Donald Trump and Randy Fine in 2024. Courtesy of Randy Fine via The Forward By Jacob Kornbluh (The Forward) — In the first major test for the Republican Party just two months after Donald Trump took office, a race for a solidly red seat in […]

New Orleans JCC Uptown. SJL file. The New Orleans Jewish Community Center announced that CEO Michael Rawl has resigned for personal reasons. Rebecca Friedman, who became the JCC board president on Feb. 2, will become the interim CEO and has agreed to a one year […]

Adi and Roy Alexander attended the Auburn-Michigan Sweet 16 matchup after Pearl called for the release of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, who has been held captive by Hamas since Oct. 7, 2023, at the post-game press conference following Auburn’s Round of 32 win against Creighton […]

The Kentucky state capitol. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. By Rabbi Shlomo Litvin (JNS) — The Kentucky State House Committee for Postsecondary Education recently met to discuss Senate Joint Resolution 55, aimed at combating the horrific rise of antisemitism on college campuses in Kentucky. I was among […]

The Combat Antisemitism Movement and the African American Mayors Association launched the Washington-Rosenwald HBCU Scholarship Program, awarding $25,000 in scholarships, $5,000 each to five students who explore the historic relationship between the African American and Jewish communities through essays, artwork, poetry, or video submissions. The […]

Photo of young residents of the Home, appx. 1915. Written on the back is “Our babies.” Courtesy of Marlene Trestman and the Crosby Family Collection, Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience For decades, the Jewish Orphans’ Home was a unique place in New Orleans, and […]

Concert pianist and Grammy nominee Mona Golabek will return to Alabama to present “The Children of Willesden Lane,” a musical view into her mother’s escape from Nazi Germany. The performance is based on her book “The Children of Willesden Lane,” the story of her mother, […]

Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta. Credit: Warren LeMay/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened an investigation against the Fulton County School District in Atlanta following complaints of antisemitism against students, filed by the Louis D. Brandeis Center […]

By Lee J. Green Associate Company Manager Elle Aghabala feels the revolutionary spirit, love and sacrifice radiating through the classic “Les Miserables,” coming to the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex from March 25 to 30. The Jewish native of Iran came to the U.S. when she was […]

U.S. voter at a ballot box. Credit: Yamu_Jay/Pixabay. By Mike Wagenheim and SJL reporting (JNS) — Voting is underway stateside for the so-called “parliament of the Jewish people.” The election for the 39th World Zionist Congress, which opened on March 10, will last until May […]