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As Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, Alon Penzel was a political science student at Haifa University. The grandson of a Holocaust survivor, he went to social media to defend Israel from the inevitable waves of hate. “Already on Oct 7, I immediately foresaw the […]

By Barbara Kaplinsky Last year, only about 36 percent of registered voters cast ballots in October’s primary election, marking the lowest turnout in a Louisiana gubernatorial primary since 2011. The general election in November saw an even lower turnout, when only 23 percent of registered […]

Arnie Fielkow at event in 2020. SJL file. Arnie Fielkow, former CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans and past president of the New Orleans City Council, and Cary Grant, former assistant chief administrative officer for the city of New Orleans, announced the […]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference at the Texas State Capitol on June 8, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images. (JNS) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott plans to hold a state-wide moment of silence at 7 a.m. on Oct. […]

An FBI agent listens to the operation pre-briefing for Operation Dead Hand in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 2024. Credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation. (JNS) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee charged David Aaron Bloyed, of Frost, Texas, on Sept. […]

By Lee J. Green A love letter to the parents of Jewish playwright Ken Ludwig gives a heartwarming opening to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s 2024-25 season. “Dear Jack, Dear Louise” – winner of the Helen Hayes Best New Play Award in 2020 – will come […]

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson speaks at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton on June 21, 2024. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images. by Andrew Bernard (JNS) — Mark Robinson, North Carolina’s Republican candidate for governor, posted extensive antisemitic […]

Charlotte, N.C. Credit: Precisionviews via Wikimedia Commons. Vandals spray-painted racist rhetoric and swastikas on Sept. 9 at the Morrison Family YMCA of Greater Charlotte in Charlotte, N.C. The phrase “save the white race” was scrawled outside, and a swastika was graffitied onto a YMCA daycare […]

Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. Credit: DXR via Wikimedia Commons. by Mike Wagenheim (JNS) — Dr. Barry Zisholtz, who retired last year after 46 years as a urological surgeon and who is known more commonly as “Dr. Z.,” received a knock on his door in […]