After an extensive and rigorous search, the Board of Directors of the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center is pleased to announce that Lori Shepherd has accepted the position of Executive Director, effective March 16, 2022. Lori is the former Executive Director of the El Paso Holocaust Museum & Study Center. When Lori and her…
Features Presentations by Father Patrick Desbois and Rachael Cerrotti, Inaugural Storyteller in Residence for USC Shoah Foundation (TEMPE, Ariz. – February 8, 2022) The Phoenix Holocaust Association is bringing Holocaust by Bullets (HBB), a community-wide education program back to the Valley. Originally scheduled for the spring of 2020, the exhibit and education programs return to the…
(Tucson) Amy Glass was recently hired as the VP of Strategy & Community Impact. Before moving to Tucson, Amy was the Director of Community Planning and Impact at the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta for over 7 years, where she led numerous initiatives relating to collective impact, allocations, grants, and innovation. Previously, Amy was a…
Originally posted in Arutz 7/Israel National News Two bomb threats were called into the Tucson Jewish Community Center in Tucson, Arizona on Sunday prompting an evacuation. According to KOLD News, Tucson police said that the JCC experienced a bomb threat by phone on Sunday afternoon, which led to the building being evacuated. But Arizona Rep. Alma…
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…
Community is the primary organizing structure of Jewish life. Wherever Jews have lived, they have built synagogues, established communal organizations and communal governance systems. The discovery of gold in Arizona brought many new residents to the state from 1862 to 1864. Most of them came from California, and they included many Jewish businessmen. Beginning in…
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With the Jewish New Year nearly upon us, we are excited to let you know all that has been achieved and all that is happening – all made possible through the generosity of our donors, dedicated volunteers and committed professional staff. We are excited by our momentum and have several new initiatives and programs to…
In a polarized world where there is an inclination to choose sides rather than find common ground – has there ever been a more vital time to rededicate ourselves to an organization designed to help bring the Jewish community together to repair the world? Indeed, “the times they are-a-changing,” and some of these changes lead…
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