Larry Brook

By Lee J. Green A Tony Award-Winning Broadway phenomenon lights up the stage in its Alabama debut this month. “Six The Musical” comes to Huntsville’s Von Braun Center Feb. 4 to 9 and the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Feb. 11 to 16. The show features King […]

Israelis at “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv, Feb. 1, 2025. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90. (JNS) — Trump administration officials and members of Congress issued statements on Feb. 1 lauding the release of Keith Siegel, an American citizen who was one of three Israelis freed from […]

Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan delivers a speech at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2017. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. By Charles Jacobs and Ben Poser (JNS) — Three decades ago this week, a conflict erupted in Harlem, New York, when […]

Liam Hazi. Credit: Courtesy of the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. An Israeli soldier from Rosh Ha’Ayin was killed in combat and four others were wounded on Jan. 30 during a firefight with terrorists in Jenin in Samaria, the Israel Defense Forces said. Staff Sgt. Liam Hazi, […]

Slicing brisket at historic Kreuz Market (not a kosher establishment) in Lockhart, Tex. SJL file. By Anna Rahmanan (JNS) — On a typical barbecue menu in Houston or Dallas, even the vegetables are likely to come with pork, and a “veggie side” choice might include […]

The shooter who killed a fellow student at Antioch High School in Nashville on Jan. 22 before killing himself was inspired by extremist beliefs, including antisemitism. The incident began at 11:09 a.m. in the cafeteria as 17-year-old Solomon Henderson opened fire, killing a 16-year-old and […]

A Ten Commandments representation outside Gates of Prayer in Metairie. SJL file photo. By Andrew Bernard of JNS and SJL reports The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in Roake v. Brumley on Jan. 23 over a Louisiana bill mandating the display of […]

While hundreds of Chabad Houses around the world will be teaching the newest Jewish Learning Institute class, “Decoding the Talmud,” it has extra significance around here. Rabbi Yochanan Rivkin, of Tulane Chabad Grads and Anshe Sfard in New Orleans, was the lead writer for the […]

An east Tennessee man affiliated with the neo-Nazi Goyim Defense League was arrested after trying to gain entry to the Gordon Jewish Community Center in Nashville while wearing a disguise intended to make him look like an Orthodox Jew. Travis Keith Garland, 31, was arrested […]