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An Arkansas state senator is saying he was mis-heard by many people after remarks about Afghanistan seemed to include a slur. On Sept. 30, the Arkansas Senate was discussing a resolution to condemn the Biden administration’s mishandling of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan earlier in […]

With the caption “Rabbinical Freak,” this photo of Elfenbein/Tillinger ran in The Sentinel. “Ask Bubba Meyer”: A regular SJL feature Q: Bubba, are reports that New Orleans once had a rabbi who also served as an antisemitic Greek Orthodox priest at the same time true? […]

Rep. Danny McCormick. Source: Facebook A Louisiana legislator isn’t backing down in the face of criticism for a tweet comparing vaccine mandates to the rise of Nazi Germany. On Sept. 15, hours before the start of Yom Kippur, Rep. Danny McCormick, who has been outspoken […]

At its online 25th anniversary celebration on July 25, Ramah Darom unveiled a new strategic plan to expand the Conservative movement summer camp and year-round retreat center in north Georgia. The Kadima campaign seeks to build the future of Ramah Darom by expanding and broadening […]

By Richard Friedman They share a life, they share a family, and they share a passion for Israel and the Jewish people. With one intriguing asterisk. She’s a Christian working for a Jewish organization and he’s a Jew working for a Christian organization. And they […]

Ryan Pannone holds the Israel State Cup in 2019 If you are at a Birmingham Squadron game in the coming months and happen to hear Coach Ryan Pannone finish up a huddle with “Yalla” — you haven’t been transported to Israel, but a little of […]

By Eliana Rudee (JNS) — Adi Topolosky, a New Orleans native who is now a seventh-grader at Berman Hebrew Academy in Rockville, Md., made international news last year after speaking up for girls in sports after a negative experience in a sports store while trying […]

By Lee J. Green Red Mountain Theatre’s fourth-annual Human Rights New Works Festival, to be held Sept. 24 to 26, features a couple of new plays about Holocaust survivors, as well as one focusing on New York Jews moving to a small town outside of […]

Putting camp on your calendar isn’t just for parents who are making plans to send their kids off next summer. Micah Hart, host of the six degrees of separation game show Who Knows One, is developing a “365 Things That Remind You Of Summer Camp” […]