Ivan Arthur Moravec, son of Bryan Moravec and Meg Knight, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Feb. 14, 2026 at Kol Ami Synagogue.

Handmaker residents have been thrilled with the recent enhancements to their activity programs. New art classes and music therapy sessions are furthering the goal of enriching the lives of the older ...

Stanley Paul Abrams, 86, died Dec. 20, 2018. Mr. Abrams was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Jesse and Gustav Abrams. He received his bachelor’s degree from Ohio University and attended graduate school ...

Howard Polster passed away on Nov. 26, 2025, in Phoenix. Howard was born exactly two years before D-Day to Jerome I. and ...

Tempkin, 77, passed away on October 26, 2025 in Tucson, Arizona. Elissa was born on January 17, 1948 in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of Ruth (Piassick) Shavin and Samuel Joseph Shavin. Elissa ...

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, ...

Blake Zoey Belen, daughter of Megan and Cary Belen, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at Kol Ami Synagogue. Blake attends Orange Grove Middle School. She is an active ...

Nineteen years ago, Harold Grinspoon started PJ Library by sending books to families raising Jewish children in Massachusetts with the goal of sharing Jewish stories that empower families and inspire ...

Students work on a variety of projects in Tucson Hebrew Academy’s new Lions’ Discovery Den Maker Space This semester, Tucson Hebrew Academy opened the Lions’ Discovery Den, a new maker space designed ...

After Colton Zuckerman, a freshman at The Gregory School in Tucson, was diagnosed with leukemia in October, his family decided to encourage blood donations across the country. “Our goal is, by the end ...

On a recent return visit to Tucson, Adam Scott Bellos, founder of The Israel Innovation Fund, told the AJP it felt like “coming full circle for me.” Bellos says the unique Zionist nonprofit has its ...

The Advisory Council on Jewish American Affairs gathers for a group photograph with Gov. Katie Hobbs after a menorah lighting on Dec. 17. (Courtesy of Gov. Katie Hobbs Office) In August 2025, the Anti ...