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The Women’s Balcony With film festival season nearing, the Baton Rouge and Mississippi Jewish Film Festivals have announced their lineups for the coming year. The Mobile Jewish Film Festival was not confirmed by press time, but will be in January. The Baton Rouge Jewish Film […]

Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar, who has led Temple B’nai Sholom in Huntsville since 2009, announced that she will “move on with my rabbinic career” when her contract ends next summer. B’nai Sholom President Ann van Leeuwen announced the decision to the congregation in a letter on […]

Michele Schipper will become CEO of the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life Macy Hart, a pioneer in the preservation and evolution of small-community Jewish life in the South, will be stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, […]

Rabbi Robert Loewy of Gates of Prayer in Metairie toasts his newly-selected successor, Rabbi David Gerber, at the congregation’s board meeting on Oct. 17. Congregation Gates of Prayer in Metairie announced the selection of Rabbi David Gerber to succeed Rabbi Robert Loewy, who will retire […]

When Lindsay Baach Friedmann, interim South Central regional director for the Anti-Defamation League office in New Orleans, was getting married in 2014, she “did what I felt I was supposed to do” and went to her doctor for genetic testing. After all, there are numerous […]

James Grymes signs books at Temple Emanu-El on Sept. 17 For the next several months, “Violins of Hope” will be a recurring presence in Birmingham. The project involving restored violins that had been played in the Holocaust kicked off its Birmingham activities on Sept. 17 […]

The old saying goes that for two Jews, there are three opinions. As Jews have never shied away from a good debate, the next class offered by the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute is “Great Debates in Jewish History.” The six week course explores six fundamental […]

Psalm 128 by Debra Band Debra Band will visit Mobile as Ahavas Chesed’s artist in residence the weekend of Oct. 27 and speak about her art. Band, descended from an eminent rabbinic family, has been involved with Hebrew manuscripts since 1987, and studied Jewish texts […]

Rabbi Jonathan Miller The annual Birmingham Jewish community awards event will be on Oct. 29 at Temple Emanu-El. The evening is a combined effort of the regional Israel Bonds office, the Birmingham Jewish Federation and the Birmingham Jewish Foundation. Israel Bonds will honor Rabbi Jonathan […]