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Shlomo Bachar, classic master choreographer of Israeli dance, will visit Birmingham and New Orleans next week and offer workshops. A fifth-generation Sabra, Bachar has taught at universities and formed numerous dance theaters and camps. While in the Israeli army, he was in charge of an […]

In “Mighty Fine,” filmmaker Debbie Goodstein does a “gefilte fish out of water” semi-biographical story, taking a Jewish family where the mother is a Holocaust survivor, and moving them from Brooklyn to New Orleans in 1974. For the cast and crew, filming in New Orleans […]

Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman takes on Jerry Schnader last night A large emphasis at Birmingham’s Levite Jewish Community Center is physical fitness and overall wellness, so this year’s LJCC fundraising gala had a theme that came from that department. Students of the LJCC’s Juarez […]

On Tuesday, Major Gen. (Ret.) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel, Chairman of the Israeli Space Agency and the National Council for Research and Development, visited with Alabama Governor Robert Bentley as part of a three-state swing through the Southeast. At the meeting, he discussed Alabama’s ties with […]

The role that Tuskegee Airmen played in saving Jewish lives in World War II was highlighted in a ceremony involving members of Israel’s military and diplomatic corps. Israeli Major-General (Ret.) Isaac Ben-Israel and Consul General Opher Aviran joined Georgia State Representative and House Minority Leader […]

After Katrina, a renewed emphasis was placed on growing the New Orleans Jewish community and attracting young Jews to the region. On May 31 at 6:30 p.m., the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans’ Young Adult Division and the New Orleans Jewish Community Center’s Young […]

By Lee J. Green In his 12 seasons as a linebacker for the NFL’s New England Patriots, Andre Tippett initiated a lot of sacks, goal line stands and stalwart defensive efforts. So it doesn’t come as any surprise that he whole-heartedly initiated his conversion process […]

With an ongoing need for cutting-edge military systems because of hostile neighbors, and a requirement that the vast majority of U.S. military aid be spent in the U.S., Israel is constantly looking for American partners. Today, about 50 attended a Defense, Aerospace and Homeland Security […]

On Monday night, members of Mesch AZA had dinner at Max’s Deli — but the real business of the dinner was to present a check for $5,800 to Dr. Raymond Watts, director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology. The funds […]