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  Rabbi Milton Grafman led Birmingham’s Temple Emanu-El during the city’s civil rights struggles. “Are you still a bigot?” Every year for the rest of his life, students studying Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” would call Rabbi Milton Grafman, knowing little of […]

Communities throughout the South will be marking Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, with a range of programs and events. Currently on display at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is “BESA: Muslims that Saved Jews During World War II.” The photo exhibit will be on display […]

This month, a Tulane alumnus is being inducted posthumously into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.Weightlifter David Mark Berger, one of the Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics, will be part of this year’s class that will be inducted […]

Above: On a previous Passover tour, Rabbi Marshal Klaven at Shalom B’harim in Dahlonega, Ga. Nobody attends more Seders each year than Elijah, but the Jackson-based Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life is giving it a try. ISJL Rabbi Marshal Klaven and Student Rabbi Matt […]

On Friday, the Mississippi Senate spent an hour debating a bill that commends Israel “for its cordial and mutually beneficial relationship with the United States and with the State of Mississippi.” After the debate, the measure passed, 28-7, with about one-third of the 52-member Senate […]

On March 22, the Tulane Law School will induct its first class in the new Law School Hall of Fame. Of the 12 inductees, several are or were members of the Jewish community. The Hall will be inaugurated at the Alumni Luncheon, March 22 at […]

The Jackson-based Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life had a simple challenge — raise $1 million by March 10 to get a $500,000 matching gift from an anonymous donor. What was not so simple? The challenge was issued at the end of January. Nevertheless, the […]

The University of Alabama Crimson Tide men’s basketball team unintentionally helped in the recruitment efforts of Jewish students at last weekend’s Bama Hillel Spring Recruitment Weekend. Part of the weekend of activities included the Alabama-Georgia basketball game. The Tide was rolling early but the Bulldogs […]

Fresh off a 13th anniversary celebration of his time at New Orleans’ Temple Sinai, Cantor Joel Colman is set to conquer another endeavor. This month he makes his opera debut as Old Hebrew in the New Orleans Opera’s presentation of “Samson and Delilah.” Based on […]