Participants enjoy an art class at the Fall 2024 AgeWell Day. (Photo: JPSA) AgeWell Day returns Sunday, October 25, with new classes and an expanded resource fair for adults 60 and over.… Read more »
Jewish Family and Children's Services kicks off 5787 with recurring and new fall events, including AgeWell Day.… Read more »
Liza Rosenberg (left) and Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona Young Women's Cabinet Co-Chair Melissa Landau at the YWC retreat held Aug. 21-22, 2026.
Young Leaders of Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona find community, friendship and purpose at JPSA retreats.… Read more »
The dedication of Tifereth Israel in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on Sept. 14, 1924. Tifereth Israel continues to serve New Bedford’s Jewish community, albeit in a new location. A personal reflection on High Holiday memories, starting with the 1924 dedication of a synagogue in New Bedford, Massachusetts.… Read more »
Copy of Sukkot FB - 1 Sukkot celebrations across Southern Arizona for the Festival of Booths, which runs from September 25 to October 2, 2026.… Read more »
Felice Lehr Capin, born in New York in 1933, died August 27, 2026, surrounded by her loving family.… Read more »
Early Childhood Education students at the Tucson Jewish Community Center learn about Hanukkah Part of a series on Jewish early childhood education at the Tucson J, showing how the centers open a gateway into Jewish life.… Read more »
UA Hillel kicks off the fall semester with new and returning students and a new academic year on campus.… Read more »
The annual Project Isaiah food and fund drive runs September 4 to October 17 and supports the Community Food Bank.… Read more »
Handmaker and Congregation Eshel Avraham in Tucson have a long collaboration, including Shabbat dinners.… Read more »
Carla Hinton, 74, an artist and advocate for social justice, died July 20, 2026, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.… Read more »
BBYO held a “Global Shabbat” event at the Tucson Jewish Museum and Holocaust Center in December 2025, its third annual event at the museum. (Photo courtesy Davis Hubbell) Jewish youth groups in Tucson offer teens a place to belong, explore their identity and build leadership skills.… Read more »
Marcia in the community garden on Manhattan’s West Side where she had a plot. (Photo: Judith Manelis)
A personal reflection on sadness and relief in mourning, written after a message from Marcia's husband.… Read more »
Local eighth grader Eithan Moss takes third place at the RTX Invention Convention with his Cooling Box.… Read more »
Amrit Levi Gibbons becomes a Bar Mitzvah on August 22, 2026, at Kol Ami Synagogue.… Read more »
Kim Klett speaks at the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center educators’ conference on July 21, 2026. Klett was TJMHC’s 2021 Educator of the Year.
The Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center's educators' conference on teaching the Holocaust and other genocides, July 21, 2026.… Read more »
Tucson J Early Childhood Education students plant seeds in the Shay-Shay Community Garden with teacher Demaris Weitzel (Photo: Tucson J) Part of a series on Jewish early childhood education, showing how the Sheva Framework shapes the Tucson J's classrooms.… Read more »
Judith Manelis blesses the Shabbat candles at Kol Ami Synagogue on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Photo: Stephen Shawl)
Judith Manelis reflects on turning 88, feeling youthful, and the aches and pains that come with age.… Read more »
Hebrew High returns to Southern Arizona this fall as a weekly Jewish learning and belonging program for grades 8 to 12.… Read more »
Tucsonan Seth Schindler is featured in the collection Manna Songs: Stories of Jewish Culture and Heritage.… Read more »
