Many local congregations have chesed committees. Most also have social action committees. Broadly speaking, chesed committees ...

Hanukkah, Chanukah, Hanuka, Channukah, Hannukah — there are many ways to spell it and even more ways to celebrate the Festival of Lights in Tucson and Southern Arizona this year. The holiday begins ...

The Jewish History Museum will hold its seventh annual fall fundraiser next month, honoring Tucson’s Jewish mayors. Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, the current incumbent — and the city’s fifth Jewish mayor ...

Marc Blitzstein (1905–1964) was a groundbreaking American composer whose work reflected both his commitment to social justice and his rich musical heritage. Known for his versatility, Blitzstein made ...

TOREN TEVA WEBBER ROSENZWEIG, a Tucson native, son of Yvonne Webber and Dr. Ephron Rosenzweig, celebrated becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Sept. 3 at Congregation Beth Am in San Diego, Calif. He is ...

Judith Manelis, second from left; her daughter, Aliza Kaplan; mother, Mildred Manelis, and son, Seth Kaplan, with Lazarus (in wheelchair), circa 1980. The boy on the far left is a neighbor’s child.

During holiday musaf services at Congregation Anshei Israel, Jack, Alan and Ian Strauss ascend the bimah to recite the priestly blessing. As the son-in-law, grandson and great-grandson of the late ...

Some men go fishing when they retire. Some play golf. When Wayne Gould sold his steel bar manufacturing company and retired, he opened a car museum. “It started out as a man cave in a smaller building ...

Tucson Hebrew Academy will honor one of its founders, Bertie Levkowitz, at its 2019 Tikkun Olam Celebration next month. Daniel Asia, president of THA’s board of trustees, remembers meeting her back in ...

Posing at the University of Arizona Hillel Feb. 20, 2025, back row: State Rep. Justin Wilmeth, State Rep. Consuelo Hernandez, #EndJewHatred Director of Mobilization Adar Rubin, former State Rep.

Join Vice Chairman of the World Zionist Organization Dr. Yizhar Hess to discuss the roles American Jews can play in shaping Israel’s “Day After” – the Jewish state that will emerge after October 7. He ...

It was a sunny afternoon this May with temps in the ’90s, a preview of this month’s triple digit coming attractions. After lunch at a local café, I craved a dessert that was at once scrumptious and ...