Jessica Elisheva Emerson is happy her smart, steamy first novel, “Olive Days,” made the Los Angeles Daily News and Jewish Book Council summer reading lists, even though the book won’t be published ...

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 ...

Shockwaves were sent throughout the Tucson community on Jan. 18 following the death of local businessman and philanthropist Donald Baker, 59, co-owner of commercial real estate firm Larsen Baker L.L.C ...

Dozens of Tucson Jewish community members fanned out across the city on Jan. 20 for a Day of Chesed. Chesed means “kindness” in Hebrew. Volunteers participated in various service projects, such as ...

(L-R): Caitlyn Lowy, Emily Richman, and Linda Scheu play mah jongg at the 2023 Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona Mahj & Mitzvahs event. Jewish women across America have long embraced mah jongg ...

(Jewniverse via JTA) — Jews from Denmark first arrived on the white beaches of what is now St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands — a tiny speck off the coast of Puerto Rico — in the mid-17th century. These ...

(L-R): Susan-Marie Flanigan, Susan Cohn, Pat Eisenberg, and Ty Condon during their B’nai Mitzvah ceremony at Tucson’s Kol Ami Synagogue, May 18, 2024. Photo courtesy of Ray Cleveland Photography.

In response, JPSA has established a Center for Jewish Resilience (CJR).

Susan Kovitz (left) and Susan Claassen rehearse ‘Look Ma, We’re Dancing,’ premiering at The Invisible Theatre. (Tim Fuller) The Invisible Theatre will stage the world premiere of Janet Neipris’ “Look ...

The scandal engulfing media giant Rupert Murdoch, shown speaking May 24, 2011 in Paris at a gathering of Internet and digital industry leaders, is causing anxiety among some Jewish leaders over the ...

Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center is thrilled to announce a new initiative, the Rabbi Joseph H. Gumbiner Community Action Project. Inspired by the social activism of one of Tucson’s founding ...

Maureen and Sandy Salz in front of Magen David Adom MICU Thanks to Sandy and Maureen Salz of Oro Valley, a new MICU (mobile intensive care unit) for Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency medical ...