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February 11, 2020
February 11, 2020
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by Lee J. Green Lexi Greene has already enjoyed some “Seasons of Love,” making her national Broadway tour debut back in August in the beloved musical “Rent.” The Rent 20th Anniversary Tour comes to the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex’s Concert Hall for one night only, Feb. […]
February 6, 2020
February 6, 2020
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The Birmingham Jewish Federation announced that Danny Cohn will be the agency’s new Chief Professional Executive Officer, starting March 8. He succeeds Richard Friedman, who retired in December after leading the Federation for 37 years. Since 2015, Cohn has been director of marketing and communications […]
February 3, 2020
February 3, 2020
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by Lee J. Green A multimedia theatrical experience opening Feb. 9 at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery sheds new light on the Holocaust and the story of Anne Frank, as told by those who knew her well. “And Then They Came for Me: Remembering […]
January 31, 2020
January 31, 2020
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Rabbi Bloom at his retirement service in Anniston in 2018 Rabbi Paul Irving Bloom, rabbi laureate of Springhill Avenue Temple in Mobile, who also served congregations in Anniston, Gadsden and New Orleans, died peacefully in Atlanta on Jan. 29. He was 88. A native of […]
January 28, 2020
January 28, 2020
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by Rafael Medoff The new BBC documentary about the question of bombing Auschwitz deserves an award — for creative fiction. Through omissions, distortions and “re-enactments” of conversations with imaginary dialogue inserted for effect, the BBC has made a shambles of the historical record concerning this […]
January 24, 2020
January 24, 2020
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At the MLK Day Parade in New Orleans, 2019 The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans announced that it will be embarking on a Strategic Planning process this year, for the first time in over a decade. The process, which was alluded to at the […]
January 23, 2020
January 23, 2020
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Birmingham’s Jewish congregations will kick off the Jewish Mental Health Initiative 2020 with a Mental Health Awareness Shabbaton, starting Jan. 31. The initiative is a collaboration of every Birmingham Jewish organization and congregation, funded by the Birmingham Jewish Foundation and Collat Jewish Family Services. Lauren […]
January 22, 2020
January 22, 2020
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The Victor Center for the Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases and Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans are partnering with several local Jewish organizations to bring a preconception genetic screening event to the Uptown Jewish Community Center. The Feb. 6 event will be from […]
January 21, 2020
January 21, 2020
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A convergence of the Holocaust and the American civil rights movement will be chronicled with the debut of “Dreams of Hope,” a documentary about an historic concert at Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, available to public television stations nationwide in February, for Black History Month. […]