2019

A statue of Joseph in downtown Dothan pays tribute to the Biblical inspiration for the city’s name By Stephanie Butler Some words are just… big. Anti-Semite, for example. That’s an awfully big word, with a lot of weight to it. It grabs the reader’s attention. […]

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon A new chapter of IfNotNow has opened in New Orleans, and is launching its public activities with a protest of a planned visit to the city by Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon. Founded in […]

Itzhak Perlman at home (courtesy Greenwich Entertainment) Film Festival season has arrived, with the Mobile Jewish Film Festival celebrating its 18th anniversary with an ambitious lineup of 10 films over two weeks in January. Organized in 2002, Jewish Cinema Mississippi in Jackson celebrates has its […]

Three months after a new Chabad center was announced for Pensacola, a third location for Chabad along the Florida panhandle coast was announced, in Panama City Beach. Rabbi Mendy and Chaya Havlin and their three young sons are moving to the area to establish a […]