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The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans announced that the 2014 Annual Campaign set a post-Katrina record, bringing in $2,704,704. The campaign was up $127,372 over the 2013 campaign, with 95 new gifts and 366 increased gifts. The campaign was chaired by Brian Katz and […]

The Anshe Chesed cemetery in Vicksburg is one step closer to being added to the National Register of Historic Places. On July 17, the Mississippi National Register Review Board approved the cemetery’s nomination. Paperwork now goes to the National Register, which will review it. There […]

As the ground battle goes on in Gaza, students at Birmingham’s N.E. Miles Jewish Day School gathered to show their support of a Day School alumnus who is in the middle of the fight. Corporal Asaf Stein, 29, is a member of the Golani Brigade. […]

Small forward Omri Casspi, who signed a two-year contract with the Houston Rockets last summer, is heading across Interstate 10 to New Orleans, where he will fill a need in that position. In a move that was confirmed last night, he was traded to the […]

By Shaina ShealySpecial to Southern Jewish Life On Sunday, July 6, four days after the bodies of Eyal, Gilad and Naftali were found outside of Jerusalem, I attended my first course of the summer semester at Hebrew University, where I’m completing a Masters Degree in […]

By Katie Connell Special to Southern Jewish Life Editor’s note: Katie Connell made aliyah from New Orleans one year ago and settled in Beer Sheva in the Negev. She currently lives in an absorption center for new immigrants. This originally appeared in the weekly e-news […]

Two sets of tefillin the Pilichowskis found at Unclaimed Baggage in Scottsboro, Ala. (Photo courtesy Rabbi Uri Pilichowski) When Rabbi Uri Pilichowski and family stopped in Scottsboro at the Unclaimed Baggage Center on July 2, it was just another interesting place to see on their […]

The vote by the Presbyterian Church (USA) to divest itself from holdings in companies they say profit from Israel’s administration of the territories has caused a great deal of concern in the Jewish community — and among the rank and file of PCUSA. The 310-303 […]

Israeli flag at half staff outside the Jewish Community Center in Austin. With the discovery of the bodies of three missing Israeli teens, planned vigils have turned into memorial services. The Israeli Consulate in Atlanta stated “we are heartbroken to report the senseless killings of […]