2019

Graffiti at Northshore Jewish Congregation in Mandeville, Sept. 2018 On April 30, the Anti-Defamation League released its annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, showing “near-historic levels of anti-Semitism in 2018, including a doubling of anti-Semitic assaults and the single deadliest attack against the Jewish community in […]

It was another successful GiveNOLA Day for Jewish agencies in the New Orleans area. The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans came in first in dollars raised among small organizations for the fifth year in a row, raising $109,571 from 225 donors, earning a $10,000 […]

Numerous groups in Tennessee are calling for the censure of a Memphis criminal court judge for a series of social media posts that “carry a dark message of hatred,” including reposting an article by a Holocaust denier that called on Jews to get over the […]

(Editor’s note: Much of the background is repeated from our April 19 piece, but this has been updated throughout). About a dozen white nationalists crashed a Holocaust March of Remembrance in Russellville, Ark., on May 5, part of the ongoing fallout over a controversy where […]

Jake Davidson, Jeannie Null and William Lamar The Hebrew term “tikkun olam,” which is used to describe social action in Judaism, can be translated as “repairing the planet.” With the inspiration and activism of 14-year-old Jeannie Null, Meridian teens and “close friends” William Lamar and […]

After the shooting at Tree of Life in Pittsburgh, there were vigils around the country where people of all races and faiths showed solidarity. After 50 Muslims were murdered in New Zealand, interfaith events were held at mosques, and after the Poway shooting, synagogues around […]

An online petition drive seeks to thwart the rezoning and sale of Birmingham’s Knesseth Israel building, while the congregation’s leadership says the independent drive does not represent the congregation’s position. There will be a Mountain Brook zoning commission meeting on June 3 at 5:30 p.m. […]

“Driving Miss Daisy,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Atlanta-native Jewish writer Alfred Uhry that inspired the award-winning movie starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy, blossoms at Birmingham’s Theatre Downtown May 2 to 18. The play originally premiered off-Broadway in 1987 and won the Pulitzer Prize […]

Judge Sol and Jackie Gothard (file photo) Beth Israel in Metairie will have a weekend in remembrance of Jackie Gothard, who served as the congregation’s president during the Katrina aftermath and is credited with willing the congregation to survival in those uncertain times when the […]