands and hugging and wishing hearty “Shabbat Shaloms” at the end of services. The doors of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, as many have said, stood open, welcoming the we that is the Jewish people. That is what was attacked on Saturday: the openness that is our strength. Maintaining that

openness is an act of defiance, too. For that’s exactly what we’re going to do; that is what we always do. We will do this together. We will gather together, as we have done through history. They keep trying, but they never stop us. In the end, we always win.

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Marcella White Campbell is the director of marketing and communications for Be’chol Lashon, which gives voice to the racial, ethnic and cultural diversity of Jewish identity and experience. This piece originally appeared on the Be’chol Lashon Jewish& blog and was shared by My Jewish Learning, a sister site of JTA. 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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ewish Federation of Southern Arizona Women’s Philanthropy will host a Mystery Mitzvah Morning for newcomers and longtime residents on Sunday, Nov. 18, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. The event will begin with a light breakfast at the Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy, 3718 E. River Road. A self-guided tour of JFSA’s beneficiary agencies will follow, with participants breaking up into smaller groups to visit a single

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t was a Jewish adaptation of “Sesame Street” called “Shalom Sesame” that inspired Immanuel Abraham to pick up the instrument that would shape his life and career. Filmed in Tel Aviv, “Shalom Sesame” regularly featured renowned violinist Itzak Perlman performing and Abraham was amazed by his craft. “I thought it looked easy and cool,” Abraham says. “But only one of those turned out to be true.” Born to an Ethiopian Jewish father and Christian mother, Abraham and his siblings were raised in a Chicago neighborhood called Rogers Park where there wasn’t a large Jewish population. Unfortunately, Abraham couldn’t start playing the violin until age 14 with an instrument from the Salvation Army. But the late start and second-hand violin didn’t deter him from giving the instrument everything he had. “Hours before school I would practice, I skipped every lunch in high school to practice,” Abraham says. “Prom, my birthday, you name it, I skipped it to practice.” Abraham knew that if he really dedicated his time to this endeavor that he loved, it would pay off in the end. “As long as I worked as hard as humanly possible, good things happened,” he says. He performed in every concert he could get into in Chicago, learning the music upside down and even backward. This level of devotion and strong work ethic helped Abraham become an assistant concert master at a fine arts camp and landed him an audition with the International Youth Symphony. Even though he felt that “Europe was something rich kids got to do over the summer,” he took the audi-

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tion and when he was accepted, his extended family put the money together to send him on the tour. He then spent every summer for the next five years touring Europe. Abraham was accepted into the University of Michigan where he graduated magna cum laude for his bachelor’s degree and summa cum laude for his masters, receiving a scholarship to pursue graduate school. A teaching position at the University of Arizona drew him to Tucson, where he is also working on his

doctorate degree on a graduate fellowship for the Fred Fox School of Music. Abraham’s credits in Tucson include being a former concertmaster for the Arizona Symphony Orchestra and the Arizona Contemporary Ensemble, and being a substitute violin for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. There is almost never a time when Abraham isn’t studying, practicing, teaching or performing the music that he is passionate about. This month he’ll take on a multitude of roles for The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre’s production of “This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing,” a play by Finegan Kruckemeyer. Not only will Abraham play the violin, he’ll play the main characters’ father and serve as musical director, writing and performing all the music for the play. Although his focus has been on performance of string instruments, Abraham was eager to expand his repertoire

because he feels it is important to be well rounded in the arts. “I’ve always said the arts are like the knife, the fork and the spoon,” Abraham said. “Different tools but all serve the same purpose to communicate the human experience.” The next step in his journey is to teach full-time in higher education. “I love teaching, it’s a chance to pass on,” Abraham said. “Music is a language used to communicate feeling.” As a teacher, Abraham would like to advocate for late starters in the arts because he says there is a stigma against those who don’t pick up an instrument before the age of 10. He wants to show people through his accomplishments and dedication to music that anything can be done with hard work. “Fast forward a decade from that point and I am earning a doctorate,” Abraham said. “It is never too late to learn a new language.”

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NATIONAL Election 2018 results that matter most to Jews BEN SALES JTA

emocrats took control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections held Tuesday. Republicans looked to increase their majority in the Senate. Five Jewish Democrats are set to chair key House committees, including three representatives from New York: Jerrold Nadler, the Judiciary Committee; Eliot Engel, Foreign Affairs; and Nita Lowey, Appropriations. Adam Schiff of California will head the Intelligence Committee and John Yarmuth of Kentucky will lead the Budget Committee. Democrat Jared Polis will be the first Jewish and first gay governor of Colorado, and J.B. Pritzker, a Jewish Democrat, will be the next governor of Illinois. Two Jewish military veterans won upset Democratic victories in House races: Max Rose in New York and Elaine Luria in Virginia. In the Senate, U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen, a Democrat and a former synagogue president, defeated the incumbent Republican, Dean Heller. Here are some other races of significance to Jewish voters:

House of Representatives

In Michigan, Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian-American, handily won her race in District 13. Tlaib favors a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and has opposed U.S. aid to Israel. She will also be one of the first Muslim women in Congress, along with Ilhan Omar, who won in Minnesota. Michigan Democrat Elissa Slotkin edged Rep. Mike Bishop by a 49-48 percent margin to win a seat that had been considered a lock for the Republicans. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive millennial from New York City, will become the youngest woman ever

elected to Congress. Ocasio-Cortez, 29, has criticized Israel’s West Bank occupation and called its clashes with protesters in Gaza a “massacre.” Leslie Cockburn, the Democratic House candidate who wrote a book sharply criticizing Israel, lost her race in Virginia. Rep. Lee Zeldin, one of two Jewish Republicans in the House, fended off a challenge in his New York district by a Jewish Democratic challenger, Perry Gershon. The race pitted Zeldin, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, against an opponent who reviled the president. Dean Phillips, a Jewish Democrat in Minnesota, won his race in a Republican district. Susan Wild, a Jewish Democrat in Pennsylvania, flipped her Republican district. She is on the local Jewish federation’s board of directors. Lena Epstein, a Jewish Republican who invited a defrocked Messianic rabbi to address a rally headlined by Vice President Mike Pence, lost her House race in Michigan. In North Carolina, Democrat Kathy Manning, a philanthropist and longtime Jewish organizational leader, lost her House race. Arthur Jones, the neo-Nazi who won the Republican nomination on Chicago’s South Side, lost his race, as expected. He had won his nomination unopposed and was repudiated by his party, but still managed some 30,000 votes. And Steve King, the Iowa Republican who has made headlines recently for his associations with and support of white supremacists, won re-election in a close race. The National Republican Campaign Committee had said it would not support him.

