The cover art for this year’s Resource Guide is titled “Tree of Life” by artist Osnat Tzadok. Osnat was born and raised in Israel and now lives in Canada, where she relocated with her family 22 years ago. A self-taught artist, Osnat creates abstract art with or without texture and with colorful or minimal color…
By Sherri Curley “Shalom Bayit” (Hebrew) or “Shlom Bayit” (Yiddish) is a Jewish value rooted in the Talmud. Roughly it translates as “peace in the home.” More specifically, peace via domestic harmony between spouses. Let’s look at it from a broader context. We build our nests to support us, a place to seek safety and…
Community is the primary organizing structure of Jewish life. Wherever Jews have lived, they have built synagogues, established communal organizations and communal governance systems. Beginning in the 1880s, people from the East Coast arrived in Arizona in hopes of a cure for their tuberculosis. During the mining boom in Tombstone in 1881, the first organized…
In Arizona, the first known Jewish settler was the German-born Nathan Benjamin Appel, who headed west from New York to St. Louis, then followed the Santa Fe Trail to New Mexico, then Mexico and arrived in Tucson in 1856. In 1858 he opened his Tubac store – one of the first in the Arizona Territory. The…
Jewish life revolves around the cycle of life. While daily spiritual living is cherished, it’s the unique moments that bring us together and remind us of what matters. In the Jewish tradition, lifecycle moments from birth to death carry specific rituals, most of which have been used for centuries. Following are the resources that will…
