Archived News
November 15, 2023
Annie Weinstein Richardson, one of the four women stabbed in an attack at Louisiana Tech in Ruston on Nov. 13, died the next evening. Richardson was walking with three friends outside Lambright Sports and Wellness Center, the campus recreation facility, when they were attacked shortly […]
November 14, 2023
Dillard University President Rochelle Ford, right, spoke at the American Jewish Press Association convention in New Orleans this past July. From SJL and JNS reports Louisiana will be well represented on the speaker stage at the March for Israel in Washington on Nov. 14. The […]
November 13, 2023
While it may seem that Michael Rawl was born to head a Jewish Community Center, as he reflects on his journey to New Orleans, it was more like he stumbled into the work. “It seemed like it would have been such a good choice,” he […]
November 12, 2023
A Lone Soldier from Atlanta was killed on Nov. 6 in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem. Sgt. Elisheva Rose Ida Lubin, 20, was a border police officer near Herod’s Gate at Jerusalem’s Old City. She had immigrated to Israel in August 2021 and was drafted […]
November 9, 2023
Students and teachers at Jefferson Jacob School, in Prospect, Ky., circa 1920s.Photo by Andrew Feiler/The Filson Historical Society Two exhibits focusing on the partnership between a Black academic and a Jewish philanthropist to expand educational opportunities for Southern Blacks a century ago are opening in […]
November 4, 2023
Blue and white bows are popping up on mailboxes in the Birmingham suburbs as a small showing of solidarity has greatly exceeded expectations. Mountain Brook residents Rachel Mazer and Emily Ulmer Feinstein had traveled to Israel together last year, and after the Oct. 7 attack, […]
November 1, 2023
Posters accusing Israel of genocide, such as this one at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, are common in anti-Israel events. Courtesy Southern Jewish Life. by Jay Michaelson (The Forward) — Last week, I argued in these pages that Israel’s military operations in Gaza, however […]
October 31, 2023
Dani Naveh, president and CEO of Israel Bonds. Credit: Courtesy of Israel Bonds. Throughout the region, state governments are putting their money behind their words in expressing solidarity and confidence with Israel. Several states are increasing their investments with the Development Corporation for Israel, also […]
Global Editorial: Jews worldwide haven’t been this fearful in living memory