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uite a few firefighters open restaurants. But how many can say they’ve also celebrated a bar mitzvah at the Kotel? Matt Gordon of Sentinel Peak Brewing Company can. Gordon is a Tucson native who graduated from Catalina Foothills High School in 2001 and joined the Golder Ranch Fire District in 2003. He currently works as an engineer on the special operations team out of station 377 in Oro Valley. In 2004, Gordon and two fellow firefighters, Jeremy Hilderbrand and Taylor Carter, opened Sentinel Peak Brewing Company. Gordon celebrated his bar mitzvah while on a birthright Israel trip in 2009. “I grew up in a household that was dual religion, Methodist and Jewish. My parents were divorced when I was young and religion was one of the things that was just too big of a hurdle for them to agree upon a way to raise me, so I was raised mostly without any serious religious connection. We would celebrate all the holidays, the Jewish ones with my Jewish grandparents and the Christian ones with my Methodist grandparents, but that was about the extent of my connection to either community,” says Gordon. “When I decided to explore my heritage more and embark on the birthright experience, it opened my eyes to a beautiful community, a heritage rich in tradition and connection to the past that I had not expected. Being able to have a bar mitzvah at the base of the Kotel was a powerful and memorable feeling that will live with me all my life,” he says. These days, Gordon is spending a lot of time helping to build Sentinel Peak’s new taproom on Toole Avenue. As with the Grant Road location, he’s investing his own sweat and tears in the project, he says. Being a partner in a brewpub gives him a chance to explore new beers and food — although his favorite brew remains Sentinel Peak’s Salida Del Sol, a Mexican-style amber. He also likes that it gives him the opportunity to exercise his creative muscle. And Gordon is passionate about supporting local

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his spring, 11 locally owned businesses began learning how they could become more sustainable through a Local First Arizona pilot program called SCALE UP, which stands for Sustainable Communities Accessing Lending and Expertise Upon Performance. Representatives of these businesses met weekly for six weeks with local experts to learn techniques that could make their businesses more economically, environmentally and socially sustainable. The 11 businesses are Borderlands Brewing Company, Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, Delectables Catering and Venue, The Gloo Factory, LeadLocal, Merit Foods of Arizona, Pop-Cycle, Sonoran Glass School, Surly Wench Pub, Tucson Thrift Shop and Wholesum Harvest. The first weeks covered energy efficiency, water conservation, and transportation efficiency. The businesses had their current practices benchmarked through the EPA’s ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, which will help them track improvements over time, based on data from their energy and water bills. By the end of the series, each business created a plan to reduce expenses in one or more categories including energy use, water use, waste reduction and transportation emissions. Completion of the series allowed them to access loans and other benefits to implement projects to improve efficiency and save money. The Arizona Jewish Post recently had the opportunity to speak with participants from two businesses at opposite ends of the spectrum: Sonoran Glass School, which requires large amounts of energy to run, and Tucson Thrift Shop, which has very modest energy needs. Yet both businesses

have found the program to be educational and eye-opening. “We were really thrilled to be included,” says Lynn Davis, executive director of Sonoran Glass School. “We have a very special building and sort of unconventional facilities to be part of that sort of project. “Both the work that we do here and our facilities are energy intensive, resource intensive,” she says, with inherent factors that make conservation challenging. The glass school’s utility bills, particularly its gas bills, are very high because of the “hot shop,” the furnace glass blowing facility, Davis says. “Our gas bill is close to $2,000 per month. That’s because we have a furnace of molten glass that’s kept at around 2,000 degrees, 24/7, 46 weeks out of the year,” Davis explains. “Then our other shops have kilns that are running much of the time, that have torches that are using oxygen and propane. “There’s not much we can do without consuming resources,” she says. “We’re also in a very old building that was once a tire shop, so it wasn’t built to be energyefficient. It’s drafty, it has concrete floors, it has a roof that leaks, so no shortage of challenges.” But the timing of the SCALE UP program was fortuitous, as the school had already planned a significant remodel of the hot shop over the summer, Davis says. “Through conversations and relationships made during SCALE UP,” she says, “we got to look at that project through a different lens and think about modifications we could make that will make that space both a little more efficient and a little more user-friendly.” Considerations included how to make students more comfortable when they are working in front of that heat, she says, and See Energy, page 18

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ways to make the room more comfortable so it can be used for more of the year, “before it just gets too hot and unbearable.” Improvements made during the remodel include giving the furnaces extra insulation so they will hold heat longer. In addition, “we insulated the rolling shields that the glass blowers work behind, so they have an extra layer between themselves and the heat source,” Davis says. “We put small hoods over the openings of all the furnaces that redirect heat back behind the façade, so it is not just spilling over into the room.” The glass school has a bid to redo all the lighting on its campus with LED lights, which is expected to pay for itself in about 18 months, adds Davis.

