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February 4, 2024
Anti-Israel activists shut down the only link between Memphis and Arkansas on Feb. 3, calling for an immediate ceasefire and defunding of Israel. Memphis Voices for Palestine had been rallying at City Hall, and around 3 p.m. walked to the Hernando de Soto Bridge on […]
February 2, 2024
The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans will present “Hatikvah: Hope Reborn,” a multimedia musical event exploring the origins of Israel’s national anthem. Astrith Baltsan will be the guest artist for the Feb. 24 performance. Baltsan is an Israeli concert pianist known for her interpretations […]
February 2, 2024
Louisiana Senator John Kennedy introduced two bills on Jan. 31 to address growing concerns about the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and its ties to Hamas and antisemitic classroom instruction in Gaza. Kennedy and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky cosponsored the Peace and Tolerance […]
February 1, 2024
Graphic from Governor Kay Ivey’s tweet on International Holocaust Remembrance Day The Alabama Democratic Party is facing calls to remove a sarcastic tweet in response to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s tweet marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Ivey, a Republican, tweeted on Jan 27 that “today, […]
January 30, 2024
Dedicating a street in Israel in honor of Sylvia Raphael: Journalist David Kaplan (left) and Rosh Ha’ayin Mayor Shalom Ben Moshe (center), on Jan. 22, 2024. Credit: Courtesy of David Kaplan. by Rolene Marks (JNS) — On Jan. 22, old friends, representatives of Israel’s South […]
January 28, 2024
Surveillance footage from the Dollar General store where Ryan Christopher Palmeter shot and killed three people in Jacksonville, Fla. on Aug. 26, 2023. Credit: Wikipedia. From JNS and SJL reports Jewish leaders issued statements last summer after Ryan Christopher Palmeter killed three people, all of […]
January 28, 2024
The actor John Cusack at a press conference at a film festival in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 16, 2016. Credit: Denis Makarenko/Shutterstock. John Cusack, who became a famous actor with several films in the 1980s, will be in Birmingham on March 10 for “An Evening […]
January 26, 2024
Photo via John F. Kennedy/Twitter From SJL and JNS reports The Georgia state Senate voted 44-6 on Jan. 25 to pass a bill that uses the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism to define Jew-hatred in state law. The legislation, which now heads […]
January 23, 2024
The funeral of Palestinian-American Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, who was killed during a clash in Samaria, in Al-Mazra’a Ash-Sharqiya near Ramallah, Jan. 20, 2024. Credit: Flash90. From SJL and JNS reports A Palestinian teen from the New Orleans area who was killed in the territories on […]