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Putting on tefillin in the ZBT house at the University of Alabama This fall, Chabad on Campus is opening centers at 19 universities, including the University of Alabama and Louisiana State University. Meanwhile, the Chabad staff at Tulane is expanding, with family ties to the […]

On Memorial Day, Jackie and Judge Sol Gothard, Commander of the Jules Lazard Post 580 New Orleans Jewish War Veterans of America, and Rabbi Gabe Greenberg of Congregation Beth Israel placed an American flag at the gravesite of Oscar J. Tolmas in Beth Israel Cemetery. […]

The Mississippi Development Authority announced on Aug. 18 that Governor Phil Bryant will lead a delegation of Mississippi companies on a business development mission to Israel from Nov. 8 to 12. The trip is designed to connect Mississippi businesses that want to expand trade and […]

While there is still more of 2015 to come, Jewish Children’s Regional Service is already on a pace to serve over 1500 Jewish youth in seven states of the mid-South this year. Youth in 200 communities in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, […]

Abraham Mordecai’s grave in Dudleyville, Ala. Susannah Heschel, daughter of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, will speak about her father’s legacy at a program in Montgomery that will honor two important Abrahams in Alabama history, both of whom are from the people of Abraham. Redigging the […]

A former accountant at Birmingham’s Temple Emanu-El pleaded guilty to taking $41,098 from the congregation. In a July 28 plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s office, Charles Collins pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud on Sept. 1. He will be sentenced on Dec. […]

Cantor Joel Colman leads “Shehecheyanu” at the conclusion of a brief remembrance led by the New Orleans area rabbis. On Dec. 20, 2005, a New Orleans Jewish community homecoming and Chanukah celebration at the Uptown Jewish Community Center drew a huge crowd as the first […]