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The school was on a tight deadline for its remodel because they teach a class for Pima Community College and had to be ready before the fall semester, says Davis, explaining that it takes a week once the furnace is restarted to bring the glass up to temperature. “It was a little bit of a nail-biter,” she admits, “but it’s beautiful, it’s amazing. I think it’s really going to make a big difference.” Davis adds that the SCALE UP cohort was an added benefit. “You meet wonderful people who are running businesses or working for businesses in town that you may not have heard of,” and discover possible avenues for collaboration. “It was a great networking opportunity.” Arlene Leaf, owner of Tucson Thrift Store, says her store is “pretty simple” compared with some of the other businesses in the SCALE UP group, such as a catering company that requires electricity to run big freezers, and a farm and a brewing company that both require

large amounts of water. The thrift store is “very primitive,” with swamp coolers rather than air conditioning and forced air heaters, says Leaf. For Leaf, the foremost change will be swapping out the store’s fluorescent lighting for LED lighting. There’s a kit to transform the store’s existing light fixtures to support the LED lights, she explains. She expects to recoup the cost through energy savings in three years. “In the long run, it’s a lot less energy use,” she says. “I’ve always been recycling the cardboard and things like that,” she adds, but the program has made her more conscious of recycling methods. “The class was amazing—I enjoyed it so much,” Leaf says, noting that every participant probably has “little things that they did that made a big difference.” For example, one business was a fruit and vegetable importer that needs to keep everything chilled. “Just putting plastic lining between the rooms helps conserve the energy,” she says. During the program, Tucson Thrift Store looked at converting to solar energy, Leaf says, but her electric bills are too low

to make it cost-efficient. Solar might make sense “to put in air conditioning in the future,” she says, but for now the experts “were surprised that my energy use is very much in line — it’s very low.” But Leaf believes that Arizona, with its abundant sunshine, should use more solar energy. She was shocked to learn Arizona gets a good deal of its energy from coal mined on the Navajo tribal lands. “If any place in the world should be solar, we should be solar,” she says. Along with Local First Arizona, SCALE UP program partners include Tucson 2030 District, Physicians For Social Responsibility, Community Investment Corporation, and the University of Arizona Office of Sustainability. The program is funded through the Arizona Department of Administration State Office of Grants and Federal Resources. LFA member Kerie Seamans of Bostonia Business Solutions developed an exclusive financial analysis tool participants use to calculate their return on investment for potential sustainability upgrade projects. For more information about SCALE UP, contact CJ Agbannawag, SCALE UP program manager, at cj@localfirstaz.com.

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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.

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. & Thurs., 6:50 a.m.; Tues., Wed., Fri., 7 a.m.; daily, 15 minutes before sunset. / Weekday Rosh Chodesh services: 6:45 a.m.

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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.

ChaBad oro valley 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.

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Congregation or Chadash 3939 N. Alvernon, 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.

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7493 N. Oracle Road, Suite 201, Tucson, AZ 85704 • (520) 276-5675 Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon • www.beitsimchatucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 6 p.m., at Oro Valley Community Center, 10555 N. La Canada Drive; Sat., 9 a.m., twice per month, with Torah study, at 7493 N. Oracle Road, Suite 131; monthly Shabbat hikes.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR The calendar deadline is Tuesday, 10 days before the issue date. Our next issue will be published Nov. 23, 2018. 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 21 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. Nov. 11, Angela Himsel, author of “A River Could be a Tree: A Memoir.” Nov. 18, Rabbi Amy Scheinerman, author of the new two-volume work The Talmud of Relationships. Nov. 25, Robert Mnookin, Samuel Williston Professor of Law at Harvard and director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project, author of the new book, “The Jewish American Paradox.” 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. Temple Emanu-El adult class, “Faces of Torah,” facilitated by Jesse Davis, most Sundays, 10:15-11:30 a.m., through April 28. See schedule on www.jewishtucson.org. 327-4501. 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. Tucson J Israeli Dance, taught by Brandi

Friday / November 9

9:45 AM: Handmaker presents lecture, “Tikkun Olam in Jewish History: What, Why and So What?” by David Graizbord, Ph.D., associate professor at UA Arizona Center for Judaic Studies. Contact Nanci Levy at 322-3632 or nlevy@ handmaker.org. 11 AM: Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center in collaboration with JFCS, “To Tell Our Stories: Holocaust Survivors of Southern Arizona,” commemorating Kristallnacht with local survivors, at Jewish History Museum, 564 S. Stone Ave. Contact Raisa Moroz at 795-0300, ext. 2214 or rmoroz@jfcstucson. org. 5:30-9 PM: Tucson J Kristallnacht Shabbat with Congregations Bet Shalom, Chaverim, and Or Chadash. 5:30 p.m., pre-oneg nosh; 6 p.m., Shabbat service choices; 7 p.m. dinner. Dinner, adults, $25; ages 4-17, $9; 3 and under, free. Register at www.tucsonjcc.org/kristallnacht or 299-3000. 7:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Kristallnacht Shabbat service pulpit exchange with Cong. Anshei Israel. Rabbi Robert Eisen will speak. Contact 327-4501 or visit www.tetucson.org.

Saturday / November 10

9 AM: Cong. Anshei Israel Kristallnacht Shabbat service pulpit exchange with Temple Emanu-El. Rabbi Batsheva Appel will speak. Contact 745-5550 or visit www.caiaz.org.

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ONGOING Hawkins, 2nd and 4th Sundays, partners, 4:45-6 p.m., open circle, 6-7 p.m. Members, $8; nonmembers, $10. 299-3000. Cong. Anshei Israel parent-tot class, led by Lindsey Embree. Mondays, 9-11 a.m. Children up to 24 months and their parent(s). Free. Mandatory vaccination policy. Call Nancy Auslander at 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 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, Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Contact Marvin at 885-2005 or Tanya at 299-3000, ext. 147.

Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Contact Raisa Moroz at 795-0300. Integral Jewish Meditation group led by Brian Schachter-Brooks, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m., at Cong. Bet Shalom, free. www.torahofawakening.com. Temple Emanu-El “Stitch and Kvetch.” Third Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. 327-4501. Tucson J social bridge. Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon-3 p.m., year round. Drop-ins welcome. Meets in library on second floor. 2993000. Tucson J canasta group. Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon. Instruction available and a beginners’ table every week. Call or text Lisa at 9774054. Cong. Anshei Israel Talmud on Tuesday with Rabbi Robert Eisen. Meets 6 p.m. 745-5550. 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.

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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 885-4102 or esigafus@aol.com.

11 AM-NOON: Cong. Bet Shalom and PJ Library Tot Shabbat with Lisa Schacter-Brooks. Free. At Bet Shalom. 577-1171.

Glass gallery opening and variety of partner events. For more information, visit www.tucsonjcc.org/kristallnacht.

6-10 PM: YMCA of Southern Arizona 2018 Community Military Ball honoring World War II and Korean War veterans, Council of Heroes awardees and Holocaust survivors, at the Tucson Convention Center. $150. Contact Stephanie Horne at 623-5511, ext. 257 or visit www.tucsonymca.org/events/military-ball.

Sunday / November 11

10:30-12:30 PM: Desert Caucus brunch with Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL). Guests should be potential members. For details, RSVP at 490-1453 or desertcaucus@gmail.com. 11 AM: Cong. Or Chadash 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day. Rabbi Thomas Louchheim and war veterans discuss their service to the U.S. 512-8500

Tuesday / November 13

6 PM: JFSA 2019 Campaign Summit Advanced Gifts dinner with Bat-Galim Shaer presenting “One People, One Heart: The Strength of the Jewish People.” Shaer is the mother of Gil-Ad Shaer, one of three teens kidnapped and killed by Hamas terrorists in 2014. $45. At Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort, 5501 N. Hacienda del Sol Road. RSVP at www.jfsa.org/summits or to Geri at geri@jfsa.org or 647-8468.

Wednesday / November 14

8-9:30 AM: Jewish Business Network meeting. At Tucson J. 299-3000, ext. 241, or concierge@jewishtucson.org.

11:30 AM: Hadassah Southern Arizona luncheon, "Glimpses from 100 years of the Henrietta Szold Hadassah School of Nursing Through the Eyes of Nursing Graduates," featuring Gilat Yihye, graduate of Henrietta Szold Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing, and Hadassah’s Nurses Council. Members $25, nonmembers $27. At Congregation Bet Shalom, 3881 E. River Road. RSVP by Nov. 9 to Marcia Winick at 886-9919.

NOON: JFSA 2019 Campaign Summit Community Leadership/Women’s Philanthropy lunch with Bat-Galim Shaer presenting “One People, One Heart: The Strength of the Jewish People.” Shaer is the mother of Gil-Ad Shaer, one of three teens kidnapped and killed by Hamas terrorists in 2014. $25. At Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort, 5501 N. Hacienda del Sol Road. RSVP at www.jfsa.org/summits or to Geri at geri@jfsa.org or 647-8468.

1:30-4:30 PM: Tucson J Kristallnacht commemoration. New Works from Broken

6 PM: JFSA 2019 Campaign Summit Young Leadership dinner with Bat-Galim Shaer

Temple Emanu-El Talmud study, Wednesdays, 10 -11:30 a.m. Text required, call 3274501. 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. Chabad Tucson lunch and learn with Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin, Wednesdays, 12:15 p.m. at 5th Street Kitchen and Deli, 5071 E. Fifth St. www.chabadtucson.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. Temple Emanu-El Jewish novels club with Linda Levine. Third Thursdays, 2-4 p.m. 327-4501. “Biblical Breakthroughs with Rabbi Becker” at the Southwest Torah Institute. Fridays, noon, for men and women. 747-7780 or yzbecker@me.com. Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center new core exhibition, “Meanings Not Yet Imagined.” 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073. Tucson J Fine Art Gallery shows, New Works from Broken Glass, through Dec. 10; Trajectory by Elliott Heiman, Dec. 11-Jan. 24. 299-3000. presenting “One People, One Heart: The Strength of the Jewish People.” Shaer is the mother of Gil-Ad Shaer, one of three teens kidnapped and killed by Hamas terrorists in 2014. $36. At Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort, 5501 N. Hacienda del Sol Road. RSVP at www. jfsa.org/summits or to Geri at geri@jfsa.org or 647-8468.

Friday / November 16

11 AM: Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center gallery chat and public opening of photography exhibit, “Call Me Rohingya,” presented by Saleh Ahmed, Ph.D. candidate in Arid Lands Resource Sciences and faculty at UA Human Rights Practice Program. Free. 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073 or www. jewishhistorymuseum.org. 5:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Shabbat Rocks! service with the 7th grade, Rabbi Batsheva Appel, Cantorial Soloist Marjorie Hochberg, and the Avanim Band, followed at 6:30 p.m. with family Shabbat dinner, and 7:30 p.m. traditional service with the choir. Dinner, $10 for adults, $5 for kids 6-12, free for kids under 6. RSVP for dinner at 327-4501. 5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel “BOGO” Family Shabbat Service and Dinner. For each family that brings a Jewish family who have not experienced CAI’s family Shabbat services and/or dinners before, CAI will cover the cost of dinner for the host family and guests. Otherwise cost is $25 per family (two adults and up to four children) for

members; $30 for a guest family; adults, $10 per person. Dinner is 7 p.m. Open lounge with games follows. RSVP for dinner by Nov. 12 at www.caiaz. org or 745-5550.

SATURDAY / NOVEMBER 17

4:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Babies and Bagels and Wandering Jews Havadallah Hike at Sabino Canyon, with Rabbi Batsheva Appel. 327-4501.

