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June 30, 2014
June 30, 2014
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STATEMENT FROM THE BIRMINGHAM JEWISH FEDERATION It is with profound grief and great sadness that we mourn the murders of the three young Israelis Naftali Fraenkel, 16, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, who were kidnapped on Thursday, June 12. Since their abduction, our Birmingham […]
June 30, 2014
June 30, 2014
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A message from Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans Executive Director, Michael Weil The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans was devastated to learn that the bodies of the three missing Israeli teenagers—Naphtali Fraenkel 16, Gilad Shaar, 16 and Eyal Yifrach, 19—were found today in […]
June 29, 2014
June 29, 2014
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With Independence Day falling on Friday, some congregations are changing their Shabbat evening service plans. Birmingham’s Temple Emanu-El will hold a later than usual service — at 7 p.m. It will be followed by a dinner with hamburgers and hot dogs. Dinner reservations are required […]
June 26, 2014
June 26, 2014
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Jewish young adults from throughout the region will converge on Austin the weekend of July 25 for The Chosen Weekend. Co-founder and co-chair Samantha Tugentman said “We founded The Chosen Weekend as a way for Jewish young professionals from all across the South and Southwest […]
June 19, 2014
June 19, 2014
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Across the street from the Alys Stephens Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts is changing the art world in Birmingham. And many in the local Jewish community played a major role in making it happen. Opened […]
June 13, 2014
June 13, 2014
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Kurt Gitter received the Distinguished Service Award from the United States-Japan Foundation in April. The Israel Museum in Jerusalem just opened a major exhibit of Japanese screen art, and it’s a story from New Orleans. “Unfolding Worlds: Japanese Screens from the Gitter-Yelen Collection” opened on […]
June 11, 2014
June 11, 2014
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Carolyn Goodman, mother of slain civil rights worker Andrew Goodman, at the 2004 memorial at Mount Nebo Church in Neshoba County (SJL file). The summer of 1964 became known as Freedom Summer as large numbers of activists and volunteers descended on Mississippi during the height […]
June 6, 2014
June 6, 2014
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The founder of Life-Savers Ministries said his intention was “entirely honorable” in putting up a billboard by Village Mall in Auburn that had a quote from Adolf Hitler. The billboard, which had a multi-racial photo of five smiling children on one side, had Hitler’s quote […]
June 2, 2014
June 2, 2014
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There are over 1500 schools in the country participating in the Anti-Defamation League’s “No Place for Hate” program. In just a few places, an entire school system participates. Huntsville City Schools achieved that designation on May 8 during a ceremony at Lee High School, as […]