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By Sarah Gotlieb and Bobby Garon As community members start thinking about year-end financial planning, the Birmingham Jewish Foundation and the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana are sharing ideas that one may consider. They caution that this article should not be considered tax advice, and […]

Jared Isaacman speaks at the 30th Annual National Character and Leadership Symposium in Arnold Hall at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Feb. 23, 2023. Credit: Trevor Cokley/U.S. Air Force via Wikimedia Commons. (JNS) — President-elect Donald Trump announced his nomination […]

Kenneth Hoffman cuts the ribbon opening the new Southern Jewish Family Research Center, with members of the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience board, representatives of the Downtown Development District and New Orleans City Councilmember Eugene Green. In dedicating the Southern Jewish Family Research Center […]

Donavon Parish, in a 2022 Forrest County mugshot. Donavon Parish, 29, of Hattiesburg, Miss., was sentenced on Nov. 26 to 24 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for charges of cyberstalking, and antisemitic harassment of synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses. In Philadelphia, U.S. […]

Wide receiver Sam Salz, No. 39 of the Texas A&M Aggies, during the game between the Mississippi St. Bulldogs and the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, Nov. 11, 2023. Photo By Evan Pilat/Texas A&M Athletics. By Dave Gordon (JNS) — […]

The Memphis Police Department is investigating the killing of Aviv Broek, 21, originally from Rehovot, Israel, who was shot to death and found by officers shortly after 1:15 a.m. on Nov. 21 on the 2300 block of Hernando Road in the city. “There have been […]

Anti-Israel students march over the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge after walking out during the OneMIT Commencement Ceremony at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 30, 2024. Photo by Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images. This year’s Antisemitism on U.S. College and University Campuses […]

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaking with attendees at the 2019 California Democratic Party State Convention at the George R. Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, June 2, 2019. Gage Skidmore/Flickr. by JNS and Israel InSight reports Jewish groups applauded the Senate’s decision on Nov. 20 […]

By Lee J. Green Call this one the Iron Basketbowl. Talk of Alabama and Auburn in November mostly revolves around the storied Iron Bowl football rivalry. But as SEC basketball teams tip off their games this month, the Crimson Tide and Tigers are predicted to […]