In a little over two months, more than 1,500 Jewish teen athletes, coaches, and delegation heads will visit Tucson for the 2025 JCC Maccabi Games® & Access, which will be held July 27-Aug. 1. Many community members have answered the call to serve as hosts for the athletes, but more than 150 additional homes are needed. “The support to this point has been phenomenal,” says Todd Rockoff, president and CEO of the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Families who hosted 25… Read more »
The Greens — from left, Gabe, Ryan, Rachel, Jonathan, and Aaron — were hosts for the 2000 JCC Maccabi Games in Tucson, sparking a love of the Games that continues to this day, with Jonathan and Rachel co-chairing the 2025 athletics committee. (Photo courtesy Tucson J) Food for Thought: Hunger in Tucson
Last month, I went to the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona on South Country Club Road to drop off several bags of food. When I arrived, I realized that I had entered the wrong parking lot; it was for those seeking food. But before turning around, I sat… Read more »
The Claggett Family is All In for the 2025 JCC Maccabi Games
{L-R): Seton, Torin, Amity, and Debbie Claggett For the Claggett family, the Tucson J has always felt like home. Amity Claggett, a former ECE student and J-Care participant, represented Team Tucson at the 2024 JCC Maccabi Games® in Detroit. Her mother, Debbie, previously worked on staff. This year, in addition to Amity’s return as an athlete… Read more »
Tucson Hebrew Academy, Seen as Pillar of Jewish Community, Aims to Boost Enrollment
Johanna Shlomovich loves giving tours of Tucson Hebrew Academy. “I invite anybody and everybody to come for a tour. I will give a personal tour to anybody to come see the great work that we’re doing,” says Shlomovich, who became Head of School at THA in July 2021. She… Read more »
Lynn Davis Earns Master of Arts from Spertus
Congratulations to Lynn Davis, director of the Rabbi Joseph H. Gumbiner Community Action Project at the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center, for earning her Master of Arts in Jewish Professional Studies from the Spertus Institute. Davis completed the 18-month program along with a cohort of other Jewish professionals… Read more »
Local Women Graduate from Greater Tucson Leadership Program
Lindsey Baker, left, and Allyson Israel Congratulations to Lindsey Baker, nonprofit consultant, founder & principal of LR Baker Consulting, and Allyson Israel, entrepreneurship program manager, Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona, on their May 16 graduation from Greater Tucson Leadership’s Lead Tucson Class of 2025. Israel was selected as the 2025 class speaker. Both women are… Read more »
JFCS and Candlelighters Forge New Partnership to Support Families Facing Childhood Cancer
Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Southern Arizona has launched a significant new partnership with Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona. The partnership will combine resources to better serve local families affected by childhood cancer and blood disorders. The collaboration has already begun making an impact through emergency… Read more »
Handmaker, THA, and BBYO Celebrate the End of Another Year of Better Together
In the spirit of honoring their elders, engaging in hiddur p’nai zaken, teens from Tucson Hebrew Academy and BBYO have been meeting monthly with Handmaker residents since September as part of the Better Together intergenerational program. One Wednesday morning each month, residents eagerly waited in the Grand Foyer or… Read more »
Celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month at TJMHC
May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a time to elevate the significant contributions that Jews have made to American arts, music, business, science, education, and public service. At Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center, we use the intimate and heartfelt stories of Jews in our local community to proudly… Read more »
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- Emily McDonnell Named to JWA Writing Fellowship
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