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December 10, 2008
December 10, 2008
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Hadassah cancels 2009 national convention in New Orleans

When Hadassah, the women’s Zionist organization of America, announced that its 2009 annual convention would be held in New Orleans, it was seen as a boost for a city trying to rebuild its tourism and convention business, and for a Jewish community trying to replenish […]
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September 18, 2008
September 18, 2008
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Dothan initiative draws national attention

An initiative to bring Jews to Dothan became a media sensation in early September. In June, Blumberg Family Jewish Community Services of Dothan started advertising in a handful of Jewish newspapers across the country, touting an incentive package of up to $50,000 for up to […]
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September 4, 2008
September 4, 2008
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Jewish New Orleans undergoing tremendous transformation

Interfaith partners from the Isaiah Funds project stand in front of a New Orleans home renovated with money from the fund. By Gail Naron Chalew NEW ORLEANS (JTA) — Three years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, the face of Jewish New Orleans is […]
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September 3, 2008
September 3, 2008
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Getting Back to Normal in New Orleans

After the menace of Hurricane Gustav, residents are making their way back to the New Orleans area, and Jewish institutions are planning to reopen this weekend. Michael Weil, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, returned yesterday after riding out the storm […]
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August 31, 2008
August 31, 2008
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Bracing for Gustav

Myron Goldberg, center, president of Congregation Beth Israel, conducts a memorial Mincha service Friday, Aug. 29, to commemorate the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, at the old Beth Israel synagogue on Canal Blvd in New Orleans. Photo by Alexander Barkoff. For the New Orleans Jewish […]
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August 18, 2008
August 18, 2008
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Alabama rabbi asked to give Republican convention invocation

Rabbi Ira Flax, a retired military chaplain now living in Birmingham, has been asked to give the invocation during the Wednesday session of the Republican National Convention. The convention will be Sept. 1 to 4 in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Flax said he was asked to deliver […]
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July 29, 2008
July 29, 2008
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Memorial service for Elboim planned

A memorial service for Michal Elboim, the Shlicha who was killed near Pensacola on Sunday, will be held at Pensacola’s Temple Beth El on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Another memorial is being planned at B’nai Israel Congregation, but details have not been announced. Elboim’s body […]
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July 28, 2008
July 28, 2008
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Pensacola Shlicha killed in boating accident

Michal Elboim, with Rabbi Brian Glusman of Birmingham’s Temple Beth-El and Montgomery Shaliach Shimon Smith, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s International Fair in January 2008. Pensacola’s Jewish community was stunned last night by the news that its Israeli Shlicha for the past year, […]
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February 26, 2008
February 26, 2008
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Artist Barry Ivker reprints family Haggadah

To borrow a concept from the Passover Haggadah, had Barry Ivker been able only to present his three children with copies of a family Haggadah he complied, “Dayenu.” Instead, he was able to sell about 1200 copies of “All My Bones Shall Speak” before Hurricane […]
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