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June 19, 2023
By Richard Friedman She was a small, soft-spoken woman. In her later years, you had to strain to hear her. Yet, her presence endures. Until her final months, Betty Allenberg Goldstein was an inspiring, indefatigable lioness, fiercely committed to her beloved Birmingham Jewish community. Betty […]
June 17, 2023
The logo of the UNESCO on the main building in Paris, France. Photo by Bumble Dee/Shutterstock. By Menachem Wecker (JNS) — The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization announced on June 12 that the United States plans to rejoin the body in July and pay […]
June 13, 2023
Anti-Israel protesters attack pro-Israel counter-protesters in Raleigh, North Carolina, May 13, 2023. Photo: courtesy By Amy Rosenthal (JNS) — What does Jew-hatred feel like? A punch in the gut. Literally. Let me explain. On May 13, a “Nakba Day” rally was held in Raleigh, N.C. […]
June 9, 2023
Anne Levy inks her letter as sister Lila Millen looks on The last of the 613 mitzvot in the Torah is that every Jews should participate in the writing of a Torah. Two Holocaust survivors in the New Orleans area accomplished that on June 4, […]
June 9, 2023
Nobody really wanted to be at New Orleans’ Touro Synagogue at 3 p.m. on a Wednesday. Cantor Kevin Margolius said “we should not be here.” And yet, on June 7, hundreds felt they needed to be there, to say farewell to a unique individual, proudly […]
June 8, 2023
JCDS students at the end-of-year ceremony at Shir Chadash, which houses the school Torah during the summer. On June 6, Jewish Community Day School of Greater New Orleans was awarded accreditation by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest. JCDS is only the second school […]
June 6, 2023
By Richard Friedman It was an evening of poetry, purpose, passion and pain — and the unremitting power of a single voice. Most of all, it brought those in attendance into a deeper understanding of the brutal tragedy that has befallen the people of Ukraine. […]
June 2, 2023
Sea Shul started with a series of potluck dinners The 30-A corridor of planned beachside communities in Walton County has long been a popular destination for visitors from Jewish communities throughout the South. Now, a new congregation is being formed in Seaside to welcome visitors […]
June 2, 2023
The Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life in Jackson announced that Rabbi Salem Pearce will be their new Director of Spirituality. She succeeds Rabbi Caroline Sim, who just completed a three-year stint at the institute and will become the rabbi at Temple Am Echad in […]