Mala Blomquist

Community banks represent 90% of all banks operating in the United States, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Unlike “big” banks that may take deposits in one state

Ryan Lavarnway started playing baseball when he was 5 years old, attended Yale University, where he set National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) records for batting and slugging percentages, won the

If Blake Flayton had been asked what it meant to be Jewish when he was growing up in Scottsdale, he probably would have responded with the phrase “tikkun olam,” or

Toward the end of 2019, Michael Stavros, M Culinary Concepts’ vice president of business development, reached out to Susan and Saville Levy, owners of Simply Scrumptious Catering.

Women who dared to enter the old boys’ club of Wall Street from the 1950s through Sept. 11, 2001; two fierce women who brought the fight for reproductive rights to

Women who dared to enter the old boys’ club of Wall Street from the 1950s through Sept. 11, 2001; two fierce women who brought the fight for reproductive rights to

Ashira Rosen’s fourth-grade daughter, Mimi, told her mom she wanted to look at camps that offered “horseback riding and community service” when they attended the JKids & Teens Expo on

The first Jewish camps sprouted up amid the larger organized camping movement in America during the end of the 19th century. By the mid-1920s, hundreds of camps had opened in

Growing up on Long Island in the 1950s, Stephen Schwartz took piano lessons like many of his peers. But unlike his friends, his parents knew Broadway composer George Kleinsinger, best

There is no question that the Arizona Diamondbacks are having a great season. They are currently ranked second in the National League West, and the crowd of more than 29,000

It’s no surprise that traveling together as a group brings people closer. That’s what happened to the participants of the men’s mission trip to Israel at the end of 2019,

When Jewish Mayor Kate Gallego addressed the crowd at the ribbon cutting in April 2022 for Hospice of the Valley’s Dementia Care and Education Campus (DCEC) in Phoenix, she shared

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 2021, about 23.9 million people had been victims of identity theft during the prior 12 months. Identity theft occurs when someone pretends

The late Lee Berk, who passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 21, 2023, dedicated his entire career to music and music education. Wherever he and his wife, Susan, settled — Boston,

With more than 500 productions under his belt, M. Seth Reines will direct Disney’s “Beauty and The Beast Live in Concert” at the Chandler Center for the Arts on March

Whether you are a classical music connoisseur or your only exposure to the genre is recognizing the opening bars of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, Jeffrey Siegel’s “Keyboard Conversations” has something

There are many reasons why retired people want to downsize or move into a smaller home. Often, they are empty nesters and no longer need the space as when they

According to the American Camp Association timeline of summer camps, Jewish Community Center (JCC) day camps began to expand after World War II, just at the time that many Jewish

After celebrating her 30th anniversary with HMA Public Relations this summer, Abbie S. Fink was promoted to president, following the announcement that Scott Hanson, the agency’s current president, will retire

On Oct. 26, Scottsdale Arts and the city of Scottsdale celebrated the 50th anniversary of “Windows to the West” by artist Louise Nevelson, the first large-scale piece in the city’s