2018

Seal of the High Priest of the Temple One of the largest private collections of pre-Biblical, Biblical and post-Biblical antiquities from the Jerusalem area is in Birmingham, and on June 12 it will be publicly displayed for the first time. The collection, assembled by Nate […]

Photo courtesy Israel Consulate, Houston The State of Louisiana celebrated Israel’s 70th birthday on May 22 with a series of events at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, culminating in an executive order by Governor John Bel Edwards that forbids state agencies from doing business […]

A candidate for Alabama Public Service Commission is under fire for Facebook posts that are being seen as racist and anti-Semitic, but James Bonner told Southern Jewish Life that the posts in question were “intentionally cut, cropped and picked apart to paint me as one […]

Alabama Holocaust Commission at the State Capitol In June, Mobile is hosting a national conference of the Association of Holocaust Organizations, “The Holocaust from the Perspective of Southern Historians.” The conference, which is open only to members, is being organized by the Gulf Coast Center […]

“Love” by Marla Jean Clinesmith Years after Marla Jean Clinesmith left the studio art world to work full-time in ministry, it was ancient Hebrew that brought her back to art, combining both of her worlds. Clinesmith is the artist behind Hebrew Word Pics, a New […]

Susan Hess Susan Hess, General Charles Krulak and his late father, Lieutenant General Victor “Brute” Krulak, will be among the honorees at the National World War II Museum’s American Spirit Awards in June, the museum’s highest honors. At the June 8 event, New Orleans’ Hess […]

Thirty years ago, the primary source of kosher products for numerous communities in the region began with a pizza party. Kosher Cajun New York Deli and Grocery in Metairie is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. When Joel Brown started a small kosher products supply […]

Numerous Jewish agencies participated in this year’s GiveNOLA 24-hour online fundraiser on May 1, with the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans once again pulling in big numbers. Overall, GiveNOLA Day raised $5.57 million, with the Ogden Museum once again raising the most, with $334,180. […]

Photo by Paul de Hueck, courtesy the Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc. by Lee J. GreenOne hundred years ago, Louis Bernstein of Lawrence, Mass., came into this world and would go on to become “one of the most prodigiously talented, success musicians in American history” as […]