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

As a parent, a Tucson Hebrew Academy board member, and a proud member of this community, I’ve seen firsthand how Jewish education shapes not only our children’s minds but also their hearts. When my ...

B’nai B’rith Strauss Manor requests donations of DVDs/Blu-Rays and art supplies to occupy residents during the coronavirus pandemic. The Gerd and Inge Strauss Manor is a federally assisted ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) –Twenty-five years ago, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the 92-year-old Lubavitcher Rebbe, succumbed to his many ailments and died, to the horror of his Hasidim. Since suffering the first ...

Donna Moser, a Lion of Judah member for 23 years, will be honored with the prestigious Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award at the 2022 International Lion of Judah Conference, December 11-13, in Phoenix. The ...

International chef and author Debbie Matzkin says she was born “in a palace of shadows.” “My family lived in a world of elegance and affluence,” she told almost 300 women gathered March 2 at Tanque ...

Oy, the drama of heterosexual friendships! You know, since Moses parted the Red Sea, the issue of male-female friendship has plagued humankind. And back then, just as it is now, men and women see it ...

Each year, in addition to showcasing a diverse selection of films spanning genres, countries, languages, and narratives, the festival offers engaging programming that ensures the stories stay with you ...

The Tucson Jewish Community Center’s Camp J — the only day camp in town accredited by the American Camping Association — is gearing up for summer with a new director, Josh Shenker; 11 specialty camps, ...

Some 400 people filled the Tucson Jewish Community Center ballroom to hear Rabbi Joseph Telushkin discuss his New York Times best-seller, “Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham, shown attending Independence Day celebrations at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, in July 2011, has authored a resolution that would make an Iranian nuclear capability a ...

Rabbi Elijah Schochet (left) and Rabbi Avraham Alpert at Alpert’s ordination, May 29, 2017. Rabbi Elijah Schochet will return to Congregation Bet Shalom as scholar-in-residence March 16-17, with a ...