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By Lee J. Green There is some sweet news for those seeking kosher products at Winn-Dixie — this month they will launch an extensive corporate brand bakery line including challah loaves and rolls, Black and White cookies, brownies and other favorites available on a regular […]

Rabbi Rick Jacobs at the Henry S. Jacobs Camp in Utica Along a stretch of road from Memphis to Utica, Rabbi Rick Jacobs saw a wide range of congregations and communities as he toured the Deep South for three days. Jacobs, president of the Union […]

Rabbi Yossi Nemes, Kelly Boffone and Rabbi David Polsky discuss the final paperwork for kosher certification The New Orleans area and beyond has a new kosher option, with the first bakery certified by the Louisiana Kashrut Commission in a decade. Anshe Sfard Rabbi David Polsky […]

Starting slow but finishing strong was a trend for BIASCHA, but it worked as the fourth-seeded team won the New Orleans Synagogue Softball League championship. The combined efforts of Beth Israel, Anshe Sfard and Chabad took the title in a come-from-behind 11-7 win over Beth […]

It took a long time, but the United States finally won the gold medal in men’s open soccer in the Maccabiah Games. That could be taken two ways — the lengthy championship game against Argentina on July 29, or the fact that this year’s 19th […]

By Lee J. Green Films about a great illustrator who escaped Nazi-occupied France, a breakdancing Bar Mitzvah boy and five Ukrainian Jewish families who lives in a cave for 511 days to escape World War II are among several of Jewish interest featured in the […]

Andrew Zimmern, shown here with John Michael Bodnar, Chef Donald Link of Cochon in New Orleans, and Nick Pihakis of Jim ‘N Nicks, filmed a Birmingham episode of “Bizarre Foods America” that will air July 29. It’s a common story — Jews and food. So […]

When the 19th Maccabiah Games open on July 18 in Israel, there will be two representatives from the Deep South. Preston Goldfarb, head men’s soccer coach at Birmingham-Southern College, will be the head coach of the U.S. soccer team, and Madeline Gordon of Kenner, La., […]

On July 13, the A.G. Gaston Boys and Girls Club will host the Bam Bam B’ham Jam youth basketball tournament as a benefit for the club, to help put in new bleachers. The Jam is in memory of Seth “Bam Bam” Fingerman, who was a […]