Dee Berisha A very special monthly Women On Our Own (WOOO) dining experience takes place on the second Saturday of each month. It is devoted to dining “close to SaddleBrooke” or in SaddleBrooke to reduce driving in the dark as well as patronizing dining venues in our close proximity. One of these venues that have…
B’nai MidBar News Melanie Einbund From Our President, Joy Erickson A beloved congregant and community leader Esta Goldstein is preparing to move back east after 30 years in Tucson. Her contributions to both the Jewish and broader Tucson communities are immeasurable. Intelligent, compassionate, and dedicated, Esta helped form Congregation B’nai Midbar and remains a treasured mentor.…
Suzanne Marlatt Stewart SaddleBrooke Sacred Circle This renewed format is designed for a meaningful and heart-centered experience, including prayer and meditation, a short inspirational message, and time for deepening discussion. It’s an opportunity to pause, reconnect spiritually, and engage in uplifting conversation in a welcoming community setting. Whether you have joined us before or this…
David Zapatka Reader and pickleball player Cindy Schwarzkopf wrote, “I am with SunBird Hikers, and we went to the Copper Mine tour at Bisbee. Very, very interesting story. It was incredible! I was reminded of the word ‘slavering’ from reading Wuthering Heights, which was written in the mid-1800s and is probably now an archived word.…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg It was early August, in Ohio, and the dog days of summer were upon us. Warm breezes swept over farm fields, while huge red barns, advertising Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco, held sway over acres of sweet corn and soybeans. My husband and I were living in a small town on the…
(And why, despite it all, I still do what I do) Dear Friends, Confessions are hard. But this one might change how you think about your health and your future. I wasn’t born healthy. I was the scrawny, sickly kid always trying to “feel normal.” That frustration became a lifelong obsession with the human body,…