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Change is afoot at Southern Jewish Life… Subscribe to our new Substack site! With the current issue, we are rebooting the print edition, as part of an overall reworking of SJL. We are changing our print distribution, adding a new venue for even more stories, […]

The Hurley administration building on the campus of the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Credit: Michael Barera via Wikimedia Commons. (JNS) — The U.S. Department of Education is formally investigating the University of North Texas for allegations of antisemitism on its Denton campus, […]

Donald Trump and Randy Fine in 2024. Courtesy of Randy Fine via The Forward By Jacob Kornbluh (The Forward) — In the first major test for the Republican Party just two months after Donald Trump took office, a race for a solidly red seat in […]

New Orleans JCC Uptown. SJL file. The New Orleans Jewish Community Center announced that CEO Michael Rawl has resigned for personal reasons. Rebecca Friedman, who became the JCC board president on Feb. 2, will become the interim CEO and has agreed to a one year […]

Adi and Roy Alexander attended the Auburn-Michigan Sweet 16 matchup after Pearl called for the release of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, who has been held captive by Hamas since Oct. 7, 2023, at the post-game press conference following Auburn’s Round of 32 win against Creighton […]

The Kentucky state capitol. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. By Rabbi Shlomo Litvin (JNS) — The Kentucky State House Committee for Postsecondary Education recently met to discuss Senate Joint Resolution 55, aimed at combating the horrific rise of antisemitism on college campuses in Kentucky. I was among […]

The Combat Antisemitism Movement and the African American Mayors Association launched the Washington-Rosenwald HBCU Scholarship Program, awarding $25,000 in scholarships, $5,000 each to five students who explore the historic relationship between the African American and Jewish communities through essays, artwork, poetry, or video submissions. The […]

Photo of young residents of the Home, appx. 1915. Written on the back is “Our babies.” Courtesy of Marlene Trestman and the Crosby Family Collection, Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience For decades, the Jewish Orphans’ Home was a unique place in New Orleans, and […]

Concert pianist and Grammy nominee Mona Golabek will return to Alabama to present “The Children of Willesden Lane,” a musical view into her mother’s escape from Nazi Germany. The performance is based on her book “The Children of Willesden Lane,” the story of her mother, […]