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In Mobile and Baton Rouge, Jewish Film Festival season gets underway in mid-January, and for Mobile, this is the festival’s 25th anniversary. Barry Silverman, co-chair of the Mobile Jewish Film Festival, said “This is perhaps the most diverse group of films we’ve ever presented.” The […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) at the second annual Capitol Menorah Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 17, 2024. Credit: Bethany Mandel/Shield Communications PR. (JNS) — Using his “one of a kind” personal menorah, which is made from “shrapnel of rockets that were shot down by the […]

Rabbi Phil Kaplan announced he will be leaving Beth Israel in Metairie this summer, and the family will be leaving the New Orleans area. “I am so proud of what we’ve accomplished together during my time here,” he said, saying that Beth Israel “has grown […]

Danny Cohn will be stepping down as CEO of the Birmingham Jewish Federation in March to take the same role at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis. In a community letter on Dec. 10, Cohn said “This decision was not an easy one, as the […]

While anti-Israel activists and anti-Israel organizations charge Israel with committing genocide in Gaza or targeting civilians, the world’s leading urban warfare expert says most people “really don’t know what they are talking about.” John Spencer, chair of Urban Warfare Studies with the Madison Policy Forum […]

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson in Washington with relatives of captives held by Hamas in Gaza, Dec. 11, 2024. Credit: Courtesy of the Hostage and Missing Families Forum Headquarters. (JNS) — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson met on Dec. 11 with families of Israeli […]

While there has been a lot of talk about anti-Israel students and outsiders demonstrating at numerous universities, not as much has been said about anti-Israel faculty members who enable the atmosphere and include anti-Israel teachings in their coursework. The AMCHA Initiative released an Anti-Zionist Faculty […]

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to members of the press at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images. (JNS) — A bomb threat “for Palestine” directed at U.S. Congress Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s home in Rome, Georgia, […]

For Naaleh students, the OU relief mission to Asheville constituted so much more than fixing homes. Credit: Courtesy. Special to SJL A group of 11th graders from New Jersey recently participated in a unique trip that involved suiting up in hazmat gear, boots and two […]