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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein talks to reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court after he attended oral arguments in the Moore v. Harper case Dec. 7, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images. by Izzy Salant and Menachem Wecker (JNS) — With […]

Craig Goldman, a Republican member of the Texas state House. Source: Craig Goldman for Congress website. by Izzy Salant and Menachem Wicker (JNS) — Craig Goldman, a Republican member of the Texas state House, defeated Trey Hunt to become the representative of Texas’s 12th Congressional […]

Home Depot CEO Bernie Marcus poses for a portrait in a Home Depot store October 15, 1998. Photo by Erik Lesser/Liaison via Getty Images. by Izzy Salant (JNS) — Bernard (“Bernie”) Marcus, the Jewish billionaire founder of Home Depot who donated extensively to Jewish causes, […]

Musiciens sur fond multicolore by Marc Chagall Imagine going to an exhibition of works from one of the 20th century’s most noted artists — and if you like, you can take one home. New Orleans landmark gallery M.S. Rau has a new exhibition, “Dreaming in […]

The federal courthouse in Austin is the court location of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division. Credit: Billy Hathorn via Wikipedia. by Andrew Bernard (JNS) — A federal court in Texas signaled on Oct. 29 that it intends […]

A billboard war between Palestinian groups and pro-Israel advocates in Birmingham received a surprise entrant on Oct. 7. In May, a billboard by the “Young Palestinians of Birmingham” appeared off Interstate 65 near downtown, displaying a Palestinian flag with the words “Stand with humanity, stand […]

Three years after opening its doors in New Orleans, the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience will cut the ribbon on its first major expansion, on Nov. 7. The Southern Jewish Family Research Center will be located on the museum’s third floor. The 2,500 square […]

Two decades ago, Walda and Sydney Besthoff gave a gift to the people of New Orleans. This year, the New Orleans Museum of Art — itself the result of a Jewish gift, by Isaac Delgado in 1910 — is celebrating the gift that became the […]