Rabbi Kleinman Growing up in Tucson, Alanna “Lonnie” Kleinman did not know any female rabbis or any religious leaders who identified as LGTBQ. Now Kleinman is joining a much more diverse rabbinate, ...

Tally Levin with an order from Mae’s Handmaker has been providing kosher meals to its residents and the community for 60 years. With the limited options for kosher dining in Tucson, Handmaker has also ...

Bruce Jacobson (left), Mike Jacobson (right) I recently returned from two weeks in Krakow, Poland, volunteering with the team at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Krakow in their terrific effort to ...

The sale of Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging to MED Healthcare Partners was finalized on January 26, 2021. The name of the organization will not change with the sale, nor will its commitment to ...

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 ...

JFG Co-Presidents Eileen Zelmanow (left) and Sandy Rosen with the Hanukkah gifts. More than 90 residents and guests took part in a Hanukkah celebration and dinner for Saddlebrooke’s Jewish Friendship ...

Collin Finkelstein, a participant in the Tucson Jewish Community Center’s Taglit day program for young adults with disabilities, enjoys spending time with therapy dogs from the Lapan Sunshine ...

The University of Arizona Hillel Foundation awarded Olivia Mitchel, a third-year medical student at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, the Shirley D. Curson Medical Student ...

One friend told me last year that she could never afford health insurance and worked full-time until she was 75. She was rarely ill. But since she stopped working, her health has been a challenge. She ...

Chaim Grade On Wednesday, Feb. 26, The New York Times ran a front-page article by Joseph Berger entitled “A Discovery of Lost Pages Brings to Light a ‘Last Great Yiddish Novel.’” The article detailed ...

Rabbi Yeshaya Levin leads a prayer minyan at Tucson Torah Center. Rabbi Yehuda Palgon, the center’s outreach director, is third from left. Photo: tucsontc.org In August 2023, six young rabbis, recent ...