Beth Hamidbar News Today

This week has been especially lovely. Some of you might recall the advance I wrote about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services being held in Yuma. Well consequently, I was

On Sunday, Sept. 17, the second day of Rosh Hashanah, Yuma’s Congregation Beth HaMidbar received an email claiming an anonymous person had placed a bomb inside the “Jewish Center.”

The Yuma Police Department said it responded to a threat made against a local Jewish congregation.

The Days of Awe are almost here. For Jews the world over, the 10-day period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is considered the High Holy Days as they enter

Chabad Jewish Center of Mesa Rabbi Laibel Blotner already knows what he will talk about in his High Holiday sermons, but he never writes it down word for word. That’s

It's that time of year when Jews from across the world and even some right here in Yuma are bringing in the new year.

Where there isn't a synagogue for hundreds of miles around, some people drive hours to attend service, and congregations are like families - you only get one

Jewish life takes a different shape in rural areas than it does in the city.

“It’s like being on an island with people. If you get angry, there isn’t another synagogue to go to."

Stan Coffield and his wife were pretty open-minded when deciding where they would retire.