January 7, 2021

Tulane Judaic Studies gets $1 million gift and $1 million challenge grant

Col. Jennifer Pritzker Tulane University has received a $1 million gift — and an additional matching challenge grant of up to $1 million — from the TAWANI Foundation, led by Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired). The gift will establish the Audrey G. […]
January 7, 2021

Phyllis Weinstein remembered as “Golda Meir of Birmingham”

On Jan. 4, tributes poured in as Phyllis Weinstein, a longtime visionary leader of Birmingham’s Jewish community, turned 100. Two days later, just after midnight on the morning of Jan. 6, she passed peacefully in her sleep. Known most recently as the founder of the […]
January 5, 2021

New Ala. Rep. says antisemitism a part of “moral decline”

Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.). Credit: Barry Moore Republican for Congress/Facebook. By Jackson Richman (JNS) — Barry Moore, a Republican, was sworn in as a member of the 117th Congress on Jan. 3 after he defeated Democrat Phyllis Harvey-Hall on Nov. 3 in the U.S. House […]