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File photo by Cantor Daniel Gale The next day, I am still processing the events of Aug. 26. That evening, Midbar Kodesh Temple in Henderson, Nev., along with the Zachor Holocaust Memorial Foundation, hosted a program featuring some remarkable speakers. The first was Ben Lesser, […]

Before Shabbat services began on Aug. 28, Milt Grishman looked at the empty lot at the corner of Camellia Street and Southern Avenue in Biloxi and remarked, “these palm trees are like old friends.” The trees are at the perimeter of what used to be […]

With Eddie Gothard, Rabbi Robert Loewy and Rabbi Uri Topolosky discuss their congregations’ joint journey in the years following Katrina. While Beth Israel became the symbol worldwide for the devastation affecting the New Orleans Jewish community when the levees broke following Hurricane Katrina, the message […]

Numerous concerned citizens in Gardner, La., contacted the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office in mid-August to report a suspicious Arabic sign, thinking it might have something to do with ISIS or support of Jihadists. Their concerns were picked up by media around the world. The Sheriff’s […]

While U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne of Alabama spoke mostly about his experiences throughout Israel during his August visit, the focus of most of those in attendance at his talk at Springhill Avenue Temple in Mobile on Aug. 23 was Iran. Byrne had returned a week […]

A fixture of Houston’s Jewish community is Three Brothers Bakery, named for twin brothers Sigmund and Sol Jucker, and Max Jucker. While Three Brothers Bakery is a fifth-generation family business going back 190 years, most of its history hasn’t been in Houston — it was […]

Inside the Confederate Memorial Hall Museum in New Orleans Several New Orleans rabbis are among those who signed an open letter supporting the removal of Confederate monuments around the city. On Aug. 20, many representatives of Clergy for a United City gathered outside First Grace […]

Sandorkraut, which will be screened on Aug. 29 by Lee J. Green Several films with Jewish connections will screen at Birmingham’s 17th annual Sidewalk Film Festival, Aug. 28 to 30, including “Do You Believe In Love?,” “Stinking Heaven,” “Sandorkraut” and “Deli Man” (see accompanying story). […]