Hate
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Oct 23, 2026
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A Temple Chai member for nearly 25 years, the Scottsdale candidate says the threats named her whole family. Scottsdale Police are investigating.
Profiles
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Oct 22, 2026
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Fifty years of Chabad of Arizona, and the family that built it.
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The flyers turned up hours after the Bondi Beach attack. Tucson police are investigating.
Campus
Campus and Tucson police are investigating; no one was hurt.
Rabbi Yossi Friedman invited everyone to help, and volunteers came the same evening.
Kehillah
The former Phoenix JCRC director is the East Valley JCC's new director of education and community engagement.
A nonpartisan guide from Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona drew answers from 32 candidates, including 8 of 13 statewide.
News
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Jay Feely and Dr. Amish Shah spoke to Jewish voters at Congregation Beth Tefillah.
The ADL's 2025 audit shows fewer incidents overall, but more of them at the doors of Jewish buildings.
Federation
This year's grants include first-time help with Jewish burials for those who cannot afford them.
Schools
The community has given $2.5 million toward a larger sanctuary, classrooms, a dining room and a dorm.
More than 100,000 Arizona students use the program. Here is what auditors found and what has changed since.
Teachers, the union and fellow board members called on Kimberly Fisher to resign after the May 26 meeting. She apologized but says she will stay, and only a recall can remove her.
Security
HB 4117, signed in June and in effect since September 12, makes blocking a house of worship or disrupting a service a misdemeanor, and a felony for repeat offenders, threats or groups.
Courts
The man charged in the March 2025 blaze faces a federal hate crime charge, and the small Orthodox community said it planned to rebuild.
Kevin Pyles, who pleaded guilty in state court to threats against Sha'arei Shalom Congregation, now faces a federal charge of defacing religious property.
The Hilton Family Holocaust Education Center plans a soft opening in August 2027, and the Guzman family pledged $500,000 to restore Phoenix's first synagogue next door.
