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July 15, 2011
July 15, 2011
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The Birmingham Jewish community is responding to a tragedy in Houston’s Jewish community with a bake sale to benefit the surviving children of a couple that was killed in a car wreck on July 2. Donna Askenazi and Jamie Stern are organizing the bake sale, […]
July 8, 2011
July 8, 2011
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The Jewish Children’s Regional Service is collecting names of families for its Chanukah gift program. The New Orleans-based social service agency is looking for families with minor children that need help purchasing and securing gifts for their children. The agency serves a seven-state region that […]
July 2, 2011
July 2, 2011
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On June 29, Jewish women from across America were in the North Smithfield Manor community in Birmingham, installing windows in the Wilkerson family home with workers from Habitat for Humanity. North Smithfield, located next to where the future Interstate 22 will link up with Interstate […]
June 28, 2011
June 28, 2011
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Three new exhibitions focusing on Jewish artists who have contributed to the culture of the United States and the world are traveling the country, including stops in the Deep South starting this coming month. The three exhibits were developed by Nextbook, a non-profit organization dedicated […]
June 20, 2011
June 20, 2011
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A rising 11th-grade camper from Davie, Fla., was killed in an accident on the Ocoee River in eastern Tennessee yesterday as his group was white-water rafting. Andrew Silvershein was one of seven Ramah Darom campers on the raft when it overturned in the rapids. The […]
June 18, 2011
June 18, 2011
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Four New Orleans chefs will travel to Israel later this month as part of a week-long cultural exchange between Partnership 2000 sister cities New Orleans and Rosh Ha’ayin, located near Tel Aviv. Spearheaded by the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans and the Jewish Agency […]
June 14, 2011
June 14, 2011
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In May, the sister city relationship between Rosh Ha’Ayin and Birmingham centered on music once again as a small delegation went to the Israeli city’s music festival. Scotty Colson, who directs Birmingham’s Sister Cities Commission, noted that Rosh Ha’Ayin Mayor Moshe Sinai is positioning the […]
June 7, 2011
June 7, 2011
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The Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life kicks off the ninth year of its religious school curriculum program with the annual “Go and Teach” workshop for Jewish religious school teachers, June 26 to 28 at the Hilton Hotel in Jackson. Last year, the Institute’s education […]
May 20, 2011
May 20, 2011
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In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, Beth Israel in Jackson will have programs on that theme this month as part of its 150th anniversary celebration. The congregation became a focal point in the 1961 Freedom Rides, as a group of blacks […]