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Virtual tours of significant Oct. 7 sites in Israel available
Replica Hamas tunnel in Hostage Square, Tel Aviv During Covid, when there was virtually no international travel, the Atlanta Israel Coalition set up a series of virtual tours of Israel. Due to the current war in Gaza, tourism is similarly way down, so AIC and […]
Former Birminghamian Olivia Mannon gets another silver with Israeli national lacrosse team
Olivia Mannon is coming home from Portugal with more hardware — a silver medal in the 2024 Women’s European Lacrosse Championship as part of Team Israel. She also was named Player of the Game in the quarterfinals, a 19-5 win over Italy on July 17. […]
Proud and Bold: Olam Tova launches with clothing designs promoting Israel
At a time when many people are reluctant to make a public display about supporting Israel, Jenna Galbut is helping people wear it on their sleeves. And their chests, their legs, their foreheads… Galbut, who made a name for herself in the last decade as […]
ZAKA revisits New Orleans to discuss aftereffects of Oct. 7, including mental toll
Beth Israel Rabbi Phil Kaplan, ZAKA volunteer Micha Lader and Gates of Prayer Rabbi David Gerber. Photo by James Henry Brook Since Oct. 7, ZAKA has played a key role in dealing with the aftermath of the Hamas massacre in Israel, and is preparing for […]
Another Beryl comes to Houston synagogue as hurricane also hits
A Coast Guard aircrew conducts flyovers in Texas to assess the damage left behind by Hurricane Beryl in Matagorda, Texas City, Galveston and Houston, July 8, 2024. Credit: Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Fontenette/U.S. Coast Guard Photo. By Carin Smilk (JNS) — Those who come […]
Florida hands down major suspensions to students arrested at anti-Israel protest
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at the University of Florida. Credit: Pablo Corredor via Wikimedia Commons. Chris Summerlin, dean of students at the University of Florida in Gainesville, chose not to offer slap-on-the-wrist penalties to pro-Hamas protesters arrested on campus on April 29. Instead, Summerlin applied […]
Florida-Israel Space Tech partnership awards $2 million for research projects
Space Florida, the state’s aerospace finance and development authority, and the Israel Innovation Authority announced on July 9 eight companies awarded funding to work jointly in the Space Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership Program. The joint funding program was established 11 years ago in cooperation and ongoing […]
Tennessee congressman makes solidarity visit to Israel
Rep. David Kustoff (left), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, July 3, 2024. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO. By Etgar Lefkovits (JNS) — He is one of two Jewish Republicans in all of Congress and hails […]
Ala. AG supporting Fla. synagogue’s Supreme Court suit over religious freedom
From Young Israel of Tampa’s 2020 Chanukah on Ice event The rejection by a state agency of a Florida synagogue’s advertisement for a “Chanukah on Ice” event has resulted in a Supreme Court case supported by more than half of America’s states on the grounds […]
Alabama teacher receives national award for excellence in Holocaust education
Logan Greene with Stanlee Stahl An eighth-grade teacher in Hoover, just south of Birmingham, received a prominent national award for excellence in teaching about the Holocaust. Berry Middle School’s Logan Greene received the Robert I. Goldman Award for Excellence in Holocaust Education at an advanced […]
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June 19, 2024
Ten Commandments monument outside Gates of Prayer in Metairie. SJL file. Editor’s Note: A version of this editorial originally appeared in our publication in September 2001, during the Judge Roy Moore monument dispute at the Alabama Supreme Court building. It was updated slightly to refer […]
June 23, 2023
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Southern Jewish Life magazine, which has covered the Jewish communities of the Deep South for over three decades, announced that it will be expanding with a new online edition covering the rest of the South. Starting with August 2023, Southern Jewish Life […]
November 11, 2020
Self-described “local” paper has almost no local reporting, wild circulation numbers — but plenty of ads from politicians and others thinking they are reaching the local Jewish community Editor’s Note: This piece won the national Boris Smolar Award for Excellence in Enterprise or Investigative Reporting, […]
Editorial: Jewish community needs to tell antisemitic Presbyterian Church (USA) goodbye