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Around the South: Week of Sept. 11, 2015 above: Sanctuary, Congregation B’nai Israel in Baton Rouge This week’s must-read: An Imam who is founding director of Duke University’s Center for Muslim Life established the Muslim Leadership Initiative, which is now in its third year. Class […]

above: the ark doors at Beth Israel in JacksonAround the South: Week of Sept. 4, 2015  The New Orleans Jewish community marked 10 years since Katrina with a brief commemoration, concert and New Orleans-style feast on Aug. 30. Above, the New Orleans rabbis and cantors […]

above: matzoh ball soup at Kenny and Ziggy’s in Houston.  ‘Deli Man’ featuring Ziggy Gruber will be one of the documentaries screened at the upcoming Sidewalk Film Festival. Around the South: Week of Aug. 21, 2015  This weekend, commemorations of Katrina’s 10th anniversary start hitting […]

above: the water tower at Marks, Mississippi Marks was founded by Leopold Marks who was born in Germany, immigrated to the US in 1868, and two years later wound up in Friars Point.  After earning enough to buy a small steamboat, he opened a trading […]

above: mural of the cast iron column on 1874 Kahn Building, ShreveportAround the South: Week of Aug. 7, 2015 A Jewish community Day of Service will commemorate the 10th anniversary of Katrina, with volunteers working with the St. Bernard Project to rebuild homes on Aug. […]

The crematoria at the Dachau concentration camp, pictured during a stop on the July 2015 European Holocaust tour of the Alfred Lerner Fellowship for Holocaust educators. Credit: Kelly Webeck. By Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org When Kelly Webeck visited Nazi Germany’s former Chelmno extermination camp in Poland […]

Above: The Jewish Young Adults of North Louisiana recently had a Shabbat gathering with two visiting Chabad “roving rabbis.” Around the South A Jewish community Day of Service will commemorate the 10th anniversary of Katrina, with volunteers working with the St. Bernard Project to rebuild […]

Above: Pastor Milton Saffold of Stone Street Baptist Church in Mobile spoke about racial reconciliation last Shabbat at Springhill Avenue Temple.Around the South Sen. Bernie Sanders will hold a campaign rally in New Orleans on July 26 at 6 p.m., at the Pontchartrain Center in […]

In larger communities across the country, including New Orleans, Moishe House has set up a presence with Jewish 20-somethings living together and providing a “hub of Jewish life.” But what about smaller communities that can’t sustain a full-fledged residence? In Jackson, Moishe House Without Walls […]