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Anti-Israel graffiti on monuments and statues across from the White House on June 9, 2024. Credit: Andrew Leyden/Shutterstock. (JNS) — The newly introduced Saving Treasured Artifacts Through Uniform Enforcement (STATUE) Act calls for a minimum of five years in prison and monetary fines for vandalizing […]

The New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women will honor Barbara Kaplinsky will be honored with the prestigious Harold Salmon, Sr. Award for her contributions of time and talents over many years. Last presented in 2020, the award will be presented at […]

Eeki Elner, John Buhler, Andrea and Pastor Patrick Penn and Governor Kay Ivey have a moment of prayer in the governor’s office on May 31. In a May 31 ceremony at the governor’s office in Montgomery, the state of Alabama received official gratitude from Israel […]

From the 2023 ISJL conference. SJL file. When the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life’s annual June conference convenes near Jackson on June 23, it will have a broader focus and appeal. For two decades, congregations using the ISJL’s standardized religious school curriculum have gone […]

Photo by WJAX-TV By David Swindle (JNS) — Radi Ahmad, who owns a tire store in Jacksonville, Fla., insists that he isn’t a Jew-hater despite flying a Nazi flag on a busy street with a large Jewish community. Ahmad said the flag display “is his […]

Jewish and non-Jewish students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hold up the American flag. A full water bottle thrown by a pro-Hamas protester at the students can be seen passing the flag. Source: Screenshot/Bryan Anderson on X. By Mike Wagenheim (JNS) […]

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signs a bill into law codifying the IHRA working definition of antisemitism on May 23, 2024. Credit: S.C. Governor’s Office. (JNS) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed H. 4042, a bill that codifies the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working […]

Christi Fraga, mayor of the Doral, Fla., speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the future site of the new military housing complex supporting U.S. Southern Command’s service members and their families on Jan. 29, 2023. Credit: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Erica Bechard/U.S. Navy Photo. […]

During the night of May 16, vandals attacked the Zuckerman home in New Orleans, drenching an Israeli flag in red paint, which spread over the front of the house. On May 19, members of their congregation, Gates of Prayer in Metairie, came by to help […]