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In June, Rabbi Jonathan Miller had a book signing for “Legacy” at the Alabama Booksmith This month, Birmingham’s Temple Emanu-El will celebrate the 27 years that Rabbi Jonathan Miller led Alabama’s largest Jewish congregation. Miller retired on June 30. On Aug. 24, the Grafman Legacy […]

Emily learns about Sukkot at Temple Emanu-El in Dothan, in the documentary “There Are Jews Here.” “There Are Jews Here,” a film about disappearing Jewish communities in Laredo, Tex.; Latrobe, Pa.; and Butte, Mont.; contrasted with the Dothan Jewish community, will be part of the […]

Menashe by Lee J. Green The 19th-annual Sidewalk Film Festival, a downtown Birmingham celebration of new independent cinema, will roll Aug. 22 to 27 and includes several films of Jewish interest. The festival draws audiences from around the world and has been rated by several […]

Above: Athletes enjoy the Block Party at the McWane Center on Aug. 2. As the sun began to set on Aug. 3, Layne Held, co-chair of the JCC Maccabi Games in Birmingham, stood on the outdoor track at the Levite Jewish Community Center, holding a […]

Above: Participants in the emergency response mission to Israel are welcomed in Rosh Ha’Ayin, New Orleans’ Partnership2Gether community. Medical and emergency health care professionals from throughout the New Orleans area are traveling to Israel this month to learn and share best practices for dealing with […]

The recent series of tweets sent out by President Donald Trump banning transgendered individuals from serving in the military has brought the transgendered community into the headlines. On Aug. 16, Joy Ladin, the first and only openly transgender employee of an Orthodox Jewish institution, will […]

Soccer competitions were held at Birmingham-Southern College, on Preston Goldfarb Field. Goldfarb was coach of the BSC soccer program for 33 years and retired in 2015. In July he coached the U.S. men’s soccer team to unprecedented back-to-back gold medals at the World Maccabiah Games […]

Above: Athletes wait for their host families to pick them up after arrival on July 30. Orientation and an introduction to Birmingham at the Levite Jewish Community Center Coordinating at Maccabi Central A large event like this needs a large grill for trays of chicken […]

Participants in the 2017 Maccabi Games in Birmingham spent the morning of Aug. 1 at the Birmingham Civil Rights District, visiting the Civil Rights Institute, Kelly Ingram Park and Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where they heard from Carolyn McKinstry, a survivor of the 1963 Klan […]