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

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

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

Cellist Julian Schwarz made his performance debut at the age of nine, playing composer Max Bruch’s Kol Nidrei at the ...

Longtime Southern Arizona Jewish community member Boris Kozolchyk was recently nominated for a Nobel Prize for his extensive work addressing international economic justice. Among the distinguished ...

A son, Shalom Dovber Shanowitz, was born Sept. 9 to Sarah and Shmulie Shanowitz of Tucson. Shalom joins his siblings, Risha and Mushka. Grandparents are Rabbi David and Mrs. Chanie Kugel of Brooklyn, ...

Collin Finkelstein, a participant in the Tucson Jewish Community Center’s Taglit day program for young adults with disabilities, enjoys spending time with therapy dogs from the Lapan Sunshine ...

Each fall, the Southern Arizona Jewish community comes together to donate non-perishable food items, filling bins across local synagogues and Jewish agencies for the Project Isaiah High Holiday food ...

The Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona honors the generous individuals and families whose visionary philanthropy is helping sustain our community through funded endowments now and for ...

On Sunday, April 27, at this year’s Southern Arizona Yom HaShoah Commemoration, we will come together as a community to commemorate 80 years since the end of the Holocaust. As in years past, we will ...

Roberta N Bracker passed away peacefully on June 3, 2021, just one day shy of her 83rd birthday. She succumbed to a spirited battle with Parkinson’s disease. Roberta’s childhood nickname ‘Birdie’ ...

Fall can be a busy time of year with kids heading back to school, the High Holy Days, and for gardeners, fall planting. Fall is an ideal time to plant many things, especially trees. Which tree? The ...