“That’s the most off-the-wall thing I’ve ever heard.” Helmut Etzel’s mother on her wedding day. Her maiden name was Carmen Marina Rodriguez Perez Arango Mora. (Photo courtesy of Helmut Etzel) That was ...

The Tucson Jewish Community Center is proud to host former UA Women’s Basketball & Phoenix Mercury star, Sam Thomas, for the ...

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 ...

“Israel is forever changed after the attacks on October 7, 2023. What does the future hold for Israel and the Jewish people throughout the world?” asks Rabbi Sara Metz of Congregation Anshei Israel.

In 1936, on what was probably a rainy day in London, Sotheby’s held an auction for those papers. One would think such artifacts would draw a considerable crowd. One might not think, however, that down ...

Chazal, our sages, teach that often after having celebrated a holiday, we want to linger a few days, remaining in the essence of the holy day. Our days in Shushan have ended for this year, yet there ...

The following obituary was published in the Nogales International on August 6, 2021. Roberta Bracker Roberta N Bracker passed away peacefully on June 3, 2021, just one day shy of her 83rd birthday.

Sean Moss, Kol Ami Executive Director After a thorough search for a new Executive Director, the Kol Ami Board of Trustees announced the hiring of Sean Moss. Showcasing a 20-year breadth of global ...

Some men go fishing when they retire. Some play golf. When Wayne Gould sold his steel bar manufacturing company and retired, he opened a car museum. “It started out as a man cave in a smaller building ...

Local teens proudly represent the Tucson delegation during opening ceremonies at the 2024 JCC Maccabi Games (R) in Detroit. Hosting the 2025 JCC Maccabi Games and Access in Tucson this summer will be ...

Adina Bar-El, Ph.D., a children’s book author from Hof Ashkelon, Israel, came to Tucson last week to talk about the power of stories — and ended up discovering tales of her own family’s past. On ...