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University of Southern Mississippi history graduate student Meghan Waldow of Floral Park, N.Y., has been named a fellow of the Auschwitz Jewish Center, founded by Elie Wiesel. The fellowship will give Waldow the opportunity to study in Poland to explore the country’s rich Jewish heritage […]

During an address at the April 21 Alabama “Days of Remembrance” observance, Governor Bob Riley recalled his visit to Dachau. “The level of suffering had to be unimaginable… You begin to understand the evil that existed there” he said. The Alabama Holocaust Commission organized the […]

The National Conference for Community and Justice’s Alabama office, affected by the current economic downturn, is reorganizing and has cancelled Anytown Alabama for 2009. In an April 15 release, the Birmingham office stated that the “current economic crisis in our community, and nationwide, has seriously […]

Members of the Birmingham and New Orleans Jewish communities recently visited Partnership 2000 sister city Rosh Ha’Ayin to help inaugurate the Partnership 2000 Park. Birmingham’s Jewish community has an almost 30-year connection to Rosh Ha’Ayin, and New Orleans was also paired with the town of […]

A Jewish ceremony that happens once every 28 years will take place this month. Birkat Hachamah, or Blessing of the Sun, is done according to calculations done by the ancient rabbis. The calculations showed that every 28 years — 10,227 days — the sun is […]

Temple Emanu-El, Canterbury United Methodist Church and the Birmingham Islamic Society are co-hosting a comedy night designed to bridge gaps, increase understanding, and foster better relations among the three faiths. On April 19, comedians Rabbi Bob Alper, Azhar Usman and Nazareth Rizkallah will bring a […]

From staff and JTA reports An unsuccessful terror attack at the Lev Hamifratz mall in Haifa on March 21 reverberated in the Deep South as two families in Birmingham’s Jewish community had a close call. Talor Bearman and Kayla Perlstein, both from Birmingham, were in […]

The Anti-Defamation League announced that it will host the world premiere screening of “The People v. Leo Frank,” a television documentary shedding important new light on the trial and subsequent lynching of Jewish Atlanta businessman Leo Frank. The screening will be held on April 30 […]

Two area professors are among those joining an international — albeit mostly unsuccessful — call for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel. In late January, the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel responded to the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic […]