Shannon Levitt

Aiming to bring joy, music and togetherness to the Valley's Jewish community, Temple Solel will host a communitywide Chanukah celebration and concert on Sunday, Dec. 14, at 4 p.m. The event will feature New York City rock band the

On Monday, Dec. 1, an estimated 700 people filled the sanctuary at Paradise Valley’s Temple Solel, with another 100 watching online, to hear a wide-ranging conversation between Rabbi Angela Warnick

When Robin Meyerson picks up her phone these days, she never knows what kind of plea for help she will hear on the other end. Sometimes it's a state agency, sometimes it's a neighbor or friend of someone who has died alone. It is often someone seeking guidance and funds to ensure that a fellow Jew receives a proper Jewish burial.

When Charles Sidi launches a new episode of his real estate podcast, “Ride Around Arcadia,” he doesn't settle into a studio chair or lean toward a table microphone. Instead, he climbs onto a bespoke cruising bicycle mounted on a stationary platform, settles in front of a green screen and begins pedaling. As he chats with his weekly guest, the backdrop rolls through the sun-drenched streets of Arcadia, creating the uncanny sensation that the two are biking side by side through the neighborhood he loves most.

Rabbi Shmuel Tiechtel, director of Chabad at Arizona State University (ASU), sent a message to his email list of supporters soon after news broke of a deadly mass shooting on

On a Sunday evening in late January, Scottsdale's Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) will fill with the sound of piano music written by some of history's most enduring, and beloved, Jewish composers. The concert is designed to do more than entertain. Organizers hope it will knit together a Jewish community they feel has grown fragmented in recent years.

Former Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov stood before a crowd of 450 people at a Chabad of Paradise Valley-led event on Tuesday, Dec. 16, and introduced himself with words that carried the weight of 505 days in captivity.

Samara Kaplan, a Jewish sophomore at Rancho Solano Preparatory School in Scottsdale, has a calendar that already looks like a juggling act. Between a challenging academic course load, involvement in multiple clubs and playing volleyball, free time is a rare commodity. Yet Kaplan has added another big commitment: organizing a two-hour indoor cycling fundraiser to support rare cancer research.

On Sunday, Dec. 14, the Valley's Jewish community once again filled the Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion as Chanukah in Carefree marked its ninth year. Led since 2017 by Karen Acker, the eight-night celebration has grown into one of the Valley's most recognizable public Chanukah events, an annual tradition that blends music, food, storytelling and resilience.

Sivan Kobi is a social media and kosher-cooking star, with a podcast and more than a million Instagram followers. Next month, she will be sharing some of her recipes and