January 17, 2018

L’Dor V’Dor celebrates contributions of Jewish women to New Orleans

Ida Weiss Friend and young woman As New Orleans starts celebrating its tricentennial, Longue Vue will house an exhibit on the effect Jewish women have had on the city. “L’Dor V’Dor: From Generation to Generation, Jewish Women and their Impact on New Orleans” will open […]
January 16, 2018

“Brisket Belt” comedy tour coming to Birmingham

Amanda Goldstein Marks The Brisket Belt Stand-Up Comedy Tour is coming to Birmingham, featuring Amanda Goldstein Marks, David HT Rosen and Jerry Farber. The Jan. 27 event will be at the StarDome Comedy Club’s Broadway Room. The first show on the tour, at the Highland […]
January 12, 2018

Opinion: Does the New Orleans “BDS vote” have any significance?

New Orleans City Council meeting on Jan. 11 (photo courtesy Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans) January 11 started out as a day of celebration for the Jewish community of New Orleans, as a delegation from the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, now led […]
January 12, 2018

NOLA Council passes pro-Palestinian group’s “BDS legislation”

The New Orleans City Council meets on Jan. 11. Photo courtesy Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans. At the start of the Jan. 11 New Orleans City Council meeting, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans was honored with “a special proclamation for their tremendous […]
January 8, 2018

Exhibit previews planned Unknown Child Holocaust memorial in Mississippi

What began as a school project in rural Mississippi to collect 1.5 million pennies to symbolize the 1.5 million Jewish children murdered in the Holocaust has evolved into plans for a large memorial. “The Unknown Child” exhibit at the Desoto County Museum in Hernando, about […]
January 4, 2018

Final Chapter? Roy Moore’s “Jewish lawyer” turns out to be a Christian

Photo of Martin Wishnatsky from his Amazon author page The search for Roy Moore’s “attorney who is a Jew” is over, though depending on one’s perspective, it came up empty-handed — as he accepted Jesus while in his 30s and calls himself a “Messianic Jew.” […]
January 3, 2018

Kayla Moore: I wasn’t referring to Richard Jaffe as our Jewish lawyer

Richard Jaffe (SJL file photo) Though some national publications have referred to Birmingham attorney Richard Jaffe as Roy Moore’s Jewish lawyer, he has said that it isn’t so, and that he is close friends with Doug Jones, the Democrat who opposed Moore in the Dec. […]
January 2, 2018

Revisiting the Axeman: Nathaniel Rich’s historical crime novel “King Zeno” set in 1918 New Orleans

Nathaniel Rich didn’t intend to write a novel set in New Orleans, but “King Zeno” insisted on being told. Writing the novel “became inescapable” after moving to the city in 2010, Rich said. Set in 1918, the historical crime novel features three individuals from different […]
December 28, 2017

Vote fraud expert cited by Moore campaign also promotes anti-Semitic conspiracies

Screenshot of website touting a “Nazi-Zionist connection” DVD by Jim Condit Jr., an election fraud advisor used by the Roy Moore campaign in their Dec. 27 filing. As Roy Moore tries to keep the state of Alabama from certifying the results of the Dec. 12 […]