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The new commander in chief of Israel’s Air Force has Alabama ties. Jaffa native Amir Eshel graduated from Auburn University at Montgomery in 1991, after also attending the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery. He was appointed commander on […]

When Rabbi Eytan Yammer of Birmingham’s Knesseth Israel is on the phone with a potential family looking to relocate to Birmingham, two quality of life questions about Jewish infrastructure inevitably come up — are there kosher restaurants, and is there an eruv? The kosher restaurant […]

The Tuscaloosa Arts Council will present the 10th Annual Tuscaloosa Jewish Film Festival March 24 to 27 at the Bama Theatre. The festival was established in 2003 with the goals of introducing local audiences to the best of Jewish filmmaking and expanding cultural and social […]

Hannah Weiss has always been into music, so it isn’t a surprise that her Bat Mitzvah project has to do with sharing music. After all, her cantor at Touro Synagogue in New Orleans told her that when she decided on a mitzvah project, it should […]

Jazz is woven through the fabric of New Orleans, so it is not surprising that there were members of the Jewish community involved in that American musical form. The Jewish Children’s Regional Service will celebrate that history with “The Jewish Roots of Jazz,” a gala […]

Here we go again. Long-time readers may remember our coverage of the Presbyterian Church (USA) biennial in Birmingham in June 2006. A small group of activists used the church’s passion for peace to attack Israel and make the conference a major battleground in the effort […]

The Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson has announced a series of events in conjunction with the “Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret and H.A. Rey.” The exhibit, which details how the artists behind Curious George fled France just ahead of the […]

Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson has a Voice on NBC. Brian Fuente, 28, who now resides in Nashville but grew up in the Jackson congregation and is originally from Hattiesburg, was selected by Blake Shelton to be on his team in the singing competition “The […]

Untold millions of children have thrilled to the adventures of Curious George. Far less known is the story behind how the inquisitive monkey came to worldwide audiences, starting with the authors’ escape from the Nazi regime. That escape, and how it framed the overall world […]