Uri Sharon speaks at the 'Kindling Hope' event hosted by the Weintraub Israel Center, a program of Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona and the Tucson Jewish Community Center, to mark the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

Uri Sharon, Soldier and Artist, Explores Grief, Innocence at 10/7 Event

October 11, 2026 / Phyllis Braun, AJP Feature Writer

The third anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel is a memorial for those murdered and taken hostage, but it is also much more, Hava Leipzig Holzhauer, president and CEO of Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona, said at the start of “Kindling Hope,” the community’s commemorative event hosted by the Weintraub Israel Center, a program of Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona and the Tucson Jewish Community Center, held Wednesday evening. The days since Oct. 7, 2023, have also become… Read more »

Where Southern Arizona Candidates Stand on Antisemitism, in Their Own Words

October 6, 2026 /

Southern Arizona General Election 2026 Jewish Voters’ Guide. General Election Day: Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Ahead of the 2026 general election on Nov. 3, JPSA’s Center for Jewish Resilience asked every candidate for a locally elected race the same four questions about their priorities for the office they seek and how they would prevent and respond to antisemitism within the authority of that office.… Read more »

Marching Into History

October 1, 2026 / Judith Manelis, Special to the AJP

Judith Manelis

Judith Manelis recalls the 1973 Jewish Feminist Conference in New York, which drew 500 women from across the country.… Read more »

TTC Plans “Pink & Purpose” Panel Discussion Highlighting Cancer Awareness

September 28, 2026 / Rochie Leiter, LCSW, Director of TTC Tribe

(L-R:) Lindsey Baker, Alexa Cook, and Rina Fox will be the panelists for TTC Tribe's "Pink and Purpose" event.

Tucson Torah Center's TTC Tribe hosts a Pink & Purpose panel on women's health and cancer awareness on Tuesday, October 6.… Read more »

Tucson Hebrew Academy Begins 53rd School Year with Cognia Reaccreditation

September 23, 2026 / Allison Weiss, THA Director of Admissions and Advancement

Smiling kindergarten boys wearing kippahs and girls sit on steps.

Kindergarten students gather in Tucson Hebrew Academy's outdoor learning space to celebrate Elul with the special tradition of shofar blowing. (Photo courtesy THA)

Tucson Hebrew Academy begins its 53rd school year with Cognia reaccreditation and a celebration of Elul.… Read more »

Learn About Birds, Minerals, Judaica and Classical Music at Handmaker This Season

September 23, 2026 / Nanci Levy, Handmaker Community Outreach Coordinator

Handmaker's season of lectures and talks covers birding, minerals, Judaica and classical music.… Read more »

TJMHC Gallery Chat to Highlight Nazi Looting

September 23, 2026 / Phyllis Braun, AJP Feature Writer

Interior of a church piled high with crates and bundles of looted items, dwarfing a soldier standing in their midst.

German loot stored in a church at Ellingen, Germany, found by troops of the U.S. Third Army, April 24, 1945. (Photo: National Archives RG 111-SC-204899)

Emily Hager of the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center leads a gallery chat on Nazi looting of art.… Read more »