March 18, 2025

Clemson signs agricultural research agreement with Hebrew U., Sapir College

Jagger Harvey (left) and Amit Kochavi talk about a partnership between Clemson University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Sapir College designed to tackle agricultural and food production challenges in South Carolina, Israel and across the globe. Photo courtesy Clemson University. Clemson University in South […]
March 17, 2025

ADL hosting Concert Against Hate in New Orleans

Honorees Andy Kopplin, Ruth Kullman, David Ronnel and Missy Hopson On April 2, the ADL’s South Central region will host its annual Concert Against Hate, with the presentation of its A.I. Botnick Torch of Liberty and Barney Mintz Community Impact awards. At 6 p.m. there […]
March 16, 2025

Arkansas Senate passes bill fighting antisemitism in state’s schools

The Arkansas Capitol, as seen during the Chabad of Arkansas Menorah Parade, Dec. 31, 2016. SJL file. On March 13, the Arkansas state Senate approved legislation prohibiting antisemitic discrimination in the state’s public K-12 schools and colleges. Sponsored by Republican state senators Matt Stone and […]
March 16, 2025

Mobile’s Jewish Film Festival receiving community arts award

The Mobile Arts Council announced that the Mobile Jewish Film Festival will be honored at this year’s Arty Awards. The Arty ceremony will be on April 9 at 6 p.m., at the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel. According to the council, the Artys, now in their […]
March 16, 2025

Letter: In Louisiana, vote NO on all amendments

By Barbara Kaplinsky Just Say NO! On the March 29 Municipal Election Ballot, voters will be deciding on four constitutional amendments. Many non-partisan non-profits have done the research and are calling for all four Amendments to be rejected by the voters. Here’s why: Vote NO […]
March 14, 2025

Florida bills seek to bolster states anti-BDS laws

The Florida House of Representatives in Tallahassee, March 2012. Credit: Florida House of Representatives via Wikimedia Commons. By David Isaac (JNS) — Florida, which has taken a leadership role nationwide in combating the boycott-Israel movement and actions against the Jewish state, took another step in […]
March 13, 2025

‘Sister Lone Star State’: Knesset member marks Texas independence day

MK Ohad Tal (Religious Zionism Party) poses for a picture a day before the opening session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, Nov. 14, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90. By Akiva Van Koninsgveld (JNS) — Ohad Tal, a member of the Religious Zionism […]
March 9, 2025

Nola billboard against antisemitism vandalized by “stand with Palestine” graffiti

Vandalized billboard in New Orleans A billboard in New Orleans condemning antisemitism was defaced, to the applause of local anti-Israel groups. The billboard on the 1800 block of North Rampart was purchased by JewBelong, a national nonprofit known for its pink billboards promoting Jewish inclusiveness […]
March 5, 2025

Opera Birmingham to perform “The Diary of Anne Frank”

By Lee J. Green The beloved self-portrait of a young Jewish girl and her unending hope for freedom during the Holocaust will be presented in operatic form as Opera Birmingham brings “The Diary of Anne Frank” to the Alabama School of Fine Arts Dorothy Jemison […]