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By Richard Friedman Though no longer here, having died last January two days after her 100th birthday, Phyllis Weinstein’s legacy still drives the success of the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center. This was evident not only in excerpts from a past video tribute shown at this […]

Beth Shalom and B’nai Israel in Baton Rouge (file photo) The weekend of Aug. 13, Beth Shalom in Baton Rouge held the last event in its Covid-extended 75th anniversary celebration. The following weekend, Beth Shalom members, along with members of B’nai Israel, the congregation it […]

By Richard Friedman Did you hear the one about the Jewish organization president who never held an in-person meeting? Yep, there was a day when that would have been unthinkable, but Hadassah New Orleans President Briann Shear is among those creative volunteer leaders who have […]

By Richard Friedman The challenge of bringing parties to the table was the theme of an Aug. 15 online program that kicked off the new Louisiana Jewish Coalition initiative, which has brought together the state’s three Jewish Federations and other organizations to work collectively for […]

From left, Laura King, John Buhler, Deputy Israeli Consul General Alex Gandler, Gov. Kay Ivey, Israeli Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon, Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker and wife Dottie at May 2021 signing of resolution expressing Alabama’s support for Israel during its recent operation against […]

By Lee J. Green A significant “Television Event” will kick off the Sidewalk Film Festival’s Homecoming to downtown Birmingham in 2021 and the documentary’s Jewish director is excited about the big-screen debut of the film, which examines 1983’s television movie that shook the world – […]

By Richard Friedman As Isabel Rubio readies to step down after 20 years as the founding executive director of the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama, she’s become intrigued by an unusual Jewish story that courses through her family’s history, and that she did not know about until […]

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the United States. Credit: NIAID-RML via Wikimedia Commons. With much less organized activity during the summer, increasing vaccination rates and Covid cases on a major decline, […]

At the opening retreat last fall for the 2020-21 Avodah Service corps members in New Orleans On July 21, the 2020-2021 cohort of Avodah’s New Orleans Service Corps celebrated the culmination of their service year as part of an online national celebration. Avodah New Orleans […]