2022

Otzma Yehudit Party chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Religious Zionism Party head Bezalel Smotrich at a campaign event in Sderot, Oct. 26, 2022. Photo by Flash90. From JNS and staff reports More than 330 U.S. rabbis have signed a “call to action” pledging to bar […]

Photo by Orrling/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 Willie Sims, a “beloved” Israeli basketball star who was born in Alabama and was a key member of Louisiana State University’s basketball team 40 years ago, died on Dec. 23 in Israel. He was 64, and had been hospitalized […]

Governor Kay Ivey addresses the crowd at the Dec. 22 ceremony (Photos by Hal Yeager/Governor’s Office) History was made on Dec. 22 as Alabama Governor Kay Ivey hosted the state’s Jewish community for a Chanukah menorah lighting at the Governor’s Mansion in Montgomery. Over 150 […]

Registration for LimmudFest New Orleans will open on Jan. 15. The weekend festival of Jewish learning, arts, culture and spirituality will be held in New Orleans the weekend of March 17, with over 70 sessions by local, regional and national presenters, with several subject tracks. […]

Charlotte Morris and Daniel Wims By Richard Friedman and Keila Lawrence Six distinguished presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities visited Israel recently, including two from Alabama. It’s not surprising that two of the six were from Alabama since the state has the highest number […]

Why be Jewish? For Israeli-born Becky Tahel, that question about faith and identity came as an evolution from an exploration of why someone Jewish should marry Jewish, after her younger sister and only sibling married a non-Jew. Her search for answers led to “American Birthright,” […]

“We must keep meeting like this,” said Touro Rabbi Katie Bauman, in opening the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans’ 2022 annual celebration, a nod to the continuing return to normal after Covid. The Dec. 7 event was to celebrate the tenure of Arnie Fielkow […]

File photo Arnie Fielkow says his retirement as CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans is “bittersweet” as “I have truly grown to love the work I do and the people I am privileged to work with. “At the same time,” he said, […]

The Man in the Basement The Baton Rouge and Mobile Jewish Film Festivals, which will both take place in January, have two films in common this year. “Farewell Mr. Haffman” opens the Mobile festival, Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. at Springhill Avenue Temple, and closes […]