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By Jerome B. GordonSpecial to Southern Jewish Life Freshman Northwest Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz suddenly finds himself defending a ticket he gave to a controversial alt-right news troll and alleged Holocaust denier, Charles “Chuck” Johnson. After inviting Johnson to sit in the Congressional visitors […]

Mississippi Speaker Pro Tempore Greg Snowden, Governor Phil Bryant, Israeli Consul General Lior Haiat, Treasurer Lynn Fitch and Attorney General Jim Hood at an America-Israel Friendship League event in Meridian on Sept. 28 Legislation in Mississippi that would prohibit state fund investments in and state […]

As the new director of rabbinic services for the Jackson-based Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, Aaron Rozovsky will draw on experiences from a one-year deployment to Afghanistan with the Military Police. There, he learned how to create meaningful Jewish experiences out of whatever he […]

Registration is underway for Limmud New Orleans 2018, a regional weekend of multi-denominational Jewish learning. Organizers have unveiled the slate of presenters, from laypeople in New Orleans and across the country, to most New Orleans rabbis. In all, the weekend will include about 90 presentations […]

Jake Newsome spoke at Miles College in September, in the first of a series of events comparing Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South. As part of the programming in advance of Birmingham’s Violins of Hope experience, the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Institute for […]

An effort to designate Feb. 12 to 16 as Jewish American Heritage Week is underway in Florida. The resolution recognizes “the invaluable contributions of Jewish Americans to our way of life,” and notes that Florida is home to 654,860 of the country’s Jewish Americans. The […]

The Birmingham Jewish Federation will receive the U.S. Partner of the Year Award at the annual Conexx Gala in Atlanta on March 22. With the Gala, Conexx, the America Israel Business Connector, will open the Atlanta area celebrations of Israel’s 70th anniversary. The Conexx Gala […]

As resolution proponents in the hall hold posters against the glass, Arnie Fielkow addresses the New Orleans City Council, asking for withdrawal of the controversial resolution. Also Read: Opinion — Does the New Orleans “BDS Vote” Have Any Significance? At a contentious meeting this morning, […]

(Updated Jan. 21, 9 a.m. with statements from Mayor-Elect LaToya Cantrell, Councilmember Susan Guidry, and updated information throughout). With backlash over Resolution R-18-5, which pro-Palestinian groups have hailed as a victory for the anti-Israel Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement, the New Orleans City Council will […]