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Just as most Alabama fans won’t be able to get into Bryant-Denny Stadium this year, Alabama fans aren’t able to travel to Jerusalem to visit the Alabama Shop. So Hani Imam is making it possible to get Alabama swag from Jerusalem online, through the new […]

Those who are used to traffic jams, remote parking and large crowds for the High Holy Days may have a sense of withdrawal this year, as most congregations in the region will have services online because of the restrictions on gatherings due to coronavirus. Even […]

The chaplains training at Maxwell Air Force Base, including Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman and Rabbi Ezra Frazer of New Jersey. Credit: Courtesy. By Elizabeth Kratz (JNS) — The weeks before, during and after Shavuot this year were unlike any other for two northern New Jersey rabbis. […]

Outside Temple Sinai in Lake Charles While damage is still being assessed throughout western and central Louisiana, it is already clear that two synagogues face major repairs, and the small communities will need help accomplishing the task. Hurricane Laura came ashore near Cameron around 2 […]

Temple Sinai, Lake Charles (SJL file) Damage assessments are still underway in Louisiana following Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm that came ashore near Cameron around 2 a.m. on Aug. 27, with winds of about 150 miles per hour. In hard-hit Lake Charles, about 30 […]

By Richard Friedman The bad news for the American Jewish Committee is that its business — anti-Semitism — is booming. The good news is that AJC has made a bold decision in response — to send Holly Huffnagle, a 33-year-old Christian, with family roots that course […]

By Richard Friedman The powerful words of a former U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, coupled with emotional reflections from Auburn University’s Jewish basketball coach, Bruce Pearl, highlighted the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center’s annual fundraiser August 23 as these two speakers reflected on the importance […]

With vacations interrupted this year by the Covid pandemic, the Jackson-based Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life has instituted a weekly Virtual Vacation, featuring interactive digital events with museums, historic sites, scholars, chefs and more from across the region. The Tuesday sessions will be on […]