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Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (left), MK Danny Danon (center) and former Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (right) at Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Dec. 20, 2023. Photo: Courtesy. By Etgar Lefkovits (JNS) — KIBBUTZ KFAR AZA—A group of prominent American evangelical Christian leaders, led by former Arkansas […]

Professor Barry Trachtenberg. Source: YouTube. by Moshe Phillips (JNS) — “Democrats and Republicans are funding mass murder.” “Talking about antisemitism is a diversion strategy.” “There’s much more Islamophobia in America than antisemitism.” These are some of the extremist conspiracy theories that the hundreds of Jewish […]

Interrupting the Shabbat morning service at Agudath Israel-Etz Ahayem in Montgomery on Dec. 16. Twitter screenshot. The weekend of Dec. 15 saw an acceleration of bomb threats at synagogues and Jewish institutions across the country, including in the Deep South. The Secure Communities Network, which […]

Jewish Film Festivals return to the screen in Mobile and Baton Rouge in January. The Mobile Jewish Film Festival will be in numerous venues around Mobile and Baldwin Counties from Jan. 7 to 21, while the 18th Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival continues its run […]

Birmingham is about to have a kosher dining option, as Knesseth Israel is debuting its new food truck this month. Holy Crepe will have a Chanukah event on Dec. 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Shell station on Overton Road, and will be […]

Anti-Israel protest next to Tulane University on Oct. 26. Watchdog group StopAntisemitism released its annual Antisemitism on U.S. College and University Campuses Report on Dec. 6, using a report card-style grading system to assess 25 different colleges across the United States on their previous and […]

Journalists tour Kibbutz Kfar Aza near the Israel-Gaza border, Nov. 2, 2023. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90. A group of 14 Republican state attorneys general called on media organizations to cut ties with freelancers who are affiliated with Hamas, and to ensure that their hiring […]

In response to inquiries from community members since the events of Oct. 7, the Alabama Holocaust Education Center has created Taking Action Together, a series of virtual lunch programs that will take place in the coming months. Executive Director Lisa Bachman said the series is […]

The rear of Texas A&M University in Education City, Al Rayyan, Qatar. Credit: Alex Sergeev via Wikimedia Commons. (JNS) — The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy has released a new report raising awareness of the potential threat from Qatar’s influence over […]