Rabbi Helen Cohn, spiritual leader of Tucson’s Congregation M’kor Hayim, speaks at her retirement party on May 4, 2025. Cohn will officially retire at the end of June. (Courtesy Congregation M’kor ...

University of Arizona Professor David Graizbord speaks on “Is Anti-Zionism Antisemitism?” on May 18 at Congregation Anshei Israel. On May 18, Congregation Ashei Israel volunteers scrambled to bring in ...

Jean Helene Glassberg died May 29, 2025, three weeks after her 88th birthday. She was born in the Bronx, New York. Her family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, for a healthier life for her brother, who ...

Four Tucson Jewish community professionals, Ital Ironstone and Nate Weisband of Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona, ...

The Tucson J International Film Festival is rapidly approaching its 35th year! Established over three decades ago, the festival has become a cornerstone cultural event for Tucson’s Jewish community as ...

Dr. Elyse Golob, director of development at Chabad Tucson, which oversees the Lamplighter School, noted the significance of ...

Talya Simha Fanger-Vexler & Melech Mizrachi were married at Tucson Hebrew Academy on August 18th, 2024 (Tu B’Av 5784). Talya Simha is a local Tucsonan and Melech Mizrachi is from Phoenix. Rabbi Shmuli ...

Adina Bar-El, Ph.D., a children’s book author from Hof Ashkelon, Israel, came to Tucson last week to talk about the power of stories — and ended up discovering tales of her own family’s past. On ...

Rachel Ashley Polsky, daughter of David and Tricia Polsky of Tucson, and Alex Thomas Brown, son of Thomas and Karla Brown and Mark and Lynne Gomez, all of Tucson, were married Nov. 4, 2018 at ...

Raquel Litin, daughter of Zora Litin and Brad Litin, and Edward Arriola, Jr., son of Sharon Bart and Edward Arriola, Sr., were married on Sunday, Dec. 9, the first day of Chanukah, by Rabbi Billy ...

Dr. Leonard Joffe, ophthalmologist and retina specialist, will present “Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Recent Advances in the Management of this Condition” at a Hadassah education meeting and ...

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 ...