MARCH 2014 THE JEWISH LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE FOR ARIZONA NEW INSIDE! Kids & Teens too SPECIAL CAMP SECTION Local Chefs Tantalize Tastebudsyour AR IZONA JEWISH LIFE | MARCH 2014 3 Inside March 2014/ Adar I-II 5774 | Volume 2/Issue 7 J Kids & Teens too 47-63 Positive Peer Pressure ..................................................…………………………………………48 The benefits of overnight and day camps....................……………………………………………50 School news ………………………………….…………….…………………………………………………51 Meet Camp Stein Director Brian Mitchell……………………………………………………………..52 Sports and Judaism meet at new residential camp…………………………………………………54 Create lifetime memories at camp………………………………………………………………………56 Pioneers needed recreation too………………………………………………………………………….58 Unplug and Reconnect…………………………………….……………………………………………….59 Sometimes kids mean exactly what they say…………………………………………………………60 Events for kids and teens…………………………………………………………………………………..62 Features COVER STORIES: FOOD Executive Chef Charlie Kassels .................................……………………………………………..15 Sous Chef Sacha Levine……………….....................………………………………………………….16 Tucson Pastry Chef Marianne Banes….…………….………………………………………………….18 Culinary teacher Bruce Sandground……………………………………………………………………20 15 Chocolatier Sue Berliner…………………………..……………………………………………………….21 Bilingual nutritionist Debbie Polisky……………………………………………………………………22 Cake artist Eleonora Levinson……………………..……………………………………………………..23 Pairing food and wine………………………………..……………………………………………………..24 Who would you invite to dinner?...........................…………………………………………………25 Keeping Kosher ………………………………………………………………………………………………26 Gifts of food for Purim……………………………….……………………………………………………..28 WDJPE? Beckett’s Table………………………….………………………………………………………..30 UPFRONT Personal touches enhance elder care...........................……………………………………………8 BUSINESS Tucson life coach Molly Eglin …………….....................……………………………………………..11 Ins & Outs of Business ..................................................…………………………………………12 SENIORS Oskar Knoblauch knows the Golden Rule...............………………………………………………..34 Seniors keep teacher on his toes…….. ..................………………………………………………..36 Food supplement may aid brain…………………….…………………………………………………..38 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Tucson’s Brandeis Chapter hosts four authors.....…………………………………………………..39 Phoenix Brandeis book event a legend ......................…………………………………………….40 Consortium founder dreams of Arizona Arts Center ……….……………………………………..42 My Buddy comes to Tucson………..………………………………………………………………………44 56 SINGLES Being single again has its benefits…………..………………………………………………………….45 Single profiles…………………………………….…………………………………………………………..46 ISRAEL Peres and students set a world record………………………………………………………………….64 Celebrity heroes………………………………………….…………………………………………………..65 Columns Connect 25 Soundbites 66 Happenings: Faces 26 To Life by Amy Hirshberg Lederman 68 Happenings: Previews 28 Chef’s Corner by Lucia Schnitzer 70 Happenings: Calendar 30 Where Do Jewish People Eat? By A. Noshman COVER PHOTO: Chef Charlie Kassels 32 Fashionista by Kira Brown by Matthew Strauss 60 Family Time by Debra Rich Gettleman 64 An American in Israel by Mylan Tanzer CORRECTION: Senior author Leon Gildin’s name was misspelled in the February Arizona Jewish Life. 34 R4 MA CH 2014 | ARIZONA JEWISH LIFE Editor’s Letter Food is such an integral part of Jewish roots in the Jewish Shabbat? Read all about it in J Kids. culture, that this month we devoted not just our While it’s healthy to take a day to unplug from technology and cover story, but an entire section to the topic reconnect with family and friends face to face, we recognize that that nearly everyone loves. We have highlighted technology can be a great way to connect to family and friends who chefs, bakers and other culinary mavens as they live too far away to see regularly. Facebook and other social media are share their views on food, wine, restaurants and ideal ways to share your children’s latest achievements. In future issues cooking. of J Kids & Teens too, we invite parents to share those cute moments Arizona Jewish Life introduces two exciting or astute observations with Arizona’s Jewish community. Just email me additions this month. ([email protected]) funny or insightful comments Long-time Phoenix resident from your kids, along with photos, and we’ll share them in and award-winning Jewish journalist Leni Reiss has future issues. joined our staff as a contributing editor. In addition to Although my sons are now grown, I well remember contributing interesting features, Leni will be out and the delight or horror of hearing my child share a truth about in the community taking photographs at events unencumbered by the perceived limitations of society. I refer for our FACES pages, seeking answers to each month’s to horror in the sense of embarrassment when that truth Soundbites question and finding out what folks in the was regarding a nearby adult – like the time my first-grader Jewish community want to know more about. asked loudly, “Mommy, why does that man want to die?” We are excited to have her on board. Check out As I sat momentarily stunned, he added, “Smoking kills our BIZ Ins & Outs pages for more details of Leni’s people.” (OK, so maybe I hammered on the anti-smoking noteworthy career. We’re so glad she decided to join us! message pretty hard when they were young, but neither of Second, this month we debut our expanded coverage my sons smoke!) for kids, teens and their parents. We hope you’ll Nowadays as empty-nesters, we rely on our 3-year-old find our new “J Kids & Teens too” section a valuable golden retriever Ajax (named for the Greek hero, not the resource. The debut section features a special coverage of camp options cleanser) to provide comic relief, and occasionally good advice! Here’s a for the coming summer. With spring break this month, summer photo of our proud boy reminding us what is important in life (and no, vacation is just around the corner, and so are some of the camps we didn’t stage this – we simply gave him an empty Cheerios box to we feature. This month, we also look at an anti-bullying program play with, and he tore it up and then paraded around with this piece). developed by a local Jewish teenager. Matthew Kaplan encourages I’m sharing my photo to inspire you to share yours. middle schoolers to use positive peer pressure and teamwork to build a culture of respect, acceptance and support. On another note, did you know that the National Day of Unplugging (from technology) has its AR IZONA JEWISH LIFE | MARCH 2014 5 THE JEWISH LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE FOR ARIZONA The market is up over 20%. 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