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For Naaleh students, the OU relief mission to Asheville constituted so much more than fixing homes. Credit: Courtesy. Special to SJL A group of 11th graders from New Jersey recently participated in a unique trip that involved suiting up in hazmat gear, boots and two […]

Manischewitz/X screenshot By Louis Keene (The Forward) — Since the NCAA began allowing college athletes to get paid for endorsements in 2021, the most delightful deals have tended to draw upon a natural association between player and company. Hoopers with the surnames Roach and Buggs […]

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO. (JNS) — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced legislation on Dec. 5 that would ban the federal government from using the term “West Bank” and instead use Judea and Samaria, the terminology […]

A Jewish family’s home is vandalized with swastikas in Charlotte, N.C., Dec. 5, 2024. Source: Screenshot / WCNC Charlotte (JNS) — A Jewish family’s home in Charlotte, N.C., was recently graffitied with swastikas as well as racist and homophobic slurs. “It’s crazy because you just […]

By Sarah Gotlieb and Bobby Garon As community members start thinking about year-end financial planning, the Birmingham Jewish Foundation and the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana are sharing ideas that one may consider. They caution that this article should not be considered tax advice, and […]

Jared Isaacman speaks at the 30th Annual National Character and Leadership Symposium in Arnold Hall at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Feb. 23, 2023. Credit: Trevor Cokley/U.S. Air Force via Wikimedia Commons. (JNS) — President-elect Donald Trump announced his nomination […]

Kenneth Hoffman cuts the ribbon opening the new Southern Jewish Family Research Center, with members of the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience board, representatives of the Downtown Development District and New Orleans City Councilmember Eugene Green. In dedicating the Southern Jewish Family Research Center […]

Donavon Parish, in a 2022 Forrest County mugshot. Donavon Parish, 29, of Hattiesburg, Miss., was sentenced on Nov. 26 to 24 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for charges of cyberstalking, and antisemitic harassment of synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses. In Philadelphia, U.S. […]

Wide receiver Sam Salz, No. 39 of the Texas A&M Aggies, during the game between the Mississippi St. Bulldogs and the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, Nov. 11, 2023. Photo By Evan Pilat/Texas A&M Athletics. By Dave Gordon (JNS) — […]