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August 8, 2022
A lot of changes will be celebrated when the annual L’Chaim event takes place on Sept. 18, benefiting Holocaust education in Alabama. For starters, the organization’s name has changed. The Birmingham Holocaust Education Center has become the Alabama Holocaust Education Center, reflecting its statewide role […]
August 7, 2022
We are proud of our city. Our school system is in the top 1 percent nationally, and one of the best in the state for quality of schools. Our city has no financial problems. And we’re so very lucky to have three highly qualified people […]
August 7, 2022
Kent Osband Passionate controversies from the summer of 2021 have spilled over into the normally-serene Mountain Brook City Council elections, as a slate of three challengers takes on what they are portraying as the establishment. Three of the council’s five seats are up for election […]
August 5, 2022
The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans announced that CEO Arnie Fielkow will retire at the end of the year, and a search is underway for his successor. “I’m thankful for the great opportunity to lead this wonderful organization the past 5-plus years,” Fielkow said in […]
August 5, 2022
During a stop to deliver an aid package and a word of comfort, Rabbi Shlomo Litvin helped clear debris from the river bordering a home damaged in the flood. Credit: Courtesy of Chabad of Kentucky. By Faygie Holt (JNS) — Rabbi Shlomo Litvin and his […]
August 4, 2022
Birmingham’s Levite Jewish Community Center kept its doors open during the Covid pandemic, providing a wide range of services to the community as normal programming could not take place and despite the financial hit required. Now, the LJCC is holding a J’la, a gala celebrating […]
August 4, 2022
Viewing the marker at the July 17 dedication The dedication of a historical marker at Birmingham’s Temple Beth-El as part of its new Civil Rights Experience “is not the end but the beginning,” said Margaret Norman, director of programming and engagement at Beth-El. “It is […]
August 3, 2022
Israel’s U20 National played against Auburn University Tigers Men’s basketball team at Jerusalem’s Malha Arena on Aug. 2. Credit: Courtesy. By Howard Blas (JNS) — Busloads of American Jewish teenagers arrived at Jerusalem’s Malha Arena to watch Israel’s U20 National play against Auburn University Tigers […]
August 3, 2022
Members of the Auburn Tigers basketball team tour Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, as part of a trip to Israel to play ball, Aug. 3. Credit: Yad Vashem. (JNS) — As part of a trip to Israel to play basketball, the […]