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August 28, 2024

Israel receives wartime support from huge increase in Israel Bonds sales

Mark Ruben, left, listens to County Comptroller Joseph Abruzzo discuss Palm Beach’s investment in Israel Bonds in October. Photo courtesy Joseph Abruzzo’s office. In May, Israel Bonds announced that it had sold over $3 billion globally in the six months since the Oct. 7 attacks, […]
August 26, 2024

Nashville officials look to change laws to deal with rash of neo-Nazi protests

A rally against antisemitism hosted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville on July 21, 2024. Credit: Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville. (JNS) — Leaders in Tennessee’s capital seek to implement measures to constrain the white supremacist activists spreading hate on the city’s streets after […]
August 23, 2024

AHEC gala featuring Daryl Davis, who converted 200 Klansmen and neo-Nazis

The Alabama Holocaust Education Center will hold a Red Carpet Experience for its annual “L’Chaim” gala on Sept. 10 with headliner Daryl Davis, a musician with a mission. The leader of the American R&B Daryl Davis Band, Davis has performed with Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee […]
August 21, 2024

Embattled Columbia names Indian Springs alumna as interim president

Katrina Armstrong, M.D. Photo by Jörg Meyer/Columbia University. As Columbia University continues to be a battleground for anti-Israel activism over the war against Hamas in Gaza, the university named an interim president with Alabama ties. Following the resignation of Minouche Shafik, who served as president […]
August 20, 2024

Carville: Republicans support Israel because of white racism

James Carville. Credit: JD Lasica/Socialmedia.biz via Wikimedia Commons. Long-time Democratic political strategist James Carville thinks he has figured out why Republicans are so supportive of Israel — simple white racism. Carville, the “Ragin’ Cajun” who became prominent as chief strategist for Bill Clinton during the […]
August 16, 2024

Jordanian citizen arrested in Florida for infrastructure attacks as anti-Israel protest

Damage to solar panels in Wedgefield facility. Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Justice. (JNS) — Law enforcement arrested a Jordanian national on July 11 who was living in Orlando, Fla., and the 43-year-old has been charged with four counts of bomb threats and a count […]
August 16, 2024

Lawsuit cites antisemitic harassment at Fulton County schools in Georgia

Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta. Credit: Warren LeMay/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons. From JNS and SJL reports Three Jewish organizations have called for federal intervention to counter what they characterize as pervasive, unchecked antisemitism in Georgia’s Fulton County School District. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for […]
August 8, 2024

Chattanooga holding its first Jewish food festival

(JNS) — Chattanooga has many Jewish-owned but no kosher restaurants, and the only glatt-kosher kitchen of its kind in the area is at the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga. On Aug. 18, the city will have its first Jewish food festival., from noon to 2 […]
August 6, 2024

Gates of Prayer’s GatesFest is “All Shuk Up” as it moves to After Dark on Oct. 20

The fourth GatesFest music festival is “All Shuk Up” as it changes its format to a late afternoon and evening experience at Metairie’s Gates of Prayer. GatesFest After Dark will be on Oct. 20 from 4 to 9 p.m., with Flow Tribe as the headliner. […]