SUNDAY / NOVEMBER 18

9 AM-1 PM: Temple Emanu-El Women of Reform Judaism Hanukkah Bazaar. 327-4501. 9:15 AM: Jewish War Veterans FriedmanPaul Post 201 breakfast meeting at B'nai B'rith Covenant House, 4414 E. 2nd St. Contact Seymour Shapiro at 398-5360. 9:30-11:30 AM: JFSA Mystery Mitzvah Morning. Learn more about the Jewish community, JFSA, and its beneﬁciary agencies. Start with a light breakfast at Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy, 3718 E. River Road, followed by self-guided tour to a local agency to learn more and join in performing a mitzvah. $18. RSVP to Jane Scott at jscott@jfsa. org. For more information, contact Susannah Castro at scastro@jfsa.org. 10 AM-3 PM: Tucson J Artisan Showcase. Featuring pottery, glass, jewelry. A portion of the sales supports the arts at the Tucson J. Free. At Tucson J. 299-3000. 11 AM-12:30 PM: Cong. Chofetz Chayim children’s program, Music, Memories & Mitzvahs: Hanukkah. Ages 5-11, with Rabbi Israel Becker. First two Sundays at Chofetz Chayim, third is performance at Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging. Continues Nov. 25 and Dec. 2. Other sessions will be held for Tu B’Shevat, Purim and Passover. $36 per session. Multi-child

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discount available. Register at www.tucsontorah. org. or 747-7780. 2 PM: Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley presents The Music of George & Ira Gershwin, sing-along and dance-along. $5. 648-6690. 2-4 PM: Tucson J Celebration of Heritage concert, Camerata Sonora, “Around the Black Sea.” Tucson’s recreational ensemble for professional musicians presents music from the Balkans, the Caucasus, and Turkey. $10. Register at www.tucsonjcc.org or 299-3000. 7 PM: Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center and co-sponsor UA Gender & Women’s Studies present “Shulie,” a recreated documentary by Elisabeth Subrin. Free. At Exploded View, 197 E. Toole Ave. 670-9073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum.org.

MONDAY / NOVEMBER 19

6:30 PM: Arizona Center for Judaic Studies Shaol & Louis Pozez Memorial Series kickoff presents the ﬁlm “Farewell Baghdad,” with an introduction by Prof. Gil Ribak, assistant professor of Judaic studies at UA. Free. At Tucson J. 626-5758 or www.judaic.arizona.edu.

TUESDAY / NOVEMBER 20

NOON-1 PM: Cong. Or Chadash book club discusses “David and the Philistine Woman” by Paul Boorstein. 512-8500 or www.octucson.org.

MONDAY / NOVEMBER 26

4 PM: Arizona Center for Judaic Studies Sally & Ralph Duchin Campus Lecture Series presents Israel’s Role in Shaping Jewish Identity,” with Prof. David Graizbord, associate director of the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies at UA. Free. At UA Hillel Foundation, 1245 E. 2nd St. 626-5758 or www.judaic.arizona.edu.

NORTHWEST TUCSON

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Jewish Federation-Northwest chair yoga with a Jewish ﬂair taught by Bonnie Golden. Mondays, 10-11 a.m. $7 per class or $25 for four. 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org. Northwest Needlers create hand-stitched items for donation in the Jewish community. Meets at Jewish Federation Northwest Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m. RSVP to judithgfeldman@gmail. com or 505-4161. Jewish Federation-Northwest mah jongg, meets Wednesdays, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., 5054161. 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.

FRIDAY / NOVEMBER 9

NOON: Jewish Federation-Northwest Lunch

and Learn, “Kristallnacht's Hatred Toward Jews Continues Today,” with Rabbi Avi Alpert of Cong. Bet Shalom. Dairy lunch, $8. RSVP to northwestjewish@jfsa.org, 505-4161 or at www. jfsa.org/kristallnacht.

MONDAY / NOVEMBER 19

5 PM: Jewish Federation-Northwest book club discusses “Small Great Things,” by Jodi Picoult. At 190 W. Magee, #162. 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org.

UPCOMING TUESDAY / NOVEMBER 27

5 PM: JFSA Northwest Division Campaign Kick-off, music and dining with Jewish jazz pianist Jon Simon, at the Buttes at Reﬂections, 9800 N. Oracle Road. No host sunset cocktails and complimentary appetizers on the patio, followed by dinner at 6 p.m. $45. RSVP by Nov. 18 at www.jfsa.org/northwestcampaignkickoﬀ2019.

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4-7 PM: Brandeis National Committee Hanukkah Party at Cong. Anshei Israel, Cantor Falkow Lounge, with entertainment by cantorial soloist Nichole Chorny, latkes, gift shopping. $25. Proﬁts support Elaine Lisberg Endowed Scholarship Fund. Bring toiletries/diapers for Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse. Send check by Nov. 20, payable to BNC, to Marilyn Sternstein, 5765 N. Finisterra Dr., Tucson, AZ 85750.

SATURDAY / DECEMBER 1

NOON: Cong. Anshei Israel book club discusses “The Wanting of Levine” by Michael Halberstam. Copies to borrow available at CAI oﬃce through Nov. 30 (For more information, contact moderator Joan Belzer ta 2986324.) For club information, contact Helen Rib at 299-0340 or helenrib@yahoo.com. 6 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel “Latkes & Vodkas” adult Hanukkah party with martinis, bris-

ket dinner, latkes. Live jazz by “Birks Works” featuring Stuart and Eric Mellan. Must be 21+. Members $36, guests $40, $5 more per person after Nov. 23. RSVP by Nov. 23 at www.caiaz. org or 745-5550.

SUNDAY / DECEMBER 2

8-10 AM: Tucson J 5K Hot Chocolate Run. Run or walk. $25 for 5K by Dec. 1, $30 race day; $10 for 1K. Register at www.tucsonjcc. org or contact Debbie Claggett at sports@ tucsonjcc.org or 299-3000, ext. 255.

