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.

The rabbi, Cantor Jen Benray, and Cantorial Soloist Marjorie Hochberg served as his Beit Din (Hebrew for “house of judgment”) ...

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 ...

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 ...

Each year, the Association of Holocaust Organizations, an international network of more than 130 organizations, hosts a ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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