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Ron Rich, center, with his four children. By Richard Friedman A year along, the struggles of the Covid-19 pandemic are being felt by Jewish communities throughout the Deep South — from New Orleans to Birmingham and points in between, from individuals who have recovered from […]

When will live music festivals return to New Orleans? According to Gates of Prayer in Metairie, on April 25. The congregation is hosting GatesFest, a Covid-safe music and art festival. The event will feature two stages and an art village. The music acts will alternate […]

The Atlanta Israel Coalition, in partnership with the Consulate General of Israel to the Southeastern U.S., the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, Herut and the Evans Family Foundation, presents Re-Discovering the Land of Israel, a series of five virtual tours of Israel, with tour guide […]

By Richard Friedman  He was a pioneer, a bit of a legend, a go-to guy, an honorable businessman and someone who understood the importance of Jews stepping forward to play leadership roles in small Mississippi towns. His name was William (“Willie”) Sklar, and though decades have passed […]

For the second year, staffers at the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life will not be able to fan out across the region from Jackson, doing the annual Passover Pilgrimage to numerous smaller communities. Instead, ISJL will be hosting an inclusive, musical Streaming Seder over […]

Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan and Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon Five years after Alabama and Mississippi were shifted from Israel’s consulate in Atlanta and assigned to Miami, the swap has been reversed. No one is happier than Israel’s Atlanta-based Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon. “This is a […]

Touro Synagogue of New Orleans is one of 16 congregations, and the only Jewish congregation, selected to join the National Fund for Sacred Places, a program of Partners for Sacred Places in collaboration with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. As a 2020 awardee, Touro […]

While most of the news about Jewish periodicals in the past year has been about which ones are ending their print editions or shutting down altogether, in Memphis there is a completely different story. After 96 years in the Goldberger family, the Hebrew Watchman has […]

Max Steinmetz spoke at Indian Springs School in 2013. Max Steinmetz, a Holocaust survivor who wound up in Birmingham and spoke extensively to students about his experiences, died on March 4. Steinmetz, 96, was a native of Romania. At the age of 17, he and […]