TUESDAY / DECEMBER 4

7 PM: Phoenix Suns Jewish Heritage Night and Hanukkah celebration. Pre-game menorah lighting. Tickets start at $25. Group discounts available. At Talking Stick Resort Arena, 201 E. Jeﬀerson St., Phoenix. Receive a Suns yarmulke if order through event site www. groupmatics.events/event/Jewishheritage42 or by contacting Lynsay Saunders at lsaunders@ suns.com or 602-379-7769.

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Autumn menus at local restaurants emphasize fresh flavors, local sources MICHEAL ROMERO AJP INTERN

rom Italian to Greek, bars to bakeries, here’s a look at what’s on the menu across the area this fall. Braised lamb at Athens on 4th Avenue is the house special, browned with extra virgin olive oil, tomatoes, caramelized onions, and special herbs and spices. Jeannie Delfakis-Benavente, daughter of owner Andreas Delfakis, says the lamb comes from a Colorado farm because lamb imported from overseas just doesn’t cut it. Gourmet Girls Go Gluten Free is a one-stop shop for Thanksgiving trimmings, including mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole and stuffing, all gluten- and dairy-free. This season is “Pumpkin Palooza,” says co-owner Susan Fulton. Look for pumpkin cinnamon rolls, pumpkin seed waffles and even vegan pumpkin chili. And keep your eyes open for the vegan burger the

girls are cooking up for the season. Claire Johnson, the owner of Claire’s Café, invites you to “check out the great art and eat something wonderful.” Serving Tucson for 32 years, the warm staff caters to many dietary restrictions. Johnson says she’s open to requests for anything people want to see on the menu and is encouraging the staff to cook more ethnic food. Claire’s is open for breakfast and lunch; they will be closed on Thanksgiving. “All around high-end Italian cuisine” will bring you into Caffe Torino but you’ll stay for the live jazz. Co-owner Ollie Shouse says that the cooling fall weather is sure to send patrons to the patio overlooking the Catalina Mountains. The Saturday night music will move to Friday and Sunday later in the month. If the “NFL Sundays” specials don’t get you to Jackson Bar + Eatery, then the 2-for-1 entrees surely will. With a fine selection of wines, beers on tap and cocktails, Sundays feature an all-

day happy hour. Pasta, salmon and the featured grilled jalapeño meatloaf are among the entrees that complement traditional bar eats like burgers and wings, says owner Peter Oser. The casual experience and cozy Italian classics are what made Renee’s Organic Oven worthy of a visit from Guy Fieri and “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” in March. You can find what he fancied at the restaurant under “Guy’s Picks.” “Our focus and reputation is for serving up a menu of local, organic, and always lovingly prepared experiences with sincere service,” owner Renee Kreager says. Paintings and photography from Tucson artists line the walls at Eclectic Café because the community takes priority here. Local craft beer, wine from Flying Leap Vineyards, in-state grass-fed beef, and pears from Aravaipa are available. “We like to partner with local companies. The closer you get your fruits and vegetables, the better,” co-owner Jason McCarty says, adding that “dining on

the patio is always a great idea for fall in Tucson, and you can bring your wellbehaved dog.” With 28 rotating tap beers and eight tap wines, Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink is the downtown spot to enjoy a brew and plate of something great from an everchanging menu. “We update our menu seasonally to embrace the best products available,” says Chef Tyler Fenton. “We love the colder weather and with it the heartier, richer dishes we have across our small plates and pasta.” At Desert Diamond Casino in Sahuarita, Executive Sous Chef Carlos I. Garcia cooks up regional dishes with a global flair. As a former chef with Ritz Carlton Hotels, Garcia traveled the world. At the Agave Restaurant, you’ll find Garcia and his team cooking up American, Mexican and Mediterranean dishes with the freshest ingredients that look great and taste even better. Highlands Bar and Grille’s Chef See Restaurants, page S-7

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WE TAKE FOOD & DRINK SERIOUSLY. Come in hungry...leave happy! ECLECTIC CAFÉ MARK SMITH, owner Born and raised in Tucson, Mark Smith is a Catalina High School graduate. He started working in restaurants as a teenager and took that training to open the Eclectic Café in October 1980 when he was 24. Smith brings a variety of flavors to Eclectic Café’s menu so that the whole family can be satisfied. He says the secret to the restaurant business is fresh ingredients, consistency and fast, friendly service. His goal is to make every guest feel special when they walk through the doors. Smith has enjoyed seeing the generations of families come through the doors of the café and watching the staff go from high school graduates to college graduates to professionals in the work force. In his free time, Smith enjoys playing tennis, traveling and, no surprise, cooking!

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Phil Ferranti opened El Cisne Restaurant with his son, George, and team of Nancy Carnero and Alicia Gastelum in January 2013 at Swan and Sunrise (El Cisne means “The Swan” in Spanish). They added to the now 26-year tradition by reuniting many more staff members from Phil’s previous establishment, La Placita Café in the Plaza Palomino. El Cisne offers “Platillos de la Sala,” dining room dishes, in a relaxed yet elegant atmosphere. El Cisne is also a great place for lunch or happy hour cocktails at “The Black Swan Tequila Bar.”

CAFÉ POCA COSA SUZANA DAVILA, owner Growing up in Sonora, Suzana Davila observed firsthand the bustle and fun of her father’s restaurant. Traveling extensively through Mexico enjoying the limitless decadent culinary offerings led her to open her first restaurant. Today, more than three decades later, Suzana occupies a more prominent place on Tucson’s culinary landscape, having become one of the Southwest’s most celebrated chefs. “I truly am humbled by the support that Tucson has shown year after year,” Davila says. “To be here every night and to still feel that energy, fueled by the ambiance and the creative dishes, is what still keeps me inspired!”

