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Documenting the unthinkable: Book recounts atrocities of Oct. 7 Hamas attack
As Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, Alon Penzel was a political science student at Haifa University. The grandson of a Holocaust survivor, he went to social media to defend Israel from the inevitable waves of hate. “Already on Oct 7, I immediately foresaw the […]Jewish groups join Louisiana’s Pledge to Vote
By Barbara Kaplinsky Last year, only about 36 percent of registered voters cast ballots in October’s primary election, marking the lowest turnout in a Louisiana gubernatorial primary since 2011. The general election in November saw an even lower turnout, when only 23 percent of registered […]Fielkow, Grant announce new “Elevated Conversations” radio show
Arnie Fielkow at event in 2020. SJL file. Arnie Fielkow, former CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans and past president of the New Orleans City Council, and Cary Grant, former assistant chief administrative officer for the city of New Orleans, announced the […]Texas to mark Oct. 7 anniversary with moment of silence, lowered flags
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference at the Texas State Capitol on June 8, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images. (JNS) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott plans to hold a state-wide moment of silence at 7 a.m. on Oct. […]Texas ‘Goyim Defense League’ member charged with threatening to lynch Nashville district attorney
An FBI agent listens to the operation pre-briefing for Operation Dead Hand in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 2024. Credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation. (JNS) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee charged David Aaron Bloyed, of Frost, Texas, on Sept. […]“Dear Jack, Dear Louise,” Jewish playwright’s most personal work, opens the 2024-25 ASF season
By Lee J. Green A love letter to the parents of Jewish playwright Ken Ludwig gives a heartwarming opening to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s 2024-25 season. “Dear Jack, Dear Louise” – winner of the Helen Hayes Best New Play Award in 2020 – will come […]N.C. gubernatorial candidate denies he authored explicit and Hitler-related social media posts
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson speaks at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton on June 21, 2024. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images. by Andrew Bernard (JNS) — Mark Robinson, North Carolina’s Republican candidate for governor, posted extensive antisemitic […]Antisemitic graffiti found outside YMCA in Charlotte after JCC softball games
Charlotte, N.C. Credit: Precisionviews via Wikimedia Commons. Vandals spray-painted racist rhetoric and swastikas on Sept. 9 at the Morrison Family YMCA of Greater Charlotte in Charlotte, N.C. The phrase “save the white race” was scrawled outside, and a swastika was graffitied onto a YMCA daycare […]What retirement? Georgia Jewish surgeon running against anti-Israel state representative
Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. Credit: DXR via Wikimedia Commons. by Mike Wagenheim (JNS) — Dr. Barry Zisholtz, who retired last year after 46 years as a urological surgeon and who is known more commonly as “Dr. Z.,” received a knock on his door in […]Coach Pearl continues to speak out nationally for Israel
Bruce Pearl, head coach of the Auburn Tigers, reacts during the first half against the Yale Bulldogs in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena on March 22, 2024 in Spokane, Wash. Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images. by […]
Editorial: Jewish community needs to tell antisemitic Presbyterian Church (USA) goodbye