The people who asked would then bless the bereaved, the sick, and the bereft, saying, “May God comfort you,” or “May you be wrapped in the embrace of this community,’” says Brous, the founding and ...

Leonard Hammer with University of Arizona study abroad students at the Israeli parliament building, the Knesset, in Jerusalem, in 2018. Photo courtesy David Graizbord The University of Arizona will ...

Rabbi Yeshaya Levin leads a prayer minyan at Tucson Torah Center. Rabbi Yehuda Palgon, the center’s outreach director, is third from left. Photo: tucsontc.org In August 2023, six young rabbis, recent ...

Southern Arizona residents looking for Kosher options during the High Holidays and year round have a variety of options. The following are a list of stores or methods of acquiring Kosher food in ...

Charles H. (“Chuckles”) Whitehill passed away on July 5, 2022. Chuck was a longtime Tucsonan and dedicated member of the Jewish community since arriving as a freshman at the University of Arizona (UA) ...

Tucson Birthright Israel travelers, from left, Charlie Block, Maddy Barrow, Morghan Sonderer, Rayna Schwartz, Milena Starobinskaya, and Eli Soyfer at the Netiv HaAsara Path to Peace wall. Wildcats go ...

Tucson’s Jewish community has long been deemed “mid-sized” by Jewish Federations of North America, the umbrella group for almost 150 Jewish Federations. That designation is borne out by the divergent ...

Maxwell Ezra Greenberg will be the inaugural scholar-in-residence at the Jewish History Museum, beginning in January. “Greenberg’s work, which focuses on Jewish encounters and intersections with what ...

Jim Stuehringer passed away on June 29, 2024, surrounded by loving family and friends after a battle with dementia. He was born in Akron, Ohio on August 19,1948 to Flo and Chuck Stuehringer. After ...

What comes to mind when you think of a parade? Music, dancing, fanciful clothing, even a float or two? A Pride parade is all that and more: it marks an exuberant and enthusiastic celebration for and ...

NEW YORK (JTA) — Voters who have their hearts set on supporting a left-wing secular Jew running an insurgent campaign still have a candidate. Jill Stein, the 2012 Green Party candidate, is making ...