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Above: Kwani Carson from Mayor William Bell’s office speaks at the reception before the JCC Maccabi Games opening ceremony on July 30 at Bartow Arena Auburn Basketball Coach Bruce Pearl and former Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive at the reception Carson presents the mayor’s Crystal […]

More photos from the opening ceremony of the JCC Maccabi Games in Birmingham, July 30.  Team New Orleans backstage  Team New Orleans  Team Omaha  Team Philadelphia  Team Phoenix  Team San Diego  Team San Jose Team Southern Jersey  Team St. Louis Team Tucson Team Israel Team […]

Bartow Arena at the University of Alabama at Birmingham was the site of the opening ceremony and the parade of delegations for the JCC Maccabi Games in Birmingham on July 30.  Team Atlanta  Team Baltimore   Team Boca Raton   Team Carolina Team Central Florida Team […]

Matisyahu at the JCC Maccabi Games opening ceremony in Birmingham on July 30 Reggae star Matisyahu is facing criticism for shoving teenage fans off the stage during his performance to close out the JCC Maccabi Games opening ceremony in Birmingham on July 30. Matisyahu’s appearance […]

A “once in a generation” event kicked off on July 30 as 900 athletes from around the United States and across the world marched into Bartow Arena at the University of Alabama at Birmingham for the opening ceremony of the JCC Maccabi Games. Coordinated by […]

An area of New Orleans with several major museums will be the new home for the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience. During a presentation at Temple Sinai in New Orleans on July 28, the location of 818 Howard Street was announced, along with a […]

Bruce Sokol, Mike Slive, Layne Held and Spencer Lynch at the pouring of the Maccabi cauldron, at Sloss Furnace in Birmingham. The two volunteer co-chairs for the JCC Maccabi Games in Birmingham come at the event from very different perspectives. Layne Held, First Vice President […]

At the 2012 Maccabi Games in Memphis, Oshrat Romano Kandell brought in the torch. She is the daughter of Yosef Romano, one of the Israeli Olympic athletes killed in the 1972 Munich Olympics Every major athletic competition needs a big opening ceremony, and the JCC […]

Rabbis Laila Haas and Jonathan Miller on Capitol Hill during the 2017 AIPAC Policy Conference In a July 18 letter to the congregants of Birmingham’s Temple Emanu-El, Rabbi Laila Haas announced that she will be seeking other opportunities when her current contract ends next summer. […]