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For the second year in a row, GiveNOLA Day on May 2 was down slightly from the previous year, with some Jewish institutions seeing increases and some seeing decreases. Overall, the 24-hour online fundraiser coordinated by the Greater New Orleans Foundation raised $7.779 million through […]

A statement was issued by the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, and the Anti-Defamation League, following the recent proliferation of antisemitic flyers in the Bywater area of New Orleans, from the Goyim Defense League. Dear Jewish Community Members, […]

Historical marker in Knoxville, Tenn., for Roddie Edmonds. SJL file. By Mike Wagenheim and SJL reports (JNS) — Both houses of Congress reintroduced legislation this week to honor the late Roddie Edmonds, who put his life in danger to save Jews during World War II […]

An El Al airliner takes off from Ben-Gurion Airport. Oct. 25, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90. (JNS) — In a reflection of growing ties, Florida will soon be the only U.S. state where El Al will service two major cities, Gov Ron DeSantis said on […]

Hanukkah menorah by Manfred Anson. Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, 2011.139.1. Donated by Dr. Aaron Feingold in honor of Zara Feingold and Rachel Feingold. Every Republican governor in the country — 26 of them — signed a statement marking Jewish American Heritage Month, […]

Five years after Sallie Downs and Dianne Mooney produced a series of events in Birmingham for the Violins of Hope, they are producing a Peace Concert to close the International Peace Conference being held in Birmingham from May 4 to 6. Downs said she felt […]

Birmingham, a symbol for non-violent revolution, is hosting an International Peace Conference from May 4 to 6. Rotary International District 6860 of North and Central Alabama is partnering with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the Institute for Human Rights at the University of Alabama […]

Jewish community agencies are looking to build on last year’s success in GiveNOLA Day, which will be on May 2. GiveNOLA Day is a 24-hour online fundraiser coordinated by the Greater New Orleans Foundation for non-profits in the greater New Orleans area. The 17 participating […]

Florina Newcomb looks out at the streets of Kishinev from her hotel room. Photo by Andrew Newcomb. By Richard Friedman Five thousand, five hundred and eighty-eight miles from Birmingham, 34 years after she left Moldova as a five-year-old girl, Florina Shilkrot Newcomb, a wife and mother of two, returned home. In 1989, she and her […]