Judaism

The closure of Al Basha Grocery on Tucson’s Grant Road is being felt across communities that relied on the store for halal and kosher foods — and for the connections it fostered between Muslim and Jewish residents. An opinion writer says the market became a rare shared space rooted in everyday interaction and mutual respect.

The real danger of Carlson’s myth is not limited to people believing strange things or acting on them. It is the mindset that such thinking creates, where nothing is guided by principle, and everything is reduced to power.

The goal of the haters is to make Jews in Tucson retreat. It is to make members of our community think twice before putting a menorah in the window, wearing a Star of David, or bringing ourselves or our children to Jewish spaces.