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By Lee J. Green Alexandra Kinsley’s journey from Tampa to her first national Broadway tour with the musical “Pretty Woman” has been a beautiful one, filled with family support and a love of dance. Kinsley wasn’t born yet when the iconic “Pretty Woman” movie starring […]

Texas and Israeli companies and the Texas Association of Business, the state’s chamber of commerce, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in April 2024. Credit: Texas Association of Business. The Texas Association of Business, the Texas Venture Alliance and StartUp Nation Central signed a Memorandum […]

Kenny Rubenstein One of the oldest continuously-operating menswear stores in America, Rubensteins in New Orleans is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year with a legacy of trying new things and adapting to the times. At the 100-year mark, trying new things includes a completely different […]

Esther Panitch, a state representative, in the Georgia House of Representatives chamber in the state Capitol in Atlanta, on Jan. 25, 2024. Credit: Georgia House of Representatives. By Menachem Wecker (JNS) — Esther Panitch was inspired when Renee Evans, of the World Jewish Congress, bought […]

Screenshot. By Jasmine Moore It was not your typical Friday night service at Birmingham’s Temple Beth-El. There, standing tall and proud, in front of the Jewish congregation on March 15, was the acclaimed choir from HBCU Miles College filling the beautiful sanctuary with their sounds, […]

The lengthy development of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans culminated in the dedication of the institution’s final major piece, the Liberation Pavilion, on Nov. 3. The dedication ceremony marked the conclusion of the museum’s $400 million Road to Victory Campaign that […]

From left: Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon, Tina Kempin-Reuter, Miriam Schler, Meredith Jacobs and Joyce Vance. The mantra that when it comes to sexual violence, women are to be believed and such actions condemned universally has been prominent in recent years, with the emergence of #MeToo […]

The 2023 ISJL conference in Mississippi. File photo. The Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life’s annual June conference isn’t just for educators any more. For two decades, congregations using the ISJL’s standardized religious school curriculum have gone to Jackson for a couple days of forums […]

Rep. Chris Todd of Jackson speaks in the Tennessee House about the pro-Israel resolution The Tennessee General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a joint resolution in support of the State of Israel, but not without some bumps in the road by some representatives who stated that they […]