Walking through the iconic main gate of Auschwitz. In January, I traveled with thirty-five of my colleagues in Holocaust education to Poland for the 80 th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

For Jeff Artzi, it’s all about engagement. And hard work. And fun. Artzi, a Jewish community volunteer for more than 30 years, was installed as the chair of Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona ...

This story first appeared in Jewish News (greater Phoenix). Last month, 17 Arizona state representatives, seven Democrats and 10 Republicans, went to Israel to meet with Israeli business, military and ...

The recent commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day gave us the opportunity to remember the 6 million Jews and millions of others murdered by the Nazis and to reaffirm our commitment ...

The 2019 Jewish Latino Teen Coalition with Congressman Raúl Grijalva in Washington, D.C. The Jewish Latino Teen Coalition extends its most heartfelt condolences regarding the passing of Congressman ...

Tucson-native and UArizona student, David Lex, wrote a longform article about the life of Rabbi Philip Lewkowicz, known to our community affectionately as “Rabbi Billy,” for his journalism class. In ...

Cantorial Soloist Nichole Chorny has had a love for Judaism and Jewish music for almost as long as she can remember. “I always had a sense of belonging and connection to the Jewish community,” Chorny ...

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 ...

When Josephine Marcus ran away from home in 1880, it is hard to imagine just how shocked her California-based parents must have felt. Teenage Josephine dreamt of becoming an actress and a dancer.

Ironically, the Chabad Tucson incident happened the same day the Anti-Defamation League released its Annual Audit of ...

Pastner is the son of Hal Pastner, a prominent AAU Basketball Coach in the Houston area. Sensing that his future was more ...

My mother, Mildred Harris (known as “Millie”), came from a religious, Jewish immigrant family that settled in the small New ...