My father was an emotional man who cried easily and was known in the family as a softy. He was exceptionally hard working and good hearted to a fault … attentive and solicitous of my grandmother who ...

Tucsonan Seth Schindler has pursued diverse occupations, including street peddler, strawberry picker, clam digger, lumberjack ...

Volunteers at Kol Ami Synagogue prepare supplies for Tucson Multi-Disciplinary Outreach Program (MDOT) care kits. From left, Sharon Schramer, Sydney Ruskin (Kol Ami program manager), Sadie Goldman, ...

The Lamplighter Chabad Day School of Tucson, which serves students from kindergarten through eighth grade, blends authentic Jewish traditions and customs with diverse academic subjects. Until recently ...

Leora Freedman, the author of four novels and numerous short stories that explore aspects of the Jewish experience, lives in Toronto. But back in the day, she was a student at the University of ...

A placard bearing an antisemitic and misogynistic slur was affixed to multiple campaign signs of Jewish elected official and candidate Alma Hernandez, in Tucson. In Tucson, campaign signs for a Jewish ...

(Jewniverse via JTA) — After Sir Isaac Newton died in 1727, his papers were given to the University of Cambridge. Valuing his scientific manuscripts most, the university eventually decided to auction ...

This story first appeared in Jewish News (greater Phoenix). Last month, 17 Arizona state representatives, seven Democrats and 10 Republicans, went to Israel to meet with Israeli business, military and ...

Each fall, the Southern Arizona Jewish community comes together to donate non-perishable food items, filling bins across local synagogues and Jewish agencies for the Project Isaiah High Holiday food ...

Lindsey Baker speaks at a University of Arizona event celebrating Donald Baker, MRED ’14, as the College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture 2026 Alumnus of the Year earlier this month.

Doug Levy stands outside his downtown Tucson office on July 31, 2025. Posters cover the holes created by rocks thrown through the window. (Photo: Facebook) Tucsonan Doug Levy and his wife, Nanci, ...

“Jerry” Jerome Sherwood Sonenblick, formerly of Tucson, passed away in Encinitas, California, on Sept. 8, 2019, after a protracted illness. He is survived by his daughter, Beth Blum and her husband, ...