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.

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 ...

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

University of Arizona senior left-handed pitcher Eric Orloff, shown pitching against Cincinnati in March, helped lead the Wildcats to their 19th College World Series appearance this month. (Photo by ...

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 ...

“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 ...

On Sunday, April 27, at this year’s Southern Arizona Yom HaShoah Commemoration, we will come together as a community to commemorate 80 years since the end of the Holocaust. As in years past, we will ...

JPSA young leadership volunteers and Handmaker residents with the boxes of school supplies they packed for Homer Davis Elementary School, June 1, 2025 (Photo courtesy JPSA) Volunteering is ...

Did you know that every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood? It’s vital for surgeries, cancer treatments, chronic conditions, and emergency care. Whether it’s whole blood, red cells, ...

University of Arizona Professor David Graizbord speaks on “Is Anti-Zionism Antisemitism?” on May 18 at Congregation Anshei Israel. On May 18, Congregation Ashei Israel volunteers scrambled to bring in ...

Allan Gorbakovsky Sometimes a Jewish ritual object takes on a life of its own. It can trace the history of an entire family, even an entire portion of the Jewish people. When that object is returned ...