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The wall at Northshore Jewish Congregation that had been spray painted with swastikas and neo-Nazi symbols in October has been spray painted again. But this time, it’s all good. Considering the graffiti “a domestic terror attack,” Metairie artist Laurie Alan Browne approached the congregation with […]

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards at signing of collaboration agreement between the Water Institute of the Gulf in Baton Rouge and Israel’s Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, at Ben Gurion University on Oct. 29. At the end of October, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards spent […]

Israeli Consul General Lior Haiat from the Miami Consulate, at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, while accompanying Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant on a trade mission to Israel in mid-November. Against a backdrop of the people of Israel facing an onslaught of deadly rockets, fired by […]

UAB Coach Rob Ehsan, Auburn Coach Bruce Pearl and Ed Meyerson at the press conference announcing the Mike Slive Invitational by Lee J. Green Matching up a Southeastern Conference and Conference USA team at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Legacy Arena for the inaugural Mike Slive […]

Pending a congregational vote on Dec. 9, Birmingham’s Temple Emanu-El has found a new rabbi. Congregational President Al Cohn announced on Nov. 20 that the search committee “whole-heartedly recommended” Rabbi Adam Wright, and the Board of Directors unanimously agreed. Wright is associate rabbi at Temple […]

It is sad but not surprising that the echoes of the bullets at Tree of Life in Pittsburgh had barely faded when politics, partisanship and accusations started to take over. As is often the case in complex stories and the rush to get information out, […]

Chanukah at Temple Beth El in Pensacola in 2017 (SJL file) Here is a list of Chanukah events in the region. Alabama: Anniston’s Temple Beth El will have its Chanukah celebration and covered dish dinner, Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m. The dinner will be followed […]

The idea that there is a story to be told in how food is a vital part of the Southern Jewish experience propelled Marcie Cohen Ferris to a career in food studies, leading to her recognition in October with the Southern Foodways Alliance’s Craig Claiborne […]

As many seats in the U.S. House of Representatives switched from Republican to Democrat, Elaine Luria was part of the trend in a narrow victory over incumbent Scott Taylor in Virginia’s second district. Luria, a native of Birmingham’s Jewish community who also has family in […]