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July 29, 2022
Photo courtesy Delta Airlines After years of advocacy, the Southeast once again has a much easier way of getting to Israel. Delta Airlines will offer direct flights between Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport and Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, starting May 10, 2023. Reservations will be available […]
July 28, 2022
After years of uncertainty, Birmingham’s Knesseth Israel is finally moving on to its next chapter, with the sale of the building it has called home for the last 15 years. The congregation is vacating the Overton Road property at the end of the month, following […]
July 28, 2022
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, an anti-Israel activist group that positions itself as a defender of Muslim civil rights in the United States, called on Auburn University to cancel its upcoming “Birthright for College Basketball” tour of Israel, or at least to get away from […]
July 27, 2022
Eric Reyzelman. Photo by Chris Parent/Courtesy of Louisiana State University Athletics. By Howard Blas (JNS) — If everything goes according to plan, Eric Reyzelman may become the most Jewishly connected and affiliated Major League baseball player in history. Of course, there is a long road […]
July 20, 2022
Graphic courtesy Auburn University Auburn University is set to make history as the first Power 5 basketball team to do a preseason tour of Israel. Auburn will play three games against Israeli national teams during the July 31 to Aug. 10 trip, and all three […]
July 15, 2022
Louisiana Capitol. Photo by David Brossard/Wikimedia Commons With the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and returning the issue of abortion to the states, many Jewish groups have been vocal in the fight to preserve personal choice. Rather than reproductive rights or privacy, […]
June 28, 2022
Southern Jewish Life magazine had its best-ever showing in the 41st annual Simon J. Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism. The regional publication with offices in Birmingham and New Orleans received four awards in what is regarded as the “Jewish Pulitzers.” The Rockowers were […]
June 20, 2022
From left: University of Haifa president professor Ron Robin, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and University of Haifa board member Eli Feinstein at the inauguration of University of Haifa’s Bloom School of Graduate Studies. Credit: The University of Haifa. (JNS) — Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) visited […]