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July 5, 2023
Efforts to chronicle Jewish history in Alabama will be boosted by the first-ever Alabama Jewish Culture and History Symposium, July 25 at Temple Beth Or in Montgomery. Coordinated by the Alabama Folklife Association, the symposium’s goal is to have historians and laypeople network, to get […]
July 3, 2023
The Holocaust Teachers of America Symposium will be held July 25 to 27 at the Boxwood Social Hall in Marietta, Ga. Created by Zachor Shoah Inc., it is a 2-1/2 day teacher-created and teacher-led professional development symposium, open to teachers and community members alike. The […]
June 29, 2023
Aaron Bloch addresses the New Orleans City Council (Screenshot) On June 22, the New Orleans City Council unanimously passed a resolution celebrating the diversity of the New Orleans community, with a special emphasis on fighting antisemitism. Composed by Council President J.P. Morrell after the Biden-Harris […]
June 27, 2023
CJFS Executive Director Lauren Schwartz introduces the Personal Care Team For 20 years, through an interfaith partnership, Birmingham’s Collat Jewish Family Services has been providing personal care services for older adults. That partnership and the Personal Care Program were celebrated at the CJFS Hands Up […]
June 23, 2023
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Southern Jewish Life magazine, which has covered the Jewish communities of the Deep South for over three decades, announced that it will be expanding with a new online edition covering the rest of the South. Starting with August 2023, Southern Jewish Life […]
June 22, 2023
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim. Deepfriedkudzu file. By Louis Keene (Forward) — Citing a raft of recent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, a South Carolina rabbi on June 21 told his congregation that he will resign and move his family to a state more friendly to gay people, becoming, […]
June 21, 2023
East front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Credit: Martin Falbisoner via Wikimedia Commons. Allowing Israel to join the U.S. Visa Waiver Program would “significantly increase the potential for both tourism and business travel,” according to a letter penned by 65 senators to […]
June 20, 2023
Those involved with Moms for Liberty in Washington state. Source: Facebook/Moms for Liberty. By Bradley Martin (JNS) — The Southern Poverty Law Center is a Montgomery-based nonprofit that according to its website was founded in 1971 “to ensure that the promise of the civil rights […]
June 19, 2023
By Richard Friedman She was a small, soft-spoken woman. In her later years, you had to strain to hear her. Yet, her presence endures. Until her final months, Betty Allenberg Goldstein was an inspiring, indefatigable lioness, fiercely committed to her beloved Birmingham Jewish community. Betty […]