September

Henri Bendel commissioned this monument in Lafayette’s Jewish cemetery in memory of his parents and step-father While many in the fashion world are mourning the Sept. 14 announcement that the iconic Henri Bendel is shutting down, the announcement also closes the book on a chapter […]

Working for a national television news department isn’t conducive to being a novel writer, but that is something longtime NBC News reporter Martin Fletcher always wanted to do. He will visit New Orleans for an Oct. 3 program at the Uptown Jewish Community Center, to […]

On Oct. 6, there is added incentive to hear the Torah reading at B’nai Israel in Hattiesburg. That Shabbat, Michael Segal of Teaneck, N.J. will add Mississippi as the 35th state where he has read Torah, in his effort to read Torah in all 50 […]

The High Holy Day season usually brings capacity crowds to synagogues, but on Sept. 16, the Northshore Jewish Congregation had a standing room only, overflow crowd the weekend between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. An interfaith and multiracial audience heard a wide range of speakers […]

The sukkah at Shir Chadash in Metairie will be dedicated in honor of the Brener family, with Rabbi Anne Brener visiting for the weekend. Full story below. Alabama The Bais Ariel Chabad Center in Birmingham will have Pizza in the Hut and a drum circle, […]

The Southern Jewish Historical Society will hold its annual convention in Alabama’s oldest Jewish community, in Mobile the weekend of Oct. 26. The conference’s theme will be “Southern Jews, American Citizens,” with an emphasis on local stories. The conference will focus on how Jews living […]

Hillel Connections participants take time out to volunteer at Oasis Gardens If the first summer is any indication, a lot of Jewish students at the University of Alabama will want to spend next summer in Birmingham. Seven students took part in the inaugural Hillel Connections […]

As statements of support continue to come in, the Northshore Jewish Congregation in Mandeville will hold a community gathering on Sept. 16 at 4 p.m., as a response to last week’s anti-Semitic vandalism at the synagogue. The Sept. 16 event will be “a show of […]

National magazines have lauded Birmingham’s burgeoning and diverse culinary scene, and this past year Birmingham’s Highlands Bar and Grill won the James Beard Award for Most Outstanding Restaurant in America. But Adam Grusin, who worked at two of the other celebrated restaurants owned by Highlands […]