Arizona
The Department of Education determined that the Kyrene School District violated the Civil Rights Act in its mishandling of antisemitic harassment addressed at a student. (Screenshot via Google Maps)
August 25, 2022, 3:16 pm
Federal investigation finds Arizona school district failed to respond to antisemitic harassment against Jewish student
Student was subjected to repeated incidents of antisemitic harassment by at least nine other students at school and on social media over the course of five months.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Aaron Lieberman, shown in an undated photo from his campaign website, quit his Arizona state legislature seat in September to run for governor next year. (aaron4az.com)
January 4, 2022, 12:56 pm
The founder of Jumpstart wants to be Arizona’s first Jewish governor
In 2018 as a Democrat Aaron Lieberman won a traditionally Republican seat in the state legislature on a platform of working across the aisle.
By Ron Kampeas
Rabbi Nina Perlmutter officiates a wedding overlooking the Grand Canyon in 2017. (Photo by Tom Brodersen)
November 26, 2021, 10:50 am
Meet the Jews of the Grand Canyon and rural Arizona, where Jewish life takes dedication
A rural Jewish life is one in which your synagogue is like a family for better or for worse, and like any family, you only get one.
By Shira Hanau
From left: Arizona Teaching the Holocaust co-founder Michael Beller, Alexander White, Arizona State Rep. Alma Hernandez and Oskar Knoblauch. White and Knoblauch, both Holocaust survivors, testified on behalf of legislation that would mandate Holocaust education in the state. (Courtesy of Michael Beller)
July 6, 2021, 1:14 pm
Arizona passes Holocaust education bill despite antisemitism definition debate
“People told me this would never happen.”
By Nicole Raz
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