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Louisiana Rep. Johnson tells RJC Israel will always have strong ally with him as speaker
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) addresses attendees at the RJC Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas via satellite from Italy, Sept. 5, 2024. Photo by Izzy Salant. by Izzy Salant (JNS) — When Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) assumed his post as House Speaker, […]
Acrobatic stars to New Orleans recluses: Film preserves the adventures of sisters Nita and Zita
The world barely noticed when sisters Flora and Piroska Gellert finished their time on it, six years apart, with only the officiating rabbi and a neighbor attending their funerals in the pauper’s section of Hebrew Rest Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans. But when that […]
Murder of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin reverberates at his old stomping grounds in North Georgia
Hersh Goldberg-Polin at the Passover Retreat at Ramah Darom. Photo courtesy Ramah Darom. The news that the body of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin had been recovered from a Gaza tunnel on Aug. 31 reverberated in the north Georgia mountains at Ramah Darom, the Conservative movement’s summer […]
Israel Air Force veteran to speak in Birmingham about JNF rebuilding efforts
The Jewish National Fund USA will hold “Build Together: Stand With Israel” at Birmingham’s Temple Beth-El on Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. The program will focus on how the agency is supporting Israel’s resilience and rebuilding efforts in the Negev and the Galilee, especially after […]
At Birmingham Israel Bonds event, Kenneth Stein explains background to Gaza conflict
Kenneth Stein speaks at the Pine Tree. As Israel’s war against Hamas continues, Israel Bonds is continuing to address needs in Israel resulting from the war. On June 18, the Southeast regional office held an event at the Pine Tree Country Club in Birmingham, where […]
Israel receives wartime support from huge increase in Israel Bonds sales
Mark Ruben, left, listens to County Comptroller Joseph Abruzzo discuss Palm Beach’s investment in Israel Bonds in October. Photo courtesy Joseph Abruzzo’s office. In May, Israel Bonds announced that it had sold over $3 billion globally in the six months since the Oct. 7 attacks, […]
Nashville officials look to change laws to deal with rash of neo-Nazi protests
A rally against antisemitism hosted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville on July 21, 2024. Credit: Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville. (JNS) — Leaders in Tennessee’s capital seek to implement measures to constrain the white supremacist activists spreading hate on the city’s streets after […]
AHEC gala featuring Daryl Davis, who converted 200 Klansmen and neo-Nazis
The Alabama Holocaust Education Center will hold a Red Carpet Experience for its annual “L’Chaim” gala on Sept. 10 with headliner Daryl Davis, a musician with a mission. The leader of the American R&B Daryl Davis Band, Davis has performed with Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee […]
Embattled Columbia names Indian Springs alumna as interim president
Katrina Armstrong, M.D. Photo by Jörg Meyer/Columbia University. As Columbia University continues to be a battleground for anti-Israel activism over the war against Hamas in Gaza, the university named an interim president with Alabama ties. Following the resignation of Minouche Shafik, who served as president […]
Carville: Republicans support Israel because of white racism
James Carville. Credit: JD Lasica/Socialmedia.biz via Wikimedia Commons. Long-time Democratic political strategist James Carville thinks he has figured out why Republicans are so supportive of Israel — simple white racism. Carville, the “Ragin’ Cajun” who became prominent as chief strategist for Bill Clinton during the […]
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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