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Two leaders in Birmingham’s Jewish community made large gifts toward the effort to revive football at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. On June 28, the UAB Department of Athletics announced a $1 million commitment from Jimmy Filler, the largest gift to date, and on […]

Sheriff Louis Ackal (photo from Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office) The Sheriff of Iberia Parish in Southern Louisiana reportedly was taped making anti-Semitic threats regarding a federal prosecutor assigned to a case against him. Sheriff Louis Ackal was charged on March 9 with “civil rights violations […]

A 2014 preliminary sketch for Birmingham’s planned Holocaust memorial A routine funding request before the Birmingham City Council regarding a planned Holocaust memorial in Birmingham passed unanimously on June 28 — but the week before was anything but routine when the item first came up. […]

The New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women applauded the June 27 U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a Texas law that was “designed to close abortion clinics” and spoke of its ramifications for Louisiana. In Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the […]

After a couple decades of figuring that Birmingham’s Jewish community numbered around 5,300, a newly-released study estimates the area’s Jewish population at 6,300, with 2,600 Jewish households. A Jewish household was defined as any household where at least one adult identifies as Jewish. In 2014, […]

Jason Marsalis, Matt Lemmler and Martin Masakowski perform in Rosh Ha’AyinRosh Ha’Ayin and its partnership with New Orleans had the opportunity to shine before the world in April, as Partnership2Gether started its 20th anniversary Israel mission with a jazz party and dinner by New Orleans […]

On May 6, Abe Berkowitz was inducted into the Alabama Lawyers’ Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building in Montgomery. Berkowitz is remembered as one of Birmingham’s earliest progressive activists, promoting both economic expansion and social justice throughout his career. A […]

The most recent Anshe Emeth building in Pine Bluff is now a nursing school. Two Jewish communities in Arkansas are closing the doors for good on their synagogues this month, as final services will be held in Pine Bluff for Anshe Emeth on June 11 […]

The Anti-Defamation League announced on May 9 that a broad coalition of local organizations in Louisiana that have agreed to join as coalition partners in ADL’s 50 States Against Hate initiative. ADL’s 50 States Against Hate is a nation-wide initiative involving a wide-range of national […]