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Jonathan Van Ness does Dan Stein’s hair, including a beard shave and a uh, knee scrub. Courtesy of Netflix By Mira Fox (The Forward) — Dan Stein is a beloved figure in New Orleans. The NOLA subreddit is full of people not only drooling over […]

Because 6 million is a difficult number to conceptualize, the new Alabama Holocaust Education Center headquarters in Birmingham is focusing on a much smaller group. While teaching about the overall horrors of the Holocaust, the new center and museum highlights the stories of Holocaust survivors […]

Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) speaks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, May 13, 2021. Source: Screenshot/C-SPAN. By Keila Lawrence A daughter. A wife. A mother. A proud Jewish woman. An American Maritime Hero. A two-term […]

Photo: DJ Corey By Lee J. Green The Broadway in Birmingham musical “On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan” is close to the heart for actress Cami Taleisnik, who grew up in Argentina’s Jewish community. The show opens May 9 and runs […]

Cantor Jessica Roskin will be the interim cantor at Temple Beth El in Charlotte, N.C., this coming year. The 850-family congregation made the announcement on May 5 in an email from President Alan Kronovet, Rabbi Asher Knight and COO Jonathan Friedman. They said Roskin “will […]

For the second year in a row, GiveNOLA Day on May 2 was down slightly from the previous year, with some Jewish institutions seeing increases and some seeing decreases. Overall, the 24-hour online fundraiser coordinated by the Greater New Orleans Foundation raised $7.779 million through […]

A statement was issued by the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, and the Anti-Defamation League, following the recent proliferation of antisemitic flyers in the Bywater area of New Orleans, from the Goyim Defense League. Dear Jewish Community Members, […]

Historical marker in Knoxville, Tenn., for Roddie Edmonds. SJL file. By Mike Wagenheim and SJL reports (JNS) — Both houses of Congress reintroduced legislation this week to honor the late Roddie Edmonds, who put his life in danger to save Jews during World War II […]