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Calvin Duncan, Davida Finger and Dani Levine Avodah New Orleans will hold its annual Partners in Justice Jazz Brunch on June 2, honoring three “extraordinary social justice leaders.” The event, which starts at 11:30 a.m. at Temple Sinai, will honor Calvin Duncan, Davida Finger and […]

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) at the 2021 AmericaFest in Phoenix, Ariz. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons. While many House Democrats opposed a bill defining antisemitism on the claims that it might criminalize anti-Israel rhetoric, some Republican opponents used an even older argument — […]

Turman Hall at Emory University in Atlanta, also the Charles and Peggy Evans Anatomy Building. Credit: Daniel Mayer via Wikimedia Commons. (JNS) — Gregory L. Fenves, president of Emory University in Atlanta, released a statement on April 26 about campus protests the day before that […]

Caroline Bass speaks at event in Fayette. Photo courtesy John Killian by Richard Friedman Shortly after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack against Israel, Birmingham Jewish community members Susan Greene and Caryn Corenblum were walking on Overton Road near the building that had housed Knesseth Israel […]

(JNS) — A 41-year-old Houston man was sentenced to 27 months in prison for threatening to kill Jews. “Jeremy Joseph sent hateful, violent and antisemitic death threats over email to two former co-workers. Joseph made these threats as part of a broader scheme in which […]

Tulane Hillel, which supports a campus community of over 2,500 Jewish undergraduates and 500 graduate students, announced that Gary Brandt will be the new executive director. He succeeds Ron Gubitz, who has led Tulane Hillel since 2020 and is moving to St. Louis in June. […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in India on Jan. 14, 2018. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO. The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans will have an informational session and kickoff dinner for Jews of the Raj, the upcoming community mission to India. The mission will […]

Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) and Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) walk through the Columbia University campus on April 22, 2024. Credit: Courtesy of the office of Rep. Josh Gottheimer. The Alabama Holocaust Education Center issued a statement supporting a call by the United States […]

Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.). Credit: Official portrait. (JNS) — Serene Varghese, whose husband Sachin Varghese is general counsel for the Democratic Party of Georgia, appeared to call for the death of the party’s chair — a U.S. congresswoman — on April 20 after the latter […]