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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) addresses attendees at the RJC Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas via satellite from Italy, Sept. 5, 2024. Photo by Izzy Salant. by Izzy Salant (JNS) — When Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) assumed his post as House Speaker, […]

The world barely noticed when sisters Flora and Piroska Gellert finished their time on it, six years apart, with only the officiating rabbi and a neighbor attending their funerals in the pauper’s section of Hebrew Rest Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans. But when that […]

Hersh Goldberg-Polin at the Passover Retreat at Ramah Darom. Photo courtesy Ramah Darom. The news that the body of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin had been recovered from a Gaza tunnel on Aug. 31 reverberated in the north Georgia mountains at Ramah Darom, the Conservative movement’s summer […]

The Jewish National Fund USA will hold “Build Together: Stand With Israel” at Birmingham’s Temple Beth-El on Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. The program will focus on how the agency is supporting Israel’s resilience and rebuilding efforts in the Negev and the Galilee, especially after […]

Kenneth Stein speaks at the Pine Tree. As Israel’s war against Hamas continues, Israel Bonds is continuing to address needs in Israel resulting from the war. On June 18, the Southeast regional office held an event at the Pine Tree Country Club in Birmingham, where […]

Mark Ruben, left, listens to County Comptroller Joseph Abruzzo discuss Palm Beach’s investment in Israel Bonds in October. Photo courtesy Joseph Abruzzo’s office. In May, Israel Bonds announced that it had sold over $3 billion globally in the six months since the Oct. 7 attacks, […]

A rally against antisemitism hosted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville on July 21, 2024. Credit: Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville. (JNS) — Leaders in Tennessee’s capital seek to implement measures to constrain the white supremacist activists spreading hate on the city’s streets after […]

The Alabama Holocaust Education Center will hold a Red Carpet Experience for its annual “L’Chaim” gala on Sept. 10 with headliner Daryl Davis, a musician with a mission. The leader of the American R&B Daryl Davis Band, Davis has performed with Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee […]

Katrina Armstrong, M.D. Photo by Jörg Meyer/Columbia University. As Columbia University continues to be a battleground for anti-Israel activism over the war against Hamas in Gaza, the university named an interim president with Alabama ties. Following the resignation of Minouche Shafik, who served as president […]