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March 28, 2011
March 28, 2011
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A coalition of Jackson-area religious leaders, including representatives of Beth Israel Congregation and the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, criticized the March 25 address of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan at the Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement annual conference. Beth Israel […]
March 23, 2011
March 23, 2011
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The term “rebuilding” doesn’t do justice to what Coach Joe Pasternack had to do this season at the University of New Orleans. Faced with the loss of all his scholarship players except for one, he had to completely rebuild a team that nevertheless finished the […]
March 21, 2011
March 21, 2011
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Alabama Governor Robert Bentley will be the guest speaker for Shabbat services at Birmingham’s Temple Emanu-El on April 15. Elected to the Alabama House of Representatives from the Tuscaloosa area in 2002, Bentley was elected governor last year. Hours after his inauguration, he made waves […]
March 11, 2011
March 11, 2011
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Shire Human Genetic Therapies is teaming with Southern Jewish Life magazine to sponsor an essay contest that will enable a child in the region who is living with Type 1 Gaucher Disease to attend a non-profit Jewish overnight summer camp. The winner receives a four-week […]
March 10, 2011
March 10, 2011
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Temple Beth Or in Montgomery kicked off the season of Jewish food on Feb. 27 with its annual Jewish Food Festival. With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, corned beef luncheons and other similar events are being planned across the region. Hebrew Union Congregation in Greenville […]
March 9, 2011
March 9, 2011
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Editor’s Note: This piece is part of a series of articles, “Not Just Black and White: The Jewish Community and the Civil Rights Era.” Eighty years ago this month, nine black youths were arrested in Scottsboro, and the subsequent miscarriage of justice would spark the […]
March 8, 2011
March 8, 2011
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On March 27, two former New Orleans foster children will give their perspectives in “Overcoming Life’s Challenges and Making Your Life Count.” Their 11 a.m. address at Temple Sinai will be part of the annual meeting for the Jewish Children’s Regional Service, and is open […]
March 4, 2011
March 4, 2011
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Residents of Birmingham’s Faush Metropolitan Manor by downtown Woodlawn don’t have to worry about having a key to the building with them — they are the keys to the building. On Feb. 23, Major General Aharon Zeevi Farkash, former head of Israeli Military Intelligence, visited […]
February 8, 2011
February 8, 2011
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Rabbi Bob Alper returns to Alabama this month, and for one of his two shows, he’s bringing along a couple of friends. Alper, an ordained rabbi, became a stand-up comedian and became known as “the world’s only practicing clergyman doing stand-up comedy… intentionally.” His shows […]