December 31, 2005

Rockower Archive: For Those Who Do Not Know Where To Ask (May 2000)

(Editor’s Note: This lead editorial from May 2000 won a first place Rockower Award for Excellence in Editorial Writing from the American Jewish Press Association).For Those Who Do Not Know Where To Ask Item: A missionary group in Mississippi goes through the Birmingham phone book […]
December 31, 2005

Rockower Archve: A Response to the Jesus Video (April 1998)

(Editor’s Note: The following column, which was published in April 1998, won a Rockower Award for Excellence in Commentary and Editorial Writing from the American Jewish Press Association) A Response to the Jesus Video Historically, the whole concept of “The December Dilemma”, namely, what to […]
December 31, 2005

Rockower Archive: Presecution in Israel? (December 1997)

(Editor’s Note: This column, which was published in December 1997, won the Rockower Award for Excellence in Editorial Writing from the American Jewish Press Association). Persecution in Israel? Last month, I mentioned that the editor of the Alabama Baptist, a weekly newspaper for the state’s […]
December 31, 2005

Rockower Archive: Step Down, Rev. Moore (1996)

(Editor’s Note: The following story from 1996 received a Rockower Award for Excellence in Editorial Writing from the American Jewish Press Association.) Step Down, Rev. Moore If one day you find yourself standing in a courtroom as a defendant, and the court finds against you, […]
December 31, 2005

Rockower Archive: Star Crossed (Aug. 1994)

(Editor’s Note: The following story from August 1994 received a second-place Rockower Award for Excellence in Investigative Reporting from the American Jewish Press Association, along with its preceding story from May 1994, “How Jewish a Star.”) Star Crossed Jewish Star publishers compare local Jews to […]
December 31, 2005

Rockower Archive: How Jewish A Star? (May 1994)

(Editor’s Note: The following story from May 1994 received a second-place Rockower Award for Excellence in Investigative Reporting from the American Jewish Press Association, along with its follow-up story, “Star Crossed.”) How Jewish a Star? Publishers of “Alabama’s Oldest Jewish news magazine” proclaim on TV […]
December 22, 2005

An early Chanukah for New Orleans Jewish community

On Dec. 20, hundreds of members of the New Orleans Jewish community jammed the Uptown Jewish Community Center for a Chanukah party, the first major “welcome home” event since the community was evacuated due to Hurricane Katrina. The Hiddur Mitzvah project of artist Gary Rosenthal […]
December 14, 2005

Chanukah party to welcome back New Orleans Jewish community

With Chanukah on the way, internationally-known Judaica artist Gary Rosenthal is making sure that hundreds of Jewish families in New Orleans are equipped to celebrate the holiday. The Hiddur Mitzvah Project from the Gary Rosenthal Collection has teamed with congregations across the country to provide […]
December 14, 2005

Birmingham’s Knesseth Israel votes to move

A year ago, Birmingham’s Knesseth Israel held a groundbreaking for a new building at its current Montevallo Road location. On Dec. 12, the congregation voted instead to build a new facility on Overton Road. The three-to-one vote in favor of moving was presented to the […]