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November 1, 2022
More than 150 Jewish high school students from across the United States will visit Auburn University on a joint NCSY and Athletes for Israel mission from Nov. 4 to 7, as a follow-up to the men’s basketball team’s 10-day trip to Israel this past August, […]
October 31, 2022
In March, members of Sharaka visited the Georgia Capitol for a series of meetings. Pictured here is Israeli Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon giving remarks. In two years, the Abraham Accords have reshaped the Middle East, as several Arab states established relations with Israel and pursued […]
October 30, 2022
Aimee Johnson is stepping down as executive director of the Levite Jewish Community Center, effective Nov. 4. Associate Executive Director Brooke Bowles will become the interim executive director as a search for a successor takes place. Johnson was named interim executive director in February 2021 […]
October 30, 2022
Armageddon Time By Lee Green Birmingham’s Jewish Film Week, hosted by the Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema, will spotlight a diverse range of features, documentaries and short films ranging from a “Fiddler on the Roof” viewing and discussion to a new release based on the […]
October 28, 2022
Kanye West. Credit: Jason Persse via Wikimedia Commons. It is interesting that our nation is finally having a major conversation about antisemitism, thanks to the recent often-perplexing remarks of the former Kanye West, now known as Ye. And given the fallout over his rants, one […]
October 27, 2022
Avshi Weinstein tells students about the Violins of Hope (SJL file) Four Violins of Hope will be in New Orleans for a series of programs and concerts in January, the week of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Violins of Hope are violins that were played […]
October 26, 2022
Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons ShareAlike 2.0 France (CC BY-SA 2.0 FR) By Lee J. Green When the only Leonard Cohen tribute “cover” band in the United States made its live debut at Workplay in Birmingham in 2019, fans of the great Jewish poet, singer and […]
October 24, 2022
On Nov. 10, the Judah Touro Infirmary Foundation’s Judah Touro Society will honor Ruth Kullman as this year’s recipient of the Judah Touro Society Award. The award has been given each year for the past 32 years to a member of the Touro family who […]
October 23, 2022
The Ben Katz Post 580 of the Jewish War Veterans will honor the memory of New Orleans community leaders Jacqueline and Sol Gothard with a series of activities over Veterans Day weekend. On Nov. 10, the Gothard JWV Women’s Speaker Series will present “60 Years […]