July 29, 2008
July 29, 2008
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Memorial service for Elboim planned

A memorial service for Michal Elboim, the Shlicha who was killed near Pensacola on Sunday, will be held at Pensacola’s Temple Beth El on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Another memorial is being planned at B’nai Israel Congregation, but details have not been announced. Elboim’s body […]
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July 28, 2008
July 28, 2008
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Pensacola Shlicha killed in boating accident

Michal Elboim, with Rabbi Brian Glusman of Birmingham’s Temple Beth-El and Montgomery Shaliach Shimon Smith, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s International Fair in January 2008. Pensacola’s Jewish community was stunned last night by the news that its Israeli Shlicha for the past year, […]
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February 26, 2008
February 26, 2008
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Artist Barry Ivker reprints family Haggadah

To borrow a concept from the Passover Haggadah, had Barry Ivker been able only to present his three children with copies of a family Haggadah he complied, “Dayenu.” Instead, he was able to sell about 1200 copies of “All My Bones Shall Speak” before Hurricane […]
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January 22, 2008
January 22, 2008
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Tuscaloosa inaugurates Jewish Cultural Festival

By Lee J. Green Deep South Jewish Voice What started as a Jewish Film Festival in Tuscaloosa has blossomed into a multi-focused, expanded Jewish Cultural Festival with a food festival, Klezmer entertainment, films and a several-month Jewish literary session series all rolled into one. The […]
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January 21, 2008
January 21, 2008
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JCRS to honor Phyllis Stern

On Feb. 23, the Jewish Children’s Regional Service will recognize Honorary Officer Phyllis S. Stern at a gala event. Stern will receive the Sara Stone Board Leadership Award, an award bestowed on a board member who has demonstrated leadership, loyalty, hard work and generosity towards […]
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January 18, 2008
January 18, 2008
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BJF launches ambitious annual campaign

The Birmingham Jewish Federation is kicking off its 2008 campaign with an ambitious goal of $2.4 million, and a start of over $2 million. In recent years, the Federation has been one of the quickest in the nation in terms of finishing. As in past […]
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January 14, 2008
January 14, 2008
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National Jewish service group Avodah opens New Orleans branch

By Julie Schwartz New Orleans Jewish News Online “AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps” will bring idealistic and passionate young people to strengthen the rebuilding efforts in New Orleans beginning in the fall of 2008. AVODAH is enabling and energizing the next generation of Jews who […]
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January 11, 2008
January 11, 2008
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Florida Gator walk-on looks to contribute

By Lee J. Green Deep South Jewish Voice With his father being a jewelry sales executive in New York City and a former college basketball player, Florida Gators’ junior forward and Jewish athlete Michael Weisenberg knows a gem of an opportunity when he seizes it. […]
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December 31, 2007
December 31, 2007
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Birmingham, Metairie Chabads dedicate new Torahs on same day

A chance meeting in a New York taxi earlier this year partly led to a Torah celebration at Birmingham’s Beis Ariel Chabad Center on Dec. 2. Rabbi Yossi Posner was visiting New York, hailing a cab when he heard a voice behind him call out, […]
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