Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center

06/09/2026

Please join us next Tuesday for our June Lunch & Learn, Never Again is Now: Learning from LGBTQ+ History to Fight for the Future.

This webinar will explore LGBTQ+ history to establish context for understanding challenges in the present. We’ll identify the top 10 key lessons for understanding the N**i persecution of LGBTQ+ people and its relevance for today. Attendees will also be equipped with action items that will help them confront homophobia and transphobia in their own communities.

Dr. Jake Newsome is an award-winning scholar of German and American LGBTQ+ history and the Founder and President of the Pink Triangle Legacies Project which honors the N**is’ LGBTQ+ victims and fights q***r and transphobia through education and advocacy.

Click here to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L-r_I7YlQCybpbYEj9gL5w #/registration

Thank you to our partners:
Alabama Holocaust Education Center
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center
Wassmuth Center for Human Rights

06/04/2026

Today is Holocaust Survivor Day, a day not of mourning, but of celebration. A day just for them.

At TJMHC, we honor the bravery, resilience, and strength of those who survived the Holocaust and built lives of meaning and purpose in its aftermath. To every survivor: we celebrate you. We carry your legacy forward.

06/03/2026

We were thrilled to give Congressional candidate JoAnna Mendoza and her team a tour of the museum earlier this week.

Candidates, local electeds, civic leaders...our doors are open! We are eager to share all that TJMHC has to offer

05/27/2026

Please join the TJMHC Board and staff in welcoming Lynn Davis as the Museum's Interim Executive Director, beginning June 1st.

Lynn brings more than two decades of nonprofit leadership experience to the role, along with a deep commitment to Jewish life, learning, and the broader Tucson community.

Read more on our blog!

On behalf of Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center’s Board of Directors, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Lynn Davis as the museum’s Interim Executive Director. She assumes that role effective June 1, 2026 and will work alongside our outgoing director, Lori Shephe

05/19/2026

05/01/2026

Join us at the Tucson J this coming Thursday for our last Lakin Lecture of the season.

Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger is the author of Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom. He is also founding director and senior scholar of The Witness Institute, whose mission is to empower emerging leaders, inspired by the life and legacy of Elie Wiesel. His work integrates spirituality, the arts, and strategies for social change.

Learn more and register on our website. Link in comments.

04/22/2026

This Thursday! The Rabbi Joseph H. Gumbiner Project is proud to partner with Conecta Arizona to host the Southern Arizona premiere of Mosaicos, an exploration of the migrant, Latin, and cross-border beauty framed by the challenging Sonoran Desert.

The project portrays the convergence of fragments of life, culture, and memory—assembled with respect, empathy, and dignity—to demonstrate that our strength lies in our diversity. These photographs build a bridge between generations and geographies, between past and present, and between who we are now and who we once dreamed of becoming.

¡Este jueves! El Proyecto del Rabino Joseph H. Gumbiner se enorgullece de colaborar con Conecta Arizona para presentar el estreno en el sur de Arizona de *Mosaicos*, una exploración de la belleza migrante, latina y transfronteriza, enmarcada por el desafiante desierto de Sonora.

El proyecto retrata la convergencia de fragmentos de vida, cultura y memoria —ensamblados con respeto, empatía y dignidad— para demostrar que nuestra fortaleza reside en nuestra diversidad. Estas fotografías tienden un puente entre generaciones y geografías, entre el pasado y el presente, y entre quienes somos ahora y quienes alguna vez soñamos llegar a ser.

Registration link in comments.

04/10/2026

We hope to see you this Sunday at the Tucson J, along with survivors, their families, and our community partners, for the annual Yom HaShoah commemoration.

Registration link in comments.

04/03/2026

Gallery chats have returned! On April 9th we welcome our first guest, Robert Leopardi. Leopardi is a wine industry veteran who will share his stories from his unique collection of antique corkscrews from around the world. For four decades, he has collected the work of European Jewish emigres to Israel, including that of Maurice Ascalon, founder of the mid-century decorative arts manufacturer, Pal-Bell. This gallery chat will explore the lessons of history, Judaism, and perhaps learn a little bit about wine along the way. This event is free, but please RSVP by visiting: https://www.tjmhc.org/programs-and-events/

03/06/2026

“Media Matters: Cutting Through the Noise” opens next week!

Please join us for the grand opening of TJMHC’s newest exhibition, Media Matters: Cutting Through the Noise, on Thursday, March 12, at 6:00 p.m. This year’s installment of the Allen & Marianne Langer Contemporary Human Rights Exhibit explores the evolution of media literacy and the challenges of discerning truth in this new digital age.

Read more on our website. The program is free but registration is required. RSVP at the link below.