VILLA PERU MODERN PERUVIAN CUISINE WALTER and FRIDA SALAZAR, co-owners The Salazar family (Walter Salazar, Frida Salazar, and their daughter, Frida Hunt) are natives of Peru and arrived in the United States in 2001. They all worked a variety of blue-collar jobs that allowed them to rise up as a family to own a restaurant in one of the most sought after locations in Tucson. Walter and his wife owned Villa Peru in Tempe for six years and moved the restaurant to Tucson to be near family. Every meal at Villa Peru is a way for them to share Peruvian culture with their Arizona neighbors. Their selection of sophisticated Peruvian dishes and traditionally made pisco-themed cocktails can take guests on a vicarious adventure they won’t soon forget.

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RAGAZZI NORTHERN ITALIAN RESTAURANT JORGE (GIORGIO) LEON, CHEF/owner Jorge Leon’s passion for cooking started as a teenager when he dined at a friend’s home and first experienced dishes from Emilia Romagna, a region in northern Italy. He studied cooking through television shows, cookbooks, and numerous courses before opening the first Ragazzi in Nogales in 1996. He perfected his skills with a trip to Emilia Romagna. In 2002, he opened Ragazzi in Tucson, later moving it to Green Valley. He opened a sister restaurant in Tubac, Ragazzi International Cuisine; a third restaurant in 2016 in Nogales; and a fourth restaurant in 2017 in Oro Valley.

HARVEST LISA and REZA SHAPOURI, owners Lisa and Reza Shapouri met in 1986 at a nowclosed Coco’s Bakery Restaurant on West Drachman Street, where he was the general manager and she was the hostess. They married in 1988. In the 1990s, the Shapouris owned and operated Chelsea’s Bar and Grill, and Reza then spent 18 years working in restaurant distribution and consulting. The couple bought Harvest Restaurant in Oro Valley in 2011, and opened the second Harvest location on River Road in 2015. Their menus focus on scratch cooking, healthful eating, seasonality, uniqueness and using local purveyors.

GOURMET GIRLS GLUTEN FREE BAKERY/BISTRO MARY STEIGER and SUSAN FULTON, chef/owners Mary Steiger started cooking as a child and by the time she was 7, knew she wanted to be a baker when she grew up. Susan Fulton came from a family with a passion for food and always fantasized about owning a restaurant. The two traveled different roads until their paths met in Tucson, where they discovered a mutual desire to promote wellness through food choices. The dedicated, certified gluten-free bakery/bistro is the result of their collaboration.

DESERT DIAMOND CASINOS & ENTERTAINMENT CARLOS I. GARCIA, executive chef Chef Carlos I. Garcia was born and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. A lifelong passion for cooking began with assisting his mother and grandmother in the kitchen during family gatherings. He graduated with high honors from Caribbean Culinary Institute in 2000 and began his career working with a well-known Puerto Rican chef. In 2005, Carlos joined the Ritz Carlton Hotels Company, where he had the opportunity to work and grow in the United States, Middle East and Europe. In 2016, he joined Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment.

CAFFE TORINO DANIELA BORELLA, executive chef When Daniela Borella and her family moved from Italy to Tucson in the late ’80s, they decided to open a small Italian café that served simple Italian cuisine in a family atmosphere. Daniela’s mother, Edy, was the original chef, and her father, Italo, provided the fresh-made pasta until his death in 2013. Caffe Torino opened in Oro Valley in 2000. Since Edy’s retirement in 2006, Daniela and Co-Executive Chef David Royle have continued to execute the family recipes. A second location, Caffe Torino in the Foothills, opened in 2013. November 9, 2018, ARIZONA JEWISH POST

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THE HIGHLANDS AT DOVE MOUNTAIN CHUCK SCOTT, executive chef

Lunch | Diner | Catering | Full Bar 4717 E. Sunrise Dr. (Sunrise & Swan)

Native Tucsonan Chuck Scott got his start cooking at The Good Earth. He was on Loews Ventana Canyon Resort’s opening team, then moved to Loews Glenpointe Hotel in New Jersey. Tucson experience includes The Westward Look Resort and Ilsa’s Konditorei. In Southern California he was a resort executive chef, then owned a bakery/cafe for eight years before joining the Highlands.

CLAIRE’S CAFÉ CLAIRE JOHNSON, co-owner Claire Johnson, an Illinois native born into a family of creative cooks, began her culinary career as a produce buyer and founded an organic food co-op on Chicago’s north side. She relocated to Arizona in 1980 and became the head chef at the Blue Willow, followed by cooking stints at Oro Valley Country Club, Loews Ventana and C.B. Rye. In 1986, Claire bought Dyna Café and transformed it into the present-day Claire’s Café and Art Gallery.

TAVOLINO RISTORANTE ITALIANO MASSIMO TENINO, chef/owner Born and raised in Northern Italy, where he learned his cooking skills from his mother and grandmother, Massimo Tenino came to the United States in 1993 and spent the next years developing his culinary style in Los Angeles and San Francisco. In 2003, he moved to Tucson where he opened Tavolino Ristorante Italiano the following year. Since then, Chef Tenino has received consistently rave reviews and the restaurant continues to be one of Tucson’s favorite places for lunch, dinner or happy hour.

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RENEE’S ORGANIC OVEN RENEE and STEVE KREAGER, owners

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Renee and Steve Kreager moved to Tucson from Detroit in 1997. He worked in Italian kitchens, spinning pizzas in Detroit and Tucson; she worked in “front of the house” restaurant positions. In 2002, Renee, pregnant with their son, developed a passion and understanding for creating clean food. In 2005, they opened the restaurant they had longed for, offering Italian classics alongside fusion pizzas, with local foods and dessert and coffee service. Today, Steve is the chef, Renee collaborates on recipe development, and their son, Jeff, works in the restaurant.

