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John Sharp gives thumbs up as Shai Piron and Texas Governor Rick Perry hold the signed agreement in front of Israeli President Shimon Peres. On Oct. 23, Texas A&M announced plans to build a campus in Nazareth, the first United States university to open a […]

Now that the move of Birmingham’s Trinity Medical Center from its Montclair Road campus to Highway 280 has been approved, there has been concern about what would become of the large property just down the road from the Levite Jewish Community Center, and what Trinity’s […]

A 15-story, $40 million apartment project is proposed for next door to Birmingham’s Temple Beth-El. The upscale development is being planned by Harbert Realty Services on the lot where the former Highland Diagnostic Center is, but is known to old-timers as the former Britling’s Cafeteria […]

Temple Sinai in Lake Charles will host a Small Congregation Scholar-in-Residence featuring Union of Reform Judaism culinary writer Tina Wasserman, Nov. 1 and 2. She will also be in Birmingham on Nov. 3. The Lake Charles weekend will include services and Torah study with Rabbi […]

Loyola University in New Orleans is hosting “American Jewish History Backwards and Forwards” with noted historian Jonathan Sarna on Oct. 30. A reception will begin at 6:45 p.m. with the lecture at Nunemaker Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Illustrating how the past can both inform and […]

In recent years there have been dozens of Honor Flights from across the country, bringing World War II veterans to Washington to view the National World War II Memorial. The one that Jackson’s Lou Shornick was on this week got a lot more media coverage […]

New Orleans Hadassah is holding an “uplifting event” to raise breast cancer awareness and support medical research on Oct. 12. Bra-Veaux New Orleans will feature dozens of art bras, many of which were created by members at an August workshop. Local professional artists are also […]

With Birmingham’s commemorations of the 50th anniversary of major civil rights era events all year, the Southern Jewish Historical Society is holding its annual conference in Birmingham, Nov. 1 to 3. Noted scholar and civil rights activist Julian Bond will be the conference’s keynote speaker, […]

High-level Judaic studies is now available to everyone, regardless of whether they live in a large or tiny Jewish community. Melton Online is making it possible to learn over a laptop with Jews across North America. The Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning, a […]