Most Jews in Southern Arizona say their Jewishness is meaningful to them. They have Jewish friends. They know where to find Jewish life if they look for it. Nearly half say they want to be ...

Some years ago, while working in Jewish communal service, I decided to go back to school and get a social work degree.  I had ...

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 ...

Although it’s been around for 37 years and currently has over 200 members, the Desert Caucus has a reputation as the best-kept secret in Tucson’s Jewish community. President Chuck Gannon would like to ...

The Free Loan serves people of all faiths across Southern Arizona, as it has since its founding in 1947, providing interest-free loans of up to $7,500 for a variety of needs, such as home or auto ...

Eve Edwards and Joshua Edwards welcome their son Benjamin Wade Edwards, born on Dec. 20, 2025 in Tucson, Arizona. Benjamin is the grandson of Dan and Carolee Asia, Walter and Olga Edwards, and Sandra ...

I’m sitting down to write my final communication as Southern Arizona’s senior community shlicha, and I honestly can’t believe ...

This is the final part of a series on the Jewish agency volunteers who received 2018 Special Recognition Awards at the Jewish Community Awards Celebration, held May 10. Lynda Rogoff Lunda Tumarkin The ...

Martin (Marty) Victor Drozdoff said, “Hasta la vista!” to his body at age 78 on Jan. 14, 2026. He valiantly fought idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis for eleven years, which was many years longer than ...

Benjamin Ball, an 18-year-old senior outfielder at Hamilton High School in Chandler, starts each day by wrapping tefillin ...

Vivian Hanley will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on May 2, 2026,  at Kol Ami Synagogue. She is the daughter of Todd and ...