2022

From staff and JNS reports Elaine Luria, who grew up in Birmingham’s Jewish community, lost her bid for re-election in Virginia’s second Congressional district, after the district was redrawn to make it much more Republican. In conceding the race, she said “We set out to […]

Robert French has been named the new CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans. The current executive director of Jewish El Paso and The Jewish Community Foundation of El Paso, French will succeed Arnie Fielkow, who is retiring at the end of the […]

2013 photo by Michael Hebert/New Orleans Saints Former New Orleans Saint Junior Galette has added his name to the long list of people speaking out about the Kyrie Irving antisemitism controversy — but on Irving’s side, and adding his own antisemitic tweets to the mix. […]

An arrest has been made after today’s incidents at Birmingham’s Temple Beth-El involving a lit propane tank and a suspicious backpack, but law enforcement officials are saying the synagogue was not specifically targeted as a Jewish institution, so it is not regarded as an antisemitic […]

Zioness graphic For the weekend of Chayei Sarah, Gates of Prayer in Metairie is welcoming two prominent women as speakers during Shabbat. Amanda Berman is founder and director of Zioness, an organization that was formed to demonstrate that being progressive and being Zionist are not […]

More than 150 Jewish high school students from across the United States will visit Auburn University on a joint NCSY and Athletes for Israel mission from Nov. 4 to 7, as a follow-up to the men’s basketball team’s 10-day trip to Israel this past August, […]

In March, members of Sharaka visited the Georgia Capitol for a series of meetings. Pictured here is Israeli Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon giving remarks. In two years, the Abraham Accords have reshaped the Middle East, as several Arab states established relations with Israel and pursued […]

Aimee Johnson is stepping down as executive director of the Levite Jewish Community Center, effective Nov. 4. Associate Executive Director Brooke Bowles will become the interim executive director as a search for a successor takes place. Johnson was named interim executive director in February 2021 […]

Armageddon Time By Lee Green Birmingham’s Jewish Film Week, hosted by the Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema, will spotlight a diverse range of features, documentaries and short films ranging from a “Fiddler on the Roof” viewing and discussion to a new release based on the […]