We should be mad when our traditions are scorned

By Rabbi Irwin Wiener, Guest Columnist First – animals get mad, people get angry. In this instance however, perhaps the right terminology is MAD....

Salvation, Redemption Are Reasons For Holidays

By Rabbi Irwin Wiener Guest Writer If our lives have been blessed, the way to say “thank you” is with responsible conduct. Additionally, this...

Forgiveness Helps Get Our Spiritual House In Order

By Rev Susan Wilmot Guest Writer Perhaps, like me, you experience a kind of reverse pole effect living here in the Valley. There’s something about...

Two Holidays Give Us Chance To Show Gratitude

By Rabbi Irwin Wiener Guest Writer November is truly a remarkable time of the year. Remarkable because we celebrate and commemorate two important...

St. Mary Basha Student Meets The Pope, Gets Ride With Him

By Paul Maryniak Executive Editor A fall-break trip to Italy earlier this month left a 12-year-old Ahwatukee girl with a lifelong memory that wowed...