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Jesse Schaffer, farm manager at Jones Valley Teaching Farm in downtown Birmingham, is one of the 12 Nice Jewish Guys of Birmingham (Photo by Mary Catherine Fehr) On the final night of Chanukah, Max Rykov, one of Birmingham’s most ubiquitous and quirky social media personalities, […]

When the Bloom Hillel building at the University of Alabama opened in 2011 in what is known as the campus “God Quad,” there was great excitement and plans to serve a growing Jewish student population. There has been so much growth that now, the Hillel […]

The Anti-Defamation League South-Central region, based in New Orleans, announced that Robert Merrick and Arthur Roger will be this year’s honorees at the A.I. Botnick Torch of Liberty Award Dinner. “Award recipients are people who care not just about themselves today but about the children […]

A New York rabbi was among about 20 faith and “pro-family” leaders who spoke at a press conference in support of U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama as he battles allegations of sexual impropriety toward minors in the late 1970s. Rabbi Noson Shmuel Leiter, […]

A West Point graduate and Vietnam veteran, Moore was appointed as circuit judge in Etowah County after a judge died in office. He had lost a race for that position in 1982 and a 1986 race for district attorney. Moore was first sued in 1995 […]

The Jewish Community Center of New Orleans celebrated the near-completion of its expansion at its annual gala, the J is Jazzed, on Nov. 11. Much of the new Goldring Woldenberg Sports and Wellness Complex opened on Nov. 13. The old fitness center’s cardio and weights […]

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, Loyola University, and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans are partnering to bring the traveling exhibition “This Is Hunger” to New Orleans this month. The exhibit will be located at Loyola from Nov. 17 to 20 as part […]

Forty years ago, a group of 40 families arrived at a barren hilltop in the heart of Samaria and established Ariel, which has become a thriving city in the territories. The leadership of Ariel is making six stops in the United States on a 40th […]

Edward Goldberg, Rabbi Jonathan Miller, Jahan Berns and Jerry Held. Photo by Rabbi Barry Altmark. Mayor-elect Randall Woodfin was a featured guest at the annual Birmingham Jewish community awards event on Oct. 29 at Temple Emanu-El. The evening, themed “Birmingham and Beyond,” was a combined […]