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June 20, 2024
Donavon Parish, in a 2022 Forrest County mugshot. Donavon Parish, 29, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on June 18 to cyberstalking harassment, admitting that he was motivated by Jew-hatred, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He faced one […]
June 19, 2024
Ten Commandments monument outside Gates of Prayer in Metairie. SJL file. Editor’s Note: A version of this editorial originally appeared in our publication in September 2001, during the Judge Roy Moore monument dispute at the Alabama Supreme Court building. It was updated slightly to refer […]
June 19, 2024
Willie Mays (left) with Jacob Shemano and the Dodgers’ Leo Durocher. Courtesy of Gary Shemano By Louis Keene (The Forward) — Willie Mays was in the prime of his career in 1963, but his finances were a mess. The Giants’ star outfielder had plunged into […]
June 19, 2024
Old City Hall in Boca Raton, Fla. Credit: Ebyabe via Wikimedia Commons. (JNS) — More than 50 synagogues in Florida were targeted with bomb threats on June 18, WPLG reported. The Coral Gables Police Department determined that the emailed threats were not credible, according to […]
June 14, 2024
Anti-Israel encampment at Tulane University in early May By Lara Crigger In a strong show of solidarity with the Jewish community and with Israel, the Louisiana state legislature stood firm against antisemitism and extremist terrorist groups in its most recent session. During the 2024 session, […]
June 14, 2024
Anti-Israel graffiti on monuments and statues across from the White House on June 9, 2024. Credit: Andrew Leyden/Shutterstock. (JNS) — The newly introduced Saving Treasured Artifacts Through Uniform Enforcement (STATUE) Act calls for a minimum of five years in prison and monetary fines for vandalizing […]
June 11, 2024
The New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women will honor Barbara Kaplinsky will be honored with the prestigious Harold Salmon, Sr. Award for her contributions of time and talents over many years. Last presented in 2020, the award will be presented at […]
June 10, 2024
Eeki Elner, John Buhler, Andrea and Pastor Patrick Penn and Governor Kay Ivey have a moment of prayer in the governor’s office on May 31. In a May 31 ceremony at the governor’s office in Montgomery, the state of Alabama received official gratitude from Israel […]
June 9, 2024
From the 2023 ISJL conference. SJL file. When the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life’s annual June conference convenes near Jackson on June 23, it will have a broader focus and appeal. For two decades, congregations using the ISJL’s standardized religious school curriculum have gone […]