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Stuart and Suzanne Grant with son, Sam. Photo courtesy the Grant family. The largest-ever gift to the Tulane University Department of Jewish Studies is seen as putting Tulane on the path to be a leader in studying the American Jewish experience. The gift from Stuart […]

The Birmingham Holocaust Education Center will honor Alabama Holocaust survivors and their families at the annual L’Chaim event on Aug. 18. “Holocaust Survivors from Generation to Generation” will be at the Jemison Concert Hall at the Alys Stephens Center at 2:30 p.m. The program, a […]

The 50th summer is winding down at the Union for Reform Judaism’s Henry S. Jacobs Camp in Utica, and registration for the “50 Years of Jacobs Magic” anniversary weekend is now open. The Mississippi camp, a haven for Jewish students from smaller Southern communities, will […]

One of the first Rosenwald schools, in Chehaw, Ala. After years of building strong public support in communities across the nation, the National Parks Conservation Association celebrated the introduction of the Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools Study Act, requiring the Secretary of the Interior to […]

Lorraine LeBlanc and Curtis Billings in “Freedom.”  Photo courtesy National WWII Museum “Freedom,” which opens at the National World War II Museum on July 5, has been in development for over two decades. Playwright Joyce Pulitzer said when they started writing the play, the theme […]

From left to right, Lt. Col. R. Robert Bartran III, Rabbi Aaron A. Rozovsky, Michele Schipper, Major Terry Adair. Photo by Rachel Glazer, courtesy Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life On June 24, the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life’s annual education conference had an […]

A schedule of events has been set throughout the weekend of June 28 to mark the 120th anniversary of B’nai Israel in Pensacola, the sixth-oldest Jewish congregation in the state. The weekend will culminate in a June 30 concert featuring Pensacola native Cantor Moshe Bear […]

On June 11, an unexpected email shocked the American Jewish community as the American Hebrew Academy announced the “end of the Academy Era” after an “18-year dream.” The email from the school’s chief executive officer, Glenn Drew, stated that “Due to insufficient growth in enrollment […]

When members of the Ware County High School chorus heard that the only synagogue in Waycross, Ga., had been vandalized, memories of performing there each year for the Morris Jacobson Brotherhood Ceremony spurred them to action. On June 7, dozens of students and other community […]