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The Levy East Bed and Breakfast in Natchitoches, La., was gutted by fire yesterday morning. The fire broke out around 5:30 a.m. and took an hour to get under control. The home, which is on the National Registry of Historic Homes, did not have anyone […]

The weeks of JazzFest were a time to strengthen the bonds between New Orleans and its Partnership2Gether community in Israel, Rosh Ha’Ayin. Mayor Moshe Sinai visited the city to further strengthen official ties, and a jazz ensemble from the Rosh Ha’Ayin Music Conservatory performed in […]

“Treme,” the HBO series set in post-Katrina New Orleans, will be filming a Bar Mitzvah scene in Metairie on May 9, and the producers have sent out a call for extras. They need volunteers, including families and children ages 13 and up with a parent, […]

The Birmingham Sister Cities Commission has won Sister Cities International’s 2011 Best Overall Program Award for a city with a population between 100,001 and 300,000, with several initiatives involving the relationship with Israeli sister city Rosh Ha’Ayin cited. The award recognizes sister city programs that […]

One year ago today, a series of dozens of tornadoes caused a wide path of destruction through many areas of Alabama. Almost 250 were killed. Recovery efforts are ongoing, with Jewish groups from across the country coming to help rebuild homes near Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. […]

Birmingham’s Collat Jewish Family Services will hold its annual Hands Up Together gala on May 3 in the inaugural community event for the new Dorothy Jemison Day Theater at the Alabama School of Fine Arts. The venue has 150 more seats than previous Hands Up […]

Celebrations in Birmingham and New Orleans will salute Israel’s 64th birthday this month. In Birmingham, the Birmingham Jewish Federation’s Israel Connections Committee and the Levite Jewish Community Center will present a community celebration on April 22 at the soccer field. The event will begin at […]

Last month, a delegation of 16 students from Bridges: Muslim Jewish Interfaith Dialogue at New York University traveled to Birmingham, to work together in recovery efforts and to further their dialogue. Their trip was their service initiative as part of President Barack Obama’s Interfaith and […]

The 24th annual Jay Mosow Memorial Delta Jewish Open, a homecoming for Jews from the Mississippi Delta, will be held this year the weekend of Oct. 15. The weekend kicks off with the annual dinner party at Hebrew Union Congregation in Greenville, starting at 6:30 […]