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Hoover Public Library, just south of Birmingham, kicks off four months of activities connected to the Yiddish Book Center’s Stories of Exile program. The library is one of 29 in the country to receive the grant for a reading and discussion program to engage teens […]

Council Member Jennifer Van Vrancken presents proclamation to JFS President Debbie Pesses and JFS Executive Director Roselle Ungar. Photos by Donna Matherne Seventy five years ago, what is now Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans started with refugee resettlement, case management and financial assistance. […]

Rabbi Scott Looper welcomes attendees to Temple Beth Or. Who is preserving Alabama’s Jewish stories, and what resources exist to make sure the stories aren’t forgotten? On July 25, about 80 people from around the state attended the first-ever Alabama Jewish Culture and History Symposium, […]

“We’ll Meet Again,” a musical based on the life of a Holocaust survivor in Alabama, is going on tour. The show, based on the life of Opelika’s Henry Stern, debuted in Savannah, Ga., in August 2022, then moved to Stern’s adopted community, where he was […]

Nathan-Ism By Lee J. Green The spotlight shines on the silver anniversary edition of the Sidewalk Film Festival, Aug. 21 to 27, and several Jewish filmmakers will have their works featured. Southern Jewish Life magazine will sponsor “You Hurt My Feelings” from acclaimed Jewish director […]

On Aug. 8, the Israeli Navy received the first of two landing crafts built at Bollinger Shipyards in Pascagoula. The ceremony dedicating the INS Nachshon was led by the Commanding Officer of Haifa Naval Base, RDML. Tal Politis, and senior officials in the procurement delegation […]

A known white supremacist, previously jailed on weapon charges, threatened jurors in the federal trial of the now-convicted shooter, who killed 11 Jewish worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Federal agents arrested the man, Hardy Carroll Lloyd, in West Virginia on Aug. 10. Lloyd, 45, is […]

Rutgers University professor Jasbir Puar. Credit: Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. By Cary Nelson Jasbir Puar, the well-known Rutgers University Professor of Women’s Studies, has a right to her opinion. On that I have no disagreement. […]

British actress Helen Miren meets with Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat at City Hall, June 22, 2016. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90. By Lee J. Green “Golda” director Guy Nattiv said the movie that digs deeper about Israel’s first and only female prime minister, Golda Meir, is […]