Additionally, in late October, JPSA’s Young Men’s group will bring their families and friends to Handmaker for a post-Shabbat ...

For over 60 years, Handmaker has made it possible for residents, along with family and friends, to enjoy kosher holiday meals and holiday services at Handmaker. For more than half of that time, Mel ...

Susan Kasle is vice president of community services at Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Southern Arizona, which coordinates services for Holocaust survivors living in Southern Arizona. For Kasle ...

Photo: Rabbi Avi Alpert officiates at the wedding of Neshama and Laif Madson on Nov. 17, 2024. (Photo courtesy Congregation Bet Shalom) Tucson’s Congregation Bet Shalom has quadrupled in size since ...

Chris Tanz passed away at her home on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. Chris was a Holocaust survivor and a past board member of ...

Many Tucsonans are surprised to learn that the Jewish community sponsors not one but two nationally recognized independent housing communities for low and very low income seniors: B’nai B’rith ...

Liora Lee Abrams Dunn will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah at Kol Ami Synagogue on Saturday, October 18, 2025. She is the ...

Rabbi Sara Metz will be only the fourth rabbi to lead Congregation Anshei Israel in its 90-year history when she takes up the reins July 1. “That’s so very exciting,” she says, acknowledging it is ...

Jessica Elisheva Emerson is happy her smart, steamy first novel, “Olive Days,” made the Los Angeles Daily News and Jewish Book Council summer reading lists, even though the book won’t be published ...

Despite his global travels, Tucson has remained a meaningful and beloved place for Alterowitz and his family. He and his wife ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — In a country always on guard to prevent the next tragedy born of terrorism or war, an out-of-control forest fire was the culprit in a tragic bus incident that left some 40 people ...

For the ninth year, people of all ages and abilities are invited to hit the trail with the Tucson J, kicking off the season ...