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Pastor Lyndon Allen of Nashville, CUFI regional coordinator, at May 23 luncheon at Birmingham’s Temple Emanu-El Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery will be the site of “a historic moment” on May 30, as a Standing With Israel event will be held in […]

Emergency crews were called to Birmingham’s Levite Jewish Community Center around 1:30 p.m. today after a suspicious envelope was discovered. After on-site testing, it was determined the contents were not hazardous and an all-clear was issued just after 3 p.m. In a message to members, […]

Rabbi Douglas Kohn will be the interim rabbi for the coming year at Birmingham’s Temple Emanu-El. Rabbi Jonathan Miller, who has led the state’s largest Jewish congregation since 1991, is retiring this summer. Emanu-El President Ben Weil said having an interim rabbi next year “who […]

With the departure of Levite Jewish Community Center Executive Director Betzy Lynch in August, the LJCC and Birmingham Jewish Federation are set to embark on an “experiment” in community collaboration. Richard Friedman, who has been the executive director of the Birmingham Jewish Federation for 34 […]

Arnie Fielkow, former president of the New Orleans City Council, will be returning to the city as the new chief executive officer of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, the Federation announced today. He will succeed Michael Weil, who will return to Israel after […]

Ellie Wainer and the Teen Life Counts program will be honored at this year’s Jewish Family Service Rhythm and Soul Gala, May 21 at the Audubon Tea Room in New Orleans. Every year, JFS recognizes a member of the community “who has given countless hours […]

Deborah Cotton was honored by Avodah on April 23 She may have lived in New Orleans for just 12 years, but when word came of Deborah Cotton’s death on May 2, her life was celebrated as a New Orleans original. Cotton was one of 19 […]

The streak continued for the team at New Orleans’ noted Israeli restaurant, Shaya, at the James Beard Awards on May 1. Zachary Engel, Shaya chef de cuisine, won the James Beard Award for the U.S. Rising Star Chef. The award is presented to “a chef […]

A year after technical glitches nationwide put a damper on GiveNOLA Day, this year’s event went off without any issues, and many Jewish community agencies attracted significant donations. GiveNOLA was a day for online giving, from midnight to midnight, on May 2. In all, GiveNOLA […]