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The Dalai Lama will be in New Orleans this month, and Temple Sinai will be part of the festivities through a talk by local author Rodger Kamenetz. On May 9 at 7 p.m., Kamenetz will speak on “What I Learned About Judaism from the Dalai […]

After a trilogy of successful books in the Rashi’s Daughters series, Maggie Anton set out to write a novel about a vastly different time and place. The result, “Rav Hisda’s Daughter,” was not the book she originally envisioned, taking her into a little-known world of […]

With a 13-state area to cover, the Jackson-based Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life is bringing in reinforcements. In June, Rabbi Matthew Dreffin will return to the South, joining the Institute in the education and rabbinic services departments. He will coordinate the Institute’s nine Education […]

Professor Richard Stone and Rabbi Joseph Telushkin in New Orleans this past January. Professor Richard Stone, a New Orleans native, is nearing the end of his two terms as chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. On April 22, the conference’s […]

As part of the 50th anniversary commemorations of the civil rights struggles in Birmingham, the local Hadassah chapter is partnering with several local organizations to present “Our Mockingbird,” a documentary about the classic novel “To Kill A Mockingbird.” The film will be screened at the […]

Six years after losing his son to leukemia, Peter Sharp is returning to his native land of England in May to do a fundraiser that will take him from “Land’s End to John O’Groat’s.” Sharp is owner and innkeeper at the four-diamond Fairview Inn in […]

At the age of 11, Birmingham’s Malik Kofi is drawing a great deal of attention for his skills with the cello, as well as his academic and public speaking record. His musical talents have attracted the ear of Uri Bar-David of Philadelphia, who will be […]

On April 10, the board of Community Day School in Metairie unanimously named Sharon Pollin of Portland, Ore., as its new head of school. In January, Bob Berk announced that he was going to leave at the end of this school year and return to […]

The Jewish Federation of Central Alabama will celebrate Israel’s 65th birthday with cultural activities and a visit from Boston Klezmer band Ezekiel’s Wheels. The Wheels’ unique style was forged in the subway stations and farmers’ markets of Boston, where the informal setting and ever-changing audience […]