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The story of one of the South’s most beloved names in retailing begins with a smuggling operation out of Nazi Germany. That story will be recounted by Hans Sternberg, author of “We Were Merchants: The Sternberg Family and the Story of Goudchaux’s and Maison Blanche […]

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The Jewish Council for Public Affairs, which is the national organization of Federation Jewish Community Relations Committees, will hold its annual African-American/Jewish Community Leaders Mission in Birmingham this year. This is the third year that JCPA is organizing the mission. The previous two times, New […]

The second annual “Kicking for Kids” tournament will kick off summer at the New Orleans Jewish Community Center, raising money and awareness for children’s programs at the JCC. Twelve teams will participate in the double-elimination tournament on May 23 at the Uptown JCC. Teams consist […]

Photo by Alan Smason Members of the executive board and past presidents of Congregation Beth Israel prepare to break ground. Front row from left: Alex Barkoff, Irwin Lachoff, Myron Goldberg, Mike Gertler, Roselle Ungar, Jackie Gothard, Sol Gothard, Ben Gothard, Eddie Gothard and Alan Katz. […]

New Orleans-based Jewish Children’s Regional Services has been given a four-star rating by Charity Navigator, the highest rating the evaluation service gives. Ned Goldberg, JCRS executive director, said Harold Steinberg of Memphis asked him at a board meeting in January whether the organization had applied […]

The family of Judy Abroms is having an 80th birthday party for her, and everyone is invited. Tony Award-winning playwright, poet and performer Sarah Jones will be the featured performer at “Hands Up Together,” the second annual fundraising celebration for Birmingham’s Collat Jewish Family Services, […]

With two new teams added to this year’s Bill Peetluk Memorial Lag B’Omer Softball Invitational, the drama increased exponentially as one of the new teams, “You Belong in Birmingham,” defeated the combined Knesseth Israel/Chabad squad 18-16 in the championship game on April 18. The winning […]

Old memories will be revisited and new “Memories” will be made on May 1, as nationally acclaimed Barbra Streisand tribute artist Carla Del Villaggio headlines a gala celebrating 50 years of theatre at Birmingham’s Levite Jewish Community Center. Theatre LJCC, which was known until the […]