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Eyal Ron leads a brief vigil at Chabad of Alabama in Birmingham on June 30. (Updated July 7, 10 a.m. (Update July 7, 9:45 p.m. — Gary Cohen’s body was recovered today, according to Rabbi Yossi Friedman. Funeral arrangements will be announced once a timetable […]

Kenel Williams sings “Go Down Moses” at a rally for detained journalist Danny Fenster, June 27 in New Iberia By Larry Brook On June 27, a rally was held in New Iberia, La., on behalf of a Jewish journalist from Detroit who has been detained […]

Soldiers with the IDF Home Front command helping find survivors amid in the rubble. Surfside, Fla. Credit: IDF Home Front Command. By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) — A rescue delegation from the Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command is using visual intelligence techniques and information received […]

It has been five generations since the day Morris Barstein and his family arrived in America from Russia and headed to Alabama, giving his family the opportunity to prosper. His is a story that is mirrored by Jewish families all across the United States. To […]

Editor’s Note: This letter was released by ADL in response to the controversy last week, where a group of parents petitioned the Mountain Brook School Board to disassociate itself from ADL anti-bias programs. To the Mountain Brook Schools community, In a time of soaring antisemitism […]

Rabbi David Cohen-Henriquez, who started as the new rabbi at Pensacola’s B’nai Israel last month, might have moved south from his former congregation in Marblehead, Mass., but as he says, he and his wife, Cynthia, bring “some cultural influence from even way deeper south.” They […]

By Lee J. Green Krewe de Pink President Emeritus Carol Osborne, a member of the New Orleans Jewish community and a breast cancer survivor, believes that nothing could be sweeter than finding a cure. But a night of chocolates is a sweet step in the […]

After a protest by numerous parents, fueled by an email campaign, the Mountain Brook School Board stated that it will “disassociate” from the Anti-Defamation League and not use its No Place for Hate program in city schools. The push from an unidentified group throws into […]

By Richard Friedman Dynamic community leader, gifted attorney and beloved friend of the Birmingham Jewish community Lenora Pate died June 23 after struggling with illness. Lenora, a devout Christian, was married to Steven Brickman, a longtime Jewish community volunteer leader. They were partners in every […]