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Photo by Daniel Odrezin As the Jewish Federations of North America begins their annual General Assembly in Jerusalem today, much of the 23-member Birmingham delegation may seem like they are sleepwalking. It was just after sunrise today in the holy city when, 6,598 miles away, […]

Allan Sherman hit it big with a series of comedy albums in the early 1960s with the titles “My son the…” and his most enduring hit was the camp song “Hello Muddah Hello Fadduh.” Odd, then, that Sherman had a difficult and complicated relationship with […]

Camp Dream Street Mississippi has been named one of 18 leading Jewish organizations committed to fostering inclusion of people with disabilities in one of two new supplements to the Slingshot Guide. Dream Street is a five-day, four-night camping program for children with physical disabilities. The […]

This year’s early Chanukah is pushing the Uptown Jewish Community Center’s annual celebration into the annual New Orleans Jewish Book Festival this month. The festival kicks off on Nov. 18 at noon with the Booklover’s Luncheon, featuring Austin Ratner and his most recent book, “In […]

A delegation of emergency response professionals from Israel will join with colleagues in New Orleans next month for the first New Orleans/Israel Partnership on Emergency Response and Medicine. NIPERM is aimed at enhancing the ability of New Orleans responders and medical providers to crisis situations. […]

Editor’s Note: Below is my response to the Nov. 3 piece that appeared in Israel Hayom, one of Israel’s leading newspapers, entitled “Sweet Home Alabama.” In it, the author has a different take on the well-publicized incentive package offered to Jewish newcomers by Dothan’s Jewish […]

“Marching to Zion,” the latest novel by Mary Glickman, came about after a reader’s observation. The reader told her that in her first two novels, “Home in the Morning” and “One More River,” she had “constructed a narrative of the Southern Jewish Experience as it […]

Left: Birmingham Mayor William Bell presents the key to the city to Ambassador Yoram Ettinger. At the second annual JH Israel and U.S.-Israel Education Association Foundation dinner, founder Heather Johnston said “we have so much to celebrate.” Ambassador Yoram Ettinger, the dinner’s speaker, spoke about […]

In one of the highest voter turnouts in the country, Rosh Ha’Ayin residents ousted Mayor Moshe Sinai in his bid for a third term, electing Shalom Ben Moshe by a 53-47 margin. Almost 21,000 votes were cast in the city of almost 40,000 residents. In […]