14 JANUARY 8, 2016 JEWISH NEWS JEWISHAZ.COM

Where’s your Jewish News?Marilyn, left, and Joel Zolondek brought their Jewish News to the Associacao Religiosa Israelita in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. Photo courtesy of Joel Zolondek

December mitzvahTwelve Temple Chai families brought and served breakfast on Dec. 25 at the Watkins Overflow Shelter. The effort was coordinated by Sandy Flayton and Nanci Walker. In back, from left, are Joey House, Jordan Brooks, Jacob Cohen, Abrie Berkowitz, Ethan Blyn and Dylan Bachus. In front, from left, are Cameron Brooks and Dylan Brooks. Photo courtesy of Andrea Cohen

Ladies’ nightMembers of the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix Women’s Philanthropy Pearl Society gather for an evening at Allstate Appliances in Scottsdale that included a cooking demonstration by Chef Lisa Rotmil and a dinner. Pictured, from left, are Robin Loeb, director of Women’s Philanthropy and donor relations; Jill Sandler, WP board member; Julee Landau Shahon, WP chair; Natalie Stern, event co-chair; Chef Lisa Rotmil; Laurie Schwartz, event co-chair; Susan Sacks; and Terri Jonas, WP board member.

Photo courtesy of Laura Toussaint-Newkirk

Where’s your Jewish News?Ferne Avery checks out the Jewish News at Templo Beth-Shalom in Havana, Cuba. Photo courtesy of Ferne Avery

Meal of honorMikhail Maksumov, left, speaks during a melava

malka he hosted at Young Israel of Phoenix in honor

of the yahrzeit of Rabbi Yossi Bryski’s grandfather.

Attendees ate kosher fried chicken.

Photo by Hershl Weberman

Out and About

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Rally for educationRabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, president and dean of Valley Beit Midrash, third from left, and Rabbi Dean Shapiro of Temple Emanuel of Tempe, second from right, participate in a Dec. 15 interfaith rally at the State Capitol in support of Arizona public education. Photo by Hershl Weberman