RINCON MOUNTAIN GRILL AT FORTY NINER COUNTRY CLUB MCKENZIE TAYLOR, chef McKenzie Taylor attended Pima Community College’s culinary program in 2007 and fell in love with cooking. She has worked in multiple commercial kitchens, with extensive experience in catering and menu development. Most recently, she was executive chef at Pantano Christian Church. Raised in Southern California, McKenzie moved to Tucson 12 years ago with her husband, Kyle. They have a daughter, Lyla, who is in the sixth grade. McKenzie loves to travel, exploring new restaurants and taking cooking classes to learn new cuisines and techniques.

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BRIAN SMITH, executive chef Executive Chef Brian Smith, Tucson’s Iron Chef, has been Instrumental in creating a fresh approach to the dining experience and vibe of Maynards Market & Kitchen, an award-winning downtown restaurant. Chef Brian’s menu features heritage ingredients and produce picked from the on-property Maynards Garden. With a passion for local foods and continued knowledge, Brian is making a name for himself in the downtown Tucson culinary world by applying a modern twist to seasonal plates.

ALLORO DOC TRATORIA AT THE HILTON TUCSON EAST VIRGINIA WOOTERS, executive chef Virginia Wooters brings 25 years of culinary experience to Alloro. Originally from Virginia, she grew up in Tucson and graduated from Sabino High School. Her first restaurant job at age 15 was at Dairy Queen, followed by Canyon Ranch. She was an executive chef in Portland, Oregon, and locally at McClintock’s and Wildflower Grill. Over the last several years, she has helped open and developed menus for many projects, including Jax Kitchen, Jackson Tavern, Poppy Kitchen and The Abbey.

ATHENS ON 4th AVENUE ANDREAS DELFAKIS, founder and executive chef Andreas Delfakis was born in 1942 on a farm in Dara, Greece. After graduating from carpentry trade school, he immigrated to Montreal, Canada, in the 1950s and then to Los Angeles, Sacramento and Chicago, where he worked in exclusive hotel restaurants like the Drake. In 1974, he moved his family to Tucson. He built and owned several restaurants before opening Athens on 4th Avenue in 1993. Top quality ingredients and classic cooking techniques placed the restaurant in New York’s City Magazine’s top 100 restaurants in the United States. November 9, 2018, ARIZONA JEWISH POST

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Chuck Scott is cooking up the freshest fish on Fridays, but guests will want to make a reservation because the night fills up fast. Fresh vegetables, a starch, and a house salad accompany the catch of the day. Featured drinks include a Highlands Sunset that blends Absolut Ruby Red Vodka with orange and cranberry. Carry-out is available, or stay and enjoy vistas of the city and Marana mountains from the patio or dining room. The freshest ingredients, homemade bread and signature Italian sauces complement the pastas and steaks on the menu at Ragazzi Italian Restaurant. Brick-oven pizzas; chicken, duck, and seafood dishes; and classic desserts like tiramisu have guests exclaiming, “This is just like eating in Italy.” Chef/owner Jorge (Giorgio) Leon says, “Come join us! We have a fusion of styles, ingredients, tastes, and culture. Enjoy our international wine selection.” Villa Peru co-owner Charles Hunt invites diners to head over to the restaurant for the Ceviche Festival Nov. 1517. New beginning this month is Pisco Thursdays, with a special on 10 kinds of Pisco craft cocktails featuring the famous Peruvian liquor. Harvest Restaurant, with two locations, makes everything from scratch with only the freshest ingredients from local purveyors. Owner Reza Shapouri says that this month, Harvest is pairing wines from different regions with dishes from the same area. First up are California wines, which will be accompanied by California-inspired cuisine. “I love this time of year when fall ingredients influence our menus,” says Tavolino Italian Ristorante’s Chef Massimo Tenino, “Some of our dishes capture these seasonal flavors. The new ‘Cavoletti de Brussels’ pairs delicious wood-fired Brussels sprouts with spicy salami, Calabrese chili and balsamic reduction. The classic Ravioli di Zucca

combines the delectable flavors of butternut squash with sage and brown butter. The NY Flip cocktail incorporates cream, nutmeg, bourbon and port, perfect for a chilly fall Tucson evening.” All the regions of Mexico are represented at El Cisne with traditional meals touched by influences from abroad. Seafood and steak are the specialty at this “kitchen of Mexico,” and the expert staff can suggest the best beers, wines and tequilas to pair with your meal for a memorable night of fine dining. At the Tucson Hilton East’s Alloro D.O.C. Italian Trattoria and Chophouse, Executive Chef Virginia Wooters says visiting guests tend to stick with familiar favorites, such as pastas, but that doesn’t hinder her creativity. “I can’t get as crazy as I’d like, but making everything fresh from scratch is where I get my fulfillment,” Wooter says. Come inside for the beautifully lit dining room or have your meal outdoors next to Tucson’s historic train station at Maynards Market + Kitchen. Sommelier Will Olendorf suggests you “fill your holiday glass with the new 4th edition Maynards AZ red,” a Tempranillo-based wine that requires the hot summer days and cool summer nights of Cochise County to achieve its balance of sweetness and acidity. Rincon Mountain Grill at the Forty Niner Country Club has the amenities you’ll need when you step off the green. Daily specials include 25 percent off pizzas on Tuesdays (dine-in or carry-out), Wednesday all-you-can-eat pasta and half price bottles of wine, and an allyou-can-eat fish fry on Fridays. The menu at Café Poca Cosa changes twice daily and is printed in Spanish on a portable chalkboard that servers take to each table. “This fun, spontaneous approach to dining encourages guests to sample old favorites, and to discover new ones,” says owner Suzana Davila, who wants guests to go on a different adventure each visit. Each beautifully plated dish is a work of art, with elegance and great flavors in perfect harmony.

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