NASA Ambassador to Share Wonders of Tucson’s Night Sky

Published   Dec 19, 2024 08:05PM
Dr. Bryan Shumaker and his wife, Linda, were winter residents in Southern Arizona for six or seven years before becoming full-time residents in November. They sold their house in northern Michigan and settled into a home in Dove Mountain. Southern Arizona’s dark skies and its astronomy community are a huge part of the attraction for Shumaker, an avid amateur astronomer who is a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, doing outreach astronomy education. “It’s kind of astronomy heaven out here,” says Shumaker,… Read more » ... Read more

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Another year, another cornucopia of gift ideas for the music fan in your life…

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Post-Oct. 7 ‘Surge’ of Interest in Jewish Life Rings Tru

Chip Rosenfeld says Oct. 7, 2023, was “a watershed moment” that inspired him to get more involved in Tucson’s Jewish community. The retired physician was surprised by how deeply he felt “that was my people” under attack. Rosenfeld and his w ... Read more

‘Survived to Tell’: Freed from captivity






Ofir Engel refuses to be called a “hostage.” The 19-year-old Israeli instead sees himself as a “captivity survivor,” he said…

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A Little Light – Hanukkah at Hillel

Published   Dec 19, 2024 07:54PM
“I’d like to help you, because you helped me.” What a strange way to start a conversation. And even stranger was the fact that the woman who walked into my office and said that was a complete unknown to me. My mind did the panic-scan where I mentally cycled through every Tucson connection I had to see if I could remember who this woman was. Blank. “Yeah, hi. How can I help you?” was all I could sputter out. “You… Read more » ... Read more

Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center Announces New Initia

Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center is thrilled to announce a new initiative, the Rabbi Joseph H. Gumbiner Community Action Project. Inspired by the social activism of one of Tucson’s founding rabbis, the Gumbiner Project fulfills an integr ... Read more

Shalom Broadway: The Jewish Musical Legacy

Wicked, the movie based on the Broadway musical, based on the book by Gregory Maguire, has brought the musical back to mainstream popularity. To date, the movie has grossed over $350 million domestically and is once again shining a spotlight on a sta ... Read more

The kettle’s on for the Salvation Army






Salvation Army bell ringers are ubiquitous this time of year…

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