2019

Chanukah 2018 at the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion Here is a selection of Chanukah events happening in the Deep South. Check with the individual organization or congregation regarding whether reservations are needed. Alabama Temple Beth El in Anniston will have its Chanukah service and dinner on […]

As a prime example of shining light in the face of darkness, when former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke was running for statewide office in 1989, Chabad in New Orleans approached the Riverwalk to host a public Chanukah celebration and menorah lighting to combat […]

by Larry Brook, editor (This column is the lead editorial in the November 2019 issue of Southern Jewish Life.) There has been a lot of talk about antisemitism lately, and a heated debate on where it comes from and what manifestation is worse, though Deborah […]

Israel’s first Bedouin diplomat has become the acting Consul General at Israel’s Consulate in Miami, effective Nov. 25. The Miami Consulate serves an area that includes Florida, Alabama and Mississippi, as well as Puerto Rico. Ishmael Khaldi succeeds Consul General Lior Haiat, who was named […]

From Left To Right: Dr. Martin Luther King, Rabbi Dr. Maurice Eisendrath and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel By Joshua Washington On July 17, 2014, in New York City, Eric Garner was murdered by a police officer by the name of Daniel Pantaleo, who choked Garner […]

The Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct issued a split decision regarding a Memphis judge who was accused of spreading antisemitism, saying his social media posts were “partisan in nature” but he had not made any antisemitic or racist statements. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Jim […]

Sara Wordsworth By Lee J. Green The Elf on the Shelf went from the shelf to the stage, thanks in part to a couple of Jewish writers, who have tossed a little bit of Chanukah into “The Elf on the Shelf” musical coming to the […]

Peter Berry of Houston, regarded as the No. 1 wheelchair basketball prospect in the nation, officially signed a full scholarship to play college ball at the University of Alabama. The ceremony was held on Nov. 13 at the Emery Weiner School, a Jewish school for […]

The Mississippi School of Folk Art in Natchez will be hosting renowned Russian artists Aleksander and Lyuba Titovets for three-day drawing and media workshops in December. The Titovetses were invited to Natchez by long-time friend Fred Kent, who is a long-time collector